EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE
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.
- Release Date:1/6/2023
- Franchise:Hyperstrange
- Developer:CC ARTS
- Publisher:Hyperstrange
- Last Updated:3/13/2025
- Steam App Id:2224850
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE has 2 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 92% lower than its previous all-time peak of 24 players achieved on 12/2/2023.

Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE. It has received a total of 1,363 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 89 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE and its growth over time. It currently has 1,957 followers on its community page.
About EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE
EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE is an Indie, Action, Adventure, and Free to Play game developed by CC ARTS. On 1/6/2023, it was released on the Steam Store by Hyperstrange.
Players have rated EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE as "Very Positive" out of 1,363 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 1,286 positive reviews and 77 negative reviews — an overall 94% positive review rating.
It is available for gamers to download and play completely for free.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
It also supports 8 languanges in-game including English, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), and Chinese (Simplified). 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: PROLOGUE supports the following features:
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Full controller support
- Steam Leaderboards
- Single-player
From the Steam community, EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Survival Horror
- Action Roguelike
- Roguelike
- Dark
- Roguelite
- Story Rich
- Free to Play
- Controller
- Retro
- Gore
- Old School
- Action-Adventure
- Combat
- Horror
- Survival
- Sci-fi
- Top-Down
- Adventure
- Action
- Singleplayer
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
Supported Languages
EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE 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 |
Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
French | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 13). EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2224850
- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 13). EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2224850