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Vital Shell

MarvinWizard

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.

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About This Game

Vital Shell is a science-fantasy top-down arena shooter with a distinct PSX-era look, complete with an ambient jungle soundtrack. Take control of your favorite fantasy archetype expressed as a mech. Battle relentless waves of enemies in desolate, dream-like environments. Equip your shell with unique weapons, traits, and powerful abilities, designing potent builds and synergies with every run.

Features

  • Fast runs, 20 minutes to reach the level's boss

  • Five unique stages

  • Five fantasy archetype inspired mechs

  • Thousands of build combinations

  • Level up as you progress through waves

  • Select weapons, unique abilities, and traits between waves

  • Socket weapons with gems to generate powerful effects

Community Activity

  1. Vital ShellSteam announcement

    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…

  2. Vital ShellSteam patch notes

    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…

  3. Vital ShellSteam patch notes

    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…

  4. Vital ShellSteam patch notes

    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…

  5. Vital ShellSteam announcement

    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…

  6. Vital ShellSteam patch notes

    1.1.0.10

    Small but important ones here, apologies for the patch spam. Overall things are looking stable given how much had to slide around for mods/co-op. Thanks all! Fixed a bug where…

  7. Vital ShellSteam patch notes

    Hotfix 1.1.0.9

    Apologies for this one, a nasty bug. Fixes a bug where certain achievements and unlocks weren't being tracked properly. Additionally, all steam achievements are now localized and…

  8. Vital ShellSteam patch notes

    Patch 1.1.0.8 - Reroll Update

    Howdy All, Big patch under the hood here. This has all of the infrastructure changes required for local co-op and modding. I just have a bit more QA to do before it goes live.…

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