Vital Shell

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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.

Developer: MarvinWizard
Released: 7 Jan 2026
Price: $5.39
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Players on Steam, last 48 hours

Steam concurrent players, polled every day. Observed since 22 Oct 2026. As of 03:07 UTC.

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Players of Vital Shell, last 48 hours, newest first
Poll	Players
30 Oct, 18:43 UTC	12
29 Oct, 18:41 UTC	12

How this is measured

Player counts over time, as we observed them.

Counts people running the game through Steam only. Players on other stores, consoles or launchers are not included.
We poll the busiest games every 15 minutes and quiet ones as rarely as once a month, so a short spike between polls can be missed. Each game shows how often it is polled.
Our player history starts on 19 October 2026. Earlier peaks, including launch peaks, are not in our data.

Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology

Player Retention

Player retention for Vital Shell
Month	Avg players	Kept	Compared with other games
LaunchJanuary 2026	171	—	The busier of its first two months
3 months onApril 2026	16	9.5%	Loses players fast (better than 12% of 9,121 other games)
12 months onJanuary 2027	—	—	Not over yet

Vital Shell kept 9.5% of the average players it had at its launch in January 2026 after 3 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count

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Month	Average	Change	Change %	Peak
October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) (from 22 Oct)	16	−18	−52.1%	29
September 2026Sept 2026	34	+13	+60.8%	159
August 2026Aug 2026	21	−2	−7.9%	173
July 2026Jul 2026	23	−5	−18.4%	64
June 2026Jun 2026	28	+14	+102.3%	81
May 2026May 2026	14	−2	−13.9%	40
April 2026Apr 2026	16	−15	−48.7%	48
March 2026Mar 2026	32	−23	−42%	69
February 2026Feb 2026	55	−117	−68.2%	193
January 2026Jan 2026	171	—	—	409

Month	Average	Change	Change %	Peak
October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) (from 22 Oct)	16	−18	−52.1%	29
September 2026Sept 2026	34	+13	+60.8%	159
August 2026Aug 2026	21	−2	−7.9%	173
July 2026Jul 2026	23	−5	−18.4%	64
June 2026Jun 2026	28	+14	+102.3%	81
May 2026May 2026	14	−2	−13.9%	40
April 2026Apr 2026	16	−15	−48.7%	48
March 2026Mar 2026	32	−23	−42%	69
February 2026Feb 2026	55	−117	−68.2%	193
January 2026Jan 2026	171	—	—	409

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Players on Steam, last 48 hours

Player Retention

Players on Steam, last 48 hours

Player Retention

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