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Play OverviewPlay Overview

Mortal Shell (2020) is a fighting role-playing video with difficult battles. It invites you to explore and fight your way through a shattered world where the remains of humanity wither and rot.

Progress is blocked by enemies that often look grotesque and always offer a difficult battle. You must learn both the right reactions and strategies of the combat to proceed. Only commit your sword when an opportunity opens. Calculate parries to unleash devastating counterblows.

Like the Demon's Souls and Dark Souls games, the enjoyment here is taking on a hugely difficult task and persevering when you inevitably die and lose substantial progress.

Our examiner, Jo Robertson, first checked Mortal Shell 4 years ago. It was re-examined by Ollie Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.
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Play StylePlay Style

This is an Adventure and Fighting game with Action and Role-Play elements. This is a single-player game.

 
You can play this game in the following styles:

DurationDuration

Play Time: This game will take between 11 hours and 15 and a half hours to complete.

Age RatingsAge Ratings

Content Rating

Rated PEGI 16 for Strong Violence and Use of Alcohol/Tobacco. The level of violence varies, from moderate sword play with little in the way of physical responses, to more realistic scenes in which characters are beaten, slashed, impaled and caught in traps. There is sight of blood although little injury detail to human characters. More graphic injury detail does occur when demonic creatures are involved. For example, one enemy rips off its own head to use as a weapon, leaving a b*!%$y stump, and others explode upon defeat. The player is also able to rip organs from the bodies of certain enemies, sometimes accompanied by large showers of blood. The player is prominently shown consuming a bottle of 'moonshine' in order to gain an increase in resolve, albeit at the expense of their own health.

CostsCosts

Mortal Shell usually costs £24.99. 

Mortal Shell

XBox Store Xbox X|S £24.99
XBox Store Xbox One £24.99
XBox Store PC £24.99
Switch Store Switch £24.99
Steam StoreSALE PC £24.99 £2.49 until 10/07/2025
PlayStation Store PS5 £24.99 Free

PS Plus Extra

PlayStation Store PS4 £24.99 Free

PS Plus Extra

There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.
 
Rotten Autumn content included in the console version. 
 

DetailsGame Details

Release Date: 18/08/2020, updated in 2023

Price: 90% Off

Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S

Players: 1

Genres: Adventure, Fighting (Action and Role-Play)

Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )

Components: 3D Third-Person

Developer: Mortal Shell Game (@MortalShellGame)


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