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Once Upon a Shell

Once Upon a Shell is a roguelike racing game of ridiculous speed and wild upgrades. As a tortoise, use your shell to your advantage and slide downhill to generate speed. Build movement combos between races and…

26 December 2025

Once Upon a Shell is an indie developed by Razzledazzle Studio, released 26 December 2025 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Once Upon a Shell is

Once Upon a Shell is an indie game developed by Razzledazzle Studio and released in 2025. It was published by DADIU. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Once Upon a Shell is a roguelike racing game of ridiculous speed and wild upgrades. As a tortoise, use your shell to your advantage and slide downhill to generate speed. Build movement combos between races and prove that even a tortoise can lift The Hare Cup.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Once Upon a Shell launched on 26 December 2025, within three weeks of Hytale, Rhythm Doctor, Unbeatable and Pathologic 3.

Released around the same time: Hytale, Rhythm Doctor, Unbeatable, Pathologic 3.

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When did Once Upon a Shell come out?
Once Upon a Shell was released on 26 December 2025 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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