Satisfying weighty combat without stamina
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Combat can be brutally hard but it's largely fair and extremely satisfying.”
Steam review · 67.1 h played ↗
Mortal Shell II
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Mostly Positive · 80%Mostly Positive · 80%Cold Symmetry2026Souls-like · Action RPG · Action
$49.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A fast, stylish stamina-free soulslike with satisfying combat and varied shell builds. The second half and final boss are weak, so skip it if you hate cheap one-shots, repeated enemies, and bugs.
Great for
Souls fans who want fast no-stamina combat, build variety, and dark atmospheric exploration
Main risk
Second half and final boss feel unbalanced, repetitive and buggy, with enemies that one-shot you
What players love
Beautiful dark art style and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“this game delivers a magnificent art style paired with a beautifully crafted map.”
Steam review · 48.7 h played ↗
Shells and deep build variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The shells, weapons, and stones you come to collect completely alter entire goals in your fights.”
Steam review · 45.9 h played ↗
Big improvement over the first game
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“They went from making a mediocre and short Soulslike to perhaps one of the best non-FromSoftware Soulslikes out there.”
Steam review · 26.2 h played ↗
Rewarding exploration and open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Digging into hidden caves to find secret weapons or new shells creates an addictive gameplay loop”
Steam review · 38.8 h played ↗
Runs well and is well optimized
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it is well optimize and runs well. Probably the most optimized UE5 game imo.”
Steam review · 32.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs, crashes and lost progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“it is officially the very first game that just deleted all of my progress.”
Steam review · 42.5 h played ↗
Second half is unbalanced with one-shot enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“basically once you get the lower area of the map, from there on every enemy can kill you in 1-2 hits.”
Steam review · 92.1 h played ↗
Repetitive enemies and reused mobs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the same 10 enemy types pasted over and over and over again”
Steam review · 8.9 h played ↗
Magnetic tracking, hitboxes and unreliable parry
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“enemies MAGNETIZE to you so hard, that it straight up feels like teleporting”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Poor, frustrating final boss and endgame area
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the last boss is so badly designed I'd tell you not buy this game just off that lol”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗
Sparse checkpoints and long runbacks
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“spacing out the bonfire between anywhere from 20-100 enemy encounters in a game where any enemy has the ability to 1-3 shot you if they feel like it”
Steam review · 43.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support
Minimum
OSWindows 10 / 11
ProcessorIntel Core i7-10700K @ 3.8 GHz or better or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6 GHz or better
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB or AMD Radeon RX 6600 8 GB
OSWindows 10 / 11
ProcessorIntel Core i7-10700K @ 3.8 GHz or better or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6 GHz or better
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB or AMD Radeon RX 6600 8 GB
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