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Mortal Shell II

Cold Symmetry · Playstack · 2026-08-20

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 31, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Aug 20, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 17, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Their Flesh Is Your Weapon. Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel action-RPG with adrenaline-charged, high-stakes combat. Possess warrior Shells, dethrone false gods, redeem a ravaged world.

Mortal Shell II is an Action and RPG game released in 2026, priced at $49.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 20492 reviews).

79%
positive of 22k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
438
twitch viewers (latest)
9.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
297
Nexus mods (442k downloads)
4.42★
PlayStation Store rating (13,231 ratings)
83/100
opencritic · strong · 89% recommend · from 111 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)
Mortal Shell II is an action role-playing video game developed by Cold Symmetry and published by Playstack. The game was released on August 20, 2026, for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel to Mortal Shell.

Trailer

Mortal Shell II trailer thumbnail

Mortal Shell II - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

≈434,204 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 20,413 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,552/week).
  • · Top 3% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-05

Tier history: unknown→healthy (Oct 5), thriving→unknown (Sep 1)

Estimated sales: 438k–984k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,875 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $49.99 at Steam (2026-07-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 0 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.7k6.7k20262026Week of 2026-08-17: 6,682 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 2,020 negativeWeek of 2026-08-24: 3,950 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 1,436 negativeWeek of 2026-08-31: 2,534 positiveWeek of 2026-08-31: 482 negativeWeek of 2026-09-07: 1,174 positiveWeek of 2026-09-07: 216 negativeWeek of 2026-09-14: 658 positiveWeek of 2026-09-14: 137 negativeWeek of 2026-09-21: 445 positiveWeek of 2026-09-21: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-09-28: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-09-28: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-10-05: 204 positiveWeek of 2026-10-05: 42 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1721722026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 116 new positive2026-09-15: 18 new negative2026-09-16: 114 new positive2026-09-16: 22 new negative2026-09-17: 90 new positive2026-09-17: 13 new negative2026-09-18: 172 new positive2026-09-18: 34 new negative2026-09-19: 92 new positive2026-09-19: 26 new negative2026-09-20: 85 new positive2026-09-20: 11 new negative2026-09-21: 59 new positive2026-09-21: 9 new negative2026-09-22: 67 new positive2026-09-22: 9 new negative2026-09-23: 59 new positive2026-09-23: 10 new negative2026-09-24: 48 new positive2026-09-24: 10 new negative2026-09-25: 70 new positive2026-09-25: 8 new negative2026-09-26: 79 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new negative2026-09-27: 58 new positive2026-09-27: 14 new negative2026-09-28: 77 new positive2026-09-28: 13 new negative2026-09-29: 59 new positive2026-09-29: 12 new negative2026-09-30: 32 new positive2026-09-30: 8 new negative2026-10-01: 35 new positive2026-10-02: 85 new positive2026-10-02: 16 new negative2026-10-03: 47 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 48 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 28 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new negative2026-10-06: 40 new positive2026-10-06: 6 new negative2026-10-07: 29 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 29 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 12 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 27 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 35 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new negative2026-10-12: 27 new positive2026-10-12: 12 new negative2026-10-14: 34 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

1.5k02026-06-08 — 5 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1 pageviews2026-06-29 — 3 pageviews2026-07-03 — 0 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1 pageviews2026-07-11 — 14 pageviews2026-07-15 — 25 pageviews2026-07-19 — 20 pageviews2026-07-23 — 24 pageviews2026-07-27 — 40 pageviews2026-07-31 — 33 pageviews2026-08-04 — 42 pageviews2026-08-08 — 32 pageviews2026-08-12 — 49 pageviews2026-08-16 — 44 pageviews2026-08-20 — 182 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,527 pageviews2026-08-28 — 862 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1,247 pageviews2026-09-05 — 1,022 pageviews2026-09-09 — 695 pageviews2026-09-13 — 758 pageviews2026-09-17 — 506 pageviews2026-09-21 — 548 pageviews2026-09-25 — 480 pageviews2026-09-29 — 407 pageviews2026-10-03 — 578 pageviews2026-10-07 — 495 pageviews2026-10-10 — 456 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.2k302026-09-30 22:34 — 419 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 3,774 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 216 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 477 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 260 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 260 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 319 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 442 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 283 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 981 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 111 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 250 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 202 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 227 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 123 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 108 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 567 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 180 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 411 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 223 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 330 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 690 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 180 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 164 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 564 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 123 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 121 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 336 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 438 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
92.7%
earned "You're More Than a Weapon"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text Size#category_contrast_controlsCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-08-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,8162%53
PS5 (PlayStation)2,0801%53
Xbox Series (Xbox)2712%53

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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