EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE
Worth it · Roguelike · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
PLAY IT.
Worth it, and it costs nothing.
- Length
- 3h
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 94% positive
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel Graphics HD 2GB or equivalent, 154 MB of storage. Windows only.
EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
Value puts it in the top 7 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 89 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including BELOW ($24.99, scores 24) and Teleglitch: Die More Edition ($12.99, scores 64).
The drop-off
71% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE scores 83/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2224850/empty-shell-prologueReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27.
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