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Shellbound

AdventureIndie

Steam
Release

2028

Exact day not announced

Platforms
  • PC
  • PS5
  • Xbox Series X|S
  • Switch 2
  • Switch
  • +1

Release dates

North America dates
  1. 2028
    • PC
    • Mac

About

Shellbound is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where life can only exist on a gigantic snail. Explore a vibrant world, fight bizarre flora and fauna and discover civilizations fueled by the powerful snail mucus. It is the key to your natural role: Devour everything so life itself continues to exist.

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Game info

Released
2028 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Engine
Unity 6

Studios

Languages

8 languages
Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean and 2 more
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
Chinese (Simplified)简体中文–
EnglishEnglish (US)–
FrenchFrançais–
GermanDeutsch–
Japanese日本語–
Korean한국어–
Portuguese (Brazil)Português (Brasil)–
Spanish (Spain)Español (España)–

Themes & tags

Story & names

You explore a living world and interact with its bizarre biology, fight and control enemies for platforming, puzzles and combat, and follow a dark, compelling narrative about the end of the colossal Snail’s life cycle and your role in it as a parasite.

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Also known as

  • Shellbound - A Mucus TaleAlternative title

Release dates by region

2 releases in 1 region

worldwide

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Where to find it

Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.