Mortal Shell
Skip · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 17, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.80/hr
- Reviews▼
- 67% of 12,094
- Genre rank
- Top 79% RPG
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 10.7h
- To 100%
- 23.7h 2.2x the story
- Achievements
- 37
Price and sales
- Sales
- 29 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $1.49 June 2025
- Sale every
- 39d last March 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 54 now
- Recent reviews
- 64% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 5% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 20% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
85% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
29 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 32 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 80 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Darksiders III ($5.99, scores 47) beats it on value, while it beats Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty ($39.99, scores 0).
More about Mortal Shell
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2025 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 38 percent of the 2,133 reviews written there were positive, against 67 percent overall, and those are 20 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 10.7 hours; clearing it takes 24, which is 2.2 times the campaign.
At 10.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 3 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 227 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
It's a short and simple souls-like game, but I had a blast playing it. If you like dark atmospheres and tactical challenges but are looking for something concise that you can finish in a weekend without getting lost in endless menus and inventories, I highly recommend it. That said, the DLC's roguelite system was also a lot of fun, which led me to spend much more time than usual playing the game.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Game is quite challenging and unique, for most people that get used to other soul-like game, they would feel uncomfortable but if you actually take time to get used to the movement then this game is just as good as elden ring or dark soul in my opinion. Mortal shell is my first soul-like game, my first impression for the game is that it is irritating at first because you don't know what to do nor have proper...
Yeah, not feeling it. I don't like the healing system - which is consumable you must collect and can run out of, with a time based effect - and the two characters (starting plus one dodge guy called Tiel taht I found) I have so far played are both very fragile. Enemy variety seems lacking - I have seen 'bandits', big axe guys and exploding frogs and two mini bosses and thats it, after a couple hours playing. The...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290, 12 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Mortal Shell scores 17/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1110910/mortal-shellReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 15, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.