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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, Andy Robertson, first checked Mortal Shell 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 9 months 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.

DurationDuration

Play Time: This game will take between 10 hours and 15 hours to complete.

Age RatingsAge Ratings

Content Rating

Rated PEGI 16 for drugs and violence. 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 bloody 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 £5.79 to £24.99. 

Mortal Shell

PlayStation Store PS4 £24.99
Steam StoreSALE PC £24.99 £12.49 until 21/03/2024

Mortal Shell: Complete Edition

Switch Store Switch £24.99

Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition

XBox Store Xbox One £24.99 Free

Xbox Game Pass

PlayStation Store PS5 £24.99
PlayStation Store PS4 £24.99

Mortal Shell: The Virtuous Cycle

PlayStation Store PS4 £5.79
There are the following additional costs associated with this game:
  • In-Game Purchases: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.
 
Rotten Autumn content included in the console version. 
 
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DetailsGame Details

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

Price: 50% off

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

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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