EMPTY SHELL
EMPTY SHELL 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.
- Price:$11.99
- Release Date:10/16/2023
- Franchise:Hyperstrange
- Developer:CC ARTS
- Publisher:Hyperstrange
- Last Updated:3/21/2025
- Steam App Id:2243110
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, EMPTY SHELL has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 99% lower than its previous all-time peak of 127 players achieved on 10/18/2023.

Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for EMPTY SHELL. It has received a total of 577 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 83 (Very Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for EMPTY SHELL. Right now, it costs $11.99 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for EMPTY SHELL and its growth over time. It currently has 6,356 followers on its community page.
About EMPTY SHELL
EMPTY SHELL is an Indie, Action, and Adventure game developed by CC ARTS. On 10/16/2023, it was released on the Steam Store by Hyperstrange.
Players have rated EMPTY SHELL as "Very Positive" out of 577 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 513 positive reviews and 64 negative reviews — an overall 89% positive review rating.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $11.99. It can also be purchased through Door in the Shell, Alone in the Darkest of Places, Alone, Against Abominations, Top-down Challenge, Survival Instinct, CONSCRIPT x EMPTY SHELL, EMPTY BRAIN, EMPTY SHELL x Fort Solis, Science has gone too far!, Shooting Your Way Through Horror, Explore, Fight, Survive!, Hyperstrange Collection 10/10, and A Different Take on Souls-like which give a discount off its base price.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 8 languanges in-game including English, Italian, German, Russian, and French. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, EMPTY SHELL supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Full controller support
- Steam Leaderboards
- Partial Controller Support
- Single-player
From the Steam community, EMPTY SHELL has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Survival Horror
- Action Roguelike
- Roguelike
- Atmospheric
- Roguelite
- Dark
- Story Rich
- Pixel Graphics
- Controller
- Shooter
- Retro
- Old School
- Action-Adventure
- Horror
- Combat
- Sci-fi
- Top-Down
- Action
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for EMPTY SHELL and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
Related Bundles
EMPTY SHELL is included in 13 bundles in the Steam Store.
Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
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Door in the Shell | 2 | 2 | $19.78 | View | |
Alone in the Darkest of Places | 2 | 2 | $24.28 | View | |
Alone, Against Abominations | 2 | 2 | $24.28 | View | |
Top-down Challenge | 2 | 2 | $19.78 | View | |
Survival Instinct | 2 | 2 | $19.78 | View | |
CONSCRIPT x EMPTY SHELL | 2 | 2 | $19.78 | View | |
EMPTY BRAIN | 2 | 2 | $28.78 | View | |
EMPTY SHELL x Fort Solis | 2 | 2 | $19.33 | View | |
Science has gone too far! | 2 | 2 | $24.28 | View | |
Shooting Your Way Through Horror | 2 | 2 | $31.43 | View |
Related Packages
EMPTY SHELL is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
Name | Price | Actions |
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EMPTY SHELL | $10.79 | View |
Supported Languages
EMPTY SHELL is available in 8 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
---|---|---|---|
English | Yes | No | Yes |
Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
German | Yes | No | Yes |
Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
French | Yes | No | Yes |
Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
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Soures & References
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EMPTY SHELL data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 21). EMPTY SHELL on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2243110
- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 21). EMPTY SHELL. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2243110