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Shell Runner cover art

Shell Runner

Reija · 2025-04-11

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 11, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

2045. Life's never been cheaper. Shells mean you can come back if you have money. You used to. Now you're on the bottom in a cyberpunk sprawl. Claw your way back up through wet work as a Shell Runner, in a PvE extraction looter shooter, where a gig can make you rich - or broke.

55%
positive of 96 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$5.24
steam price (US)

Welcome to 2045. The long struggle between people and corporations left the megacorps as overlords, ruling over the broken remnants of humanity huddled together in vast urban sprawls. But with no law or government beyond corporate boards, the underworld thrives. You are a Shell Runner using lifelike Shells to carry out wet work for anyone willing to pay. Shell Runner is a top-down tactical shooter hybridized with looter shooter and extraction games. Every run can make you rich - but lose your Shell and you lose all that. Experience high-risk runs as a solo merc - or find allies and face the s(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 59% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (48 reviews).
  • · Top 67% of 11,823 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 96 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.34-71%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.11 at GameBillet (2026-07-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 145 of 180 observed days · $0.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620242026Week of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$3.662024-07-122026-09-012024-07-12 — best price $14.992024-07-23 — best price $11.232024-08-21 — best price $11.992024-09-27 — best price $13.492024-10-17 — best price $11.512024-11-21 — best price $7.242024-12-09 — best price $9.892025-01-08 — best price $7.942025-02-17 — best price $7.942025-03-11 — best price $8.242025-04-05 — best price $6.592025-05-02 — best price $7.282025-06-02 — best price $11.892025-06-27 — best price $8.242025-07-17 — best price $6.922025-08-04 — best price $10.792025-08-21 — best price $6.192025-09-03 — best price $7.692025-10-01 — best price $6.192025-10-22 — best price $8.172025-11-06 — best price $14.992025-11-19 — best price $8.242025-12-08 — best price $10.792026-01-08 — best price $10.792026-01-31 — best price $10.792026-02-18 — best price $7.492026-03-20 — best price $5.762026-04-10 — best price $4.662026-04-28 — best price $6.242026-05-15 — best price $6.312026-05-31 — best price $14.992026-06-13 — best price $10.792026-07-01 — best price $7.492026-07-31 — best price $3.662026-08-18 — best price $5.242026-09-01 — best price $4.34
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DLootCo-opActionShooterSurvivalCyberpunkDystopian Rogue-liteSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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