Day of the Shell

Day of the Shell

Steam Deck Playable

Duper Games · Turn-Based Tactics · Jul 29, 2025

It depends on what you're after.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $7.49.

70%
Mixed
410 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Steam Deck: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 51 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 410 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 205 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
- Fresh gameplay.
80 of 205 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Overall, it's got very easy-to-understand mechanics, beautiful art style, and decent replay-ability.
22 of 205 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
FYI this was all played on steam deck where the experience was fine but not prefect (See cons)
7 of 205 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
By and large the interface and UI are clear and easy to use.Generally all the items and upgrades are intuitive.
5 of 205 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 love4 themes
Gameplay80 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Interface5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty23 reviews
74%
Story and characters15 reviews
87%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat51 reviews
69%
Bugs5 reviews
60%

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 5 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.

5 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
70%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
53
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.