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Vital Shell

Vital Shell

Vital Shell is a single player top-down arena shooter that puts you in control of mechs inspired by classic fantasy archetypes. Unlock powerful synergies with unique weapons, traits, and abilities as you take on increasingly challenging waves of enemies in a shattered realm.

Released Jan 7, 2026 Developer MarvinWizard Platforms Windows · Linux MechsAction RoguelikeRogueliteBullet HeavenBullet Hell
View on Steam ↗ $5.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

96.9%positive1,821 reviews
Recommended · 57 found this helpful

“My only sincere complaint is that there isn't enough of it. I want more stages, more mechs, more parts; that's a testament to how great this game is, and just how addicting it can be. It's my favorite Vampire Survivor clone by a long margin and I hope the dev sees everyone's…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 25 found this helpful

“This feels like a game the one kid you knew who had a Dreamcast would tell you about and how awesome it is, and you'd play it once at his house, loved it, but then forget about it and have it on the tip of your tongue for the rest of your life. And then, when you look for it…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 29 found this helpful

“I don't write alot of reviews, but this game is so great to me. My brother and I had an Armored Core disc back in the day for our PSX and we were way too young to really understand it, but despite that we learned the game's intense detail and difficulty and we played it over and…”

— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

409all-time peak
0 100 200 171 avg · Jan 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

66achievements
24.9%median completion
5.4%rarest: Treasure Hunter III
98.0% of players 77.2% of players 74.2% of players 73.9% of players 58.9% of players 58.4% of players 52.0% of players 49.7% of players 47.3% of players 46.7% of players 45.8% of players 45.0% of players 43.9% of players 43.0% of players 42.8% of players 40.4% of players 38.1% of players 37.5% of players 35.9% of players 35.6% of players 35.4% of players 34.3% of players 33.0% of players 32.9% of players 32.1% of players 32.0% of players 29.5% of players 28.3% of players 26.2% of players 25.8% of players 25.7% of players 25.6% of players 25.5% of players 24.9% of players 24.5% of players 24.3% of players 23.8% of players 23.3% of players 23.2% of players 22.4% of players 21.4% of players 19.5% of players 19.4% of players 17.8% of players 16.6% of players 15.4% of players 15.4% of players 15.2% of players 13.7% of players 13.3% of players 13.1% of players 13.0% of players 12.9% of players 12.5% of players 12.2% of players 9.3% of players 9.0% of players 8.5% of players 8.2% of players 7.8% of players 98.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
98.0%Koenig — Enter battle as Koenig.
77.2%Bloodfang — Defeat Corrupt Bloodfang on wave 20 of Island Ruins.
74.2%Nova — Restore health 500 times through Regen or abilities in a single run.
Rarest badges of honor
5.4%Treasure Hunter III — Equip 45 different weapons and abilities.
6.0%Missile Circus — Fire 20 rockets in a single activation of Rocket Storm as Bloodfang.
6.4%Deathstone — Max out Devotion to Destruction.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$5.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$5.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US5.99 USD
EU6.15 EUR
UK5.29 GBP
Australia8.50 AUD
Canada7.19 CAD
Japan790 JPY
Brazil23.49 BRL
China26.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$3.9 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US UK EU≈$7.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 10, 2026
Vital Shell for PC CD-ROM

Howdy All, For any physical media enthusiast out there, Vital Shell PC CD-ROM is now available for pre-order. I had the opportunity to do the physical distribution and thought it would be in the spiri

Jul 10, 2026
1.2.0.5 - Improved Workshop Support

Howdy all, I've had to spend a few weeks away from the computer this Summer, but I'm finally back with some small workshop related fixes. Fixed a crash when adding workshop items to endless mode loado

Jun 05, 2026
V 1.2.0.3

Small fixes to modding/mod database loading. Also updated MarvinsExample in workshop to make sure the added items were unlocked by default. Adjusted the native Linux build for better compatibility wit

Jun 01, 2026
V 1.2.0.2

Howdy all, Few small enhancements/bufixes here: Improved save file handling to prevent memory_card.res corruption Prevent a crash when memory_card.res is corrupted (falls back to backup or creates a f

May 29, 2026
V 1.2.0.0 Local Co-op & Steam Workshop

Howdy All, Big patch here! This adds 2 player local co-op as well as Steam Workshop support for modding. I'm working on some public documentation for modding, but please reach out on the Discord moddi

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, RPG
Player tagsMechs · Action Roguelike · Roguelite · Bullet Heaven · Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter · Arena Shooter · RPG · Action · Top-Down · PvE · Arcade (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop
LanguagesEnglish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, German, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal
ControllerFull support
Achievements66
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: 4 Cores / 2.5 GHz+ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Iris Xe / Nvidia GTX 970 / AMD RX 570 (Adrenalin 22.1.2) Storage: 1 GB available space