Mortal Shell II

Their Flesh Is Your Weapon. Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel action-RPG with adrenaline-charged, high-stakes combat. Possess warrior Shells, dethrone false gods, redeem a ravaged world.

Developer: Cold Symmetry
Publisher: Playstack
Franchise: —
Release date: Aug 20, 2026
Store page updated: Sep 1, 2026
Price: $49.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

64.4/ 100

Based on 454 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 🙂 Mostly Positive 77% of 14,369

All time 🙂 Mostly Positive 79% of 20,400

“possessing powerful character lets you steamroll enemies without stamina limits, peak Soulslike”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

-0.01

Difficulty -1.27 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair

“inconsistent mob balance from pushovers to one-shot kills wastes time” (79)

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Story & World

+1.26

World +2.05 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

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Content Volume

-1.14

Variety -2.32 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition

“same enemies repeated with only health scaling differences throughout game” (44)

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Visuals & Sound

+2.56

Visuals +3.13 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“world design is expansive and beautiful at max settings” (80)

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Multiplayer

-1.50

Not enough data — only 2% of reviews mention this.

Community -2.00 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

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Pricing & Fairness

-2.71

Balance -3.11 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched

“enemy balance all over the place, open world deadlier than bosses” (51)

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Tech & Support

-0.36

Stability -2.56 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs

“numerous bugs including clipping, camera loss, hitbox wonkiness, skipped bossfights” (61)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.