Empty Shell is an adventure developed by CC Arts, released 16 October 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Empty Shell is
Empty Shell is an adventure game developed by CC Arts and released in 2023. It was published by Hyperstrange. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Empty Shell will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island in the middle of nowhere. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. They said the facility had been abandoned for decades, but once in place it was immediately apparent that something was wrong. Discover the dark secrets of the facility's years of operation, up until the accident that led to the extreme consequences you are involved in. Every time you die, you will control a new volunteer sent to the place. Your starting equipment will be randomized and each level will be generated with a new layout.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Empty Shell launched on 16 October 2023, within three weeks of Alan Wake II, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Marvel's Spider-Man 2. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Alan Wake II, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
Official trailer
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