ShellShock Live

ShellShock Live

BANGER · Shooter · 2020

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

A BANGER at $9.99. Typically $6.99 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.

Cost per hourS
$0.55/hr
ReviewsS
93% of 35,635
Genre rank
Top 2% Shooter
Watch this gameOne alert when it goes on sale.

Time and effort

Main story
18.1h
To 100%
675.5h 37.3x the story
Achievements
63

Price and sales

Sales
58 on record
Typical cut
30% off
Steam low
$4.19 June 2017
Sale every
51d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $4.19 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
118 now
Cheaper than
46% of its genre
Better reviewed
92% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

77% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This 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

58 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 30 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 2 percent. It is better reviewed than 92 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Pit People® ($19.99, scores 88) beats it on value, while it beats Battle Tanks: World War II (free, scores 16).

More about ShellShock Live

Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 8 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2022 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 65 percent of the 1,494 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 18.1 hours. Doing everything runs 676, 37 times as long.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $7.99 (20% off). Predictions like this were right 87% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.

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

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.55/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Replayability~109h to replay
Co-op and replay time. The value score counts hours well past the 18h main story
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds8 of 800 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

The game is marked as family share enabled, but it just crashes on launch if you don't own it yourself
LoewensternNot recommendedafter 45h11 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Demolish your friends with hundreds of upgradable weapons shot from your customizable tank in this action-packed online multiplayer tanks game. Earn XP to level up and unlock new tanks, weapons, and gear. Fight against or alongside your friends for strategic team or free-for-all matches.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
ShellShock Live scores 87/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/326460/shellshock-live
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Reviews 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 Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperkChamp Games
PublisherkChamp Games
GenreShooter
Released2020
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements63