EMPTY SHELL

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EMPTY SHELL

Short description

EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.

Developer
CC ARTS
Publisher
Hyperstrange
Release
Mon, Oct 16, 2023
Price
$11.99
Reviews
696
Positive
89%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
20K – 50K
Concurrent players
13
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Features
Full controller support, Steam Leaderboards
Tags
Action Roguelike Rogue-lite Shooter Top-Down Horror Action-Adventure Rogue-like Action Controller Story Rich Pixel Graphics Atmospheric Sci-fi Adventure Dark Old School Survival Horror Retro Singleplayer Combat
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$353ksomewhere between $225k and $564k · roughly 20K–50K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $11.27, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $11.99 launch price. That is 6% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

3 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$353k → ~$353k
Reviews 696 → 696
Price $11.99 → $11.99
Positive reviews 88.8% → 88.8%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 94 further data points reach back to Oct 1, 2023 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $4.91 on Jun 3, 2026.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around EMPTY SHELL is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Action Roguelike + Rogue-lite + Shooter

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