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The Shell Part II: Purgatorio

Innocent Grey · Shiravune · 2024-04-18

SteamGOG

AdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Apr 19, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Detective Reiji Tokisaka is back to face down a mystery that spans decades, if not centuries. With the aftermath of his last case weighing on his soul and a long-silent cult resurgent, can he solve the crime—or will it become his curse?

The Shell Part II: Purgatorio is an Adventure, Simulation game released in 2024, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 687 reviews).

12
playing now
95%
positive of 693 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

In the years before Japan went to war and the world went to hell, amidst the deep snows of the mountainous north, there was a small hamlet known as Hitogata where by ancient custom the residents were prone to worship clay dolls. One night, during their festival, a woman was murdered, and the people came to speak of this as their god's curse—divine retribution for trying to take the power of their god into their own hands. December 1957. It's been nearly two years since Toko Kuchiki was kidnapped from her hospital room. Reiji Tokisaka's little sister Yukari saves a man from suicide—but that (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 116 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 693 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at GOG (2026-06-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 42 of 91 observed days · $12.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10910920242026Week of 2024-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3022026-09-15 06:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 25 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 25 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 21 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
445Apr 2024Aug 2026Apr 2024 — avg 44 · peak 120May 2024 — avg 18 · peak 71Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 32Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 32Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 25Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 28Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2025 — avg 16 · peak 51Feb 2025 — avg 19 · peak 56Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 35Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 35Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 28Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 33Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 34Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 26May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 25Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 25Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 30Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 33
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$12.492024-04-192026-10-142024-04-19 — best price $19.992024-06-28 — best price $16.742024-07-23 — best price $22.492024-08-03 — best price $19.992024-09-26 — best price $24.992024-11-11 — best price $24.992024-12-05 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-01-18 — best price $17.492025-03-03 — best price $19.992025-03-21 — best price $24.992025-06-04 — best price $19.992025-06-17 — best price $24.992025-07-24 — best price $19.992025-09-08 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-22 — best price $17.492025-12-19 — best price $17.492026-02-26 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-04-27 — best price $24.992026-06-10 — best price $24.992026-06-26 — best price $12.492026-07-24 — best price $12.492026-08-28 — best price $24.992026-09-02 — best price $24.992026-09-07 — best price $24.992026-09-12 — best price $12.492026-09-17 — best price $12.492026-09-22 — best price $12.492026-09-27 — best price $24.992026-10-02 — best price $12.492026-10-07 — best price $12.492026-10-12 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

NoirAnimeCrimeHorrorMysteryRomanceCinematicDetectiveConspiracyHand-drawn

Census log

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

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