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2020PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified69 % positive24.99 €

A compact soulslike where you possess fallen warriors as "shells", each with its own abilities. The Harden mechanic lets you briefly turn to stone to absorb hits, making combat tense and tactical in a bleak, decaying world.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Mortal Shell are Lords of the Fallen, False Hero and Darksiders III. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Mortal Shell special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Lords of the Fallen

97 %Match

2014PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified66 % positive−67 % 29.99 € 9.89 €

  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Lavish presentation
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim Soulslike where a magic lantern lets you shift between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead. Weighty combat, interconnected level design and the Umbral mechanic make exploration tense and demanding.

Dark Souls II

Melee combat with weapons or fists

The second Souls entry sends you as a cursed undead through the decaying kingdom of Drangleic, offering punishing bosses, huge weapon and build variety, and a sprawling, branching world packed with secrets.

Dark Souls: Remastered

Melee combat with weapons or fists

The genre-defining Soulslike: a bleak, intricately interconnected world of punishing combat, hidden paths and bosses that demand patience and precise timing. The remaster adds sharper visuals and includes the Artorias of the Abyss expansion.

Thymesia

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A fast, punishing soulslike where you play plague doctor Corvus, relying on precise parries and dodges and on the disease powers of plundered weapons. Combat rewards aggression over turtling, set in a grim, decaying kingdom.

Demon's Souls

Melee combat with weapons or fists

This remake of the genre-founding classic sends you through fog-shrouded, bleak fantasy realms full of merciless enemies and punishing bosses. Modern visuals and fluid combat make the birth of the Soulslike feel fresh again.

Praey for the Gods

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A lone hero crosses a frozen, dying island and must take down towering god-like colossi in the vein of Shadow of the Colossus. Cold, stamina and survival pressure turn every expedition into a harsh trial.

Stray Blade

Fantasy setting

An action RPG with fast, parry-focused combat in which you explore the ruins of a lost civilization alongside an animal companion. Death is woven into the journey and changes what awaits you.

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