
Publisher Announcement & Developer Insights
Big news, everyone! Finally Full-Time Developers and Publisher Announcement After many, many years of developing Shellbound on our own as a side project/hobby, we can finally…




Shellbound is a Post-Metroidvania on a gigantic snail. You’re a parasite, exploring a (literally) living world, fighting and controlling enemies for platforming, puzzles and combat and evolving its ecosystem like Darwin on steroids – all while unraveling your role in the giant creature’s life cycle.

Shellbound is set in a barren world where life can only emerge from the fertile mucus of a gigantic snail. You are a parasite, born from the almost dried-up mucus trail it leaves behind and plunged into the bottom of the food chain.
Follow the trail towards the colossal creature and enter a lively, dangerous ecosystem. Explore dense forests, cities of copper, mucus mines and many more regions on the snail's body and inside of its winding shell.
Soon, you learn that the creature has started moving again after a millennia-long slumber – but nobody knows why and where it is heading. Uncovering this mystery will reveal not only the bizarre life cycle of the creature but also your natural role in this world.
Explore the ancient snail, a gigantic living organism whose bodily functions massively impact its inhabitants, the world and the gameplay.
Control enemies with your parasite skill to get a strategic advantage in combat, overcome obstacles, enter secret areas, solve puzzles and much more
Create your own combat experience by choosing and experimenting with 3 out of 20+ key abilities that greatly impact your play style.
Fight the ecosystem – but it fights back! Killing too many enemies of one species will let them evolve into a stronger version with new attack and movement patterns.

ShellboundSteam announcement
Big news, everyone! Finally Full-Time Developers and Publisher Announcement After many, many years of developing Shellbound on our own as a side project/hobby, we can finally…

Kinetic Publishing will publish Fake Lobster Games-developed 'parasitic Metroidvania' game Shellbound when it launches in summer 2028.