EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE

EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE

Steam Deck Playable

CC ARTS · Action Roguelike · Jan 6, 2023

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

94%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise30% are divided20% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It absolutely needs tweaking during gameplay so that enemies and items of interest are easier to see but when I booted up the menu I remember specifically thinking "I love when games get creative with the style".
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
There needs to be more interaction or landmarks to shake up the visuals and surroundings otherwise it's like you're playing the same level over and over.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- The story and tone are ideal for this style of game, slightly to the point of being derivative of other similar, very popular titles (Stalker, GTFO).
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
in its current state it is a bit buggy (sometimes menu freezes or game crash) but for a free game holy crap its good. the sound design is amazing, very ominous and creepy but the game is also very fun to play, the controls are very intuitive and just make sense, the only thing is switching between different equipment is a bit clunky (e.g if you want to switch guns there is no hot key, you have to go into the menu and equip the one you want). overall the game is a bit rough around the edges but 100% worth a try, especially since its free. when the full version comes out I am defenetly going to buy it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
I hope to see a co-op game mode available, and a weapon/character customization function available.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Gameplay53 reviews
Graphics50 reviews
Story and characters38 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Co-op8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat50 reviews
98%
Difficulty31 reviews
87%
Interface22 reviews
86%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes9 reviews
89%
Bugs8 reviews
75%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
26
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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