Mortal Shell II just crashed the Steam top sellers chart like a possessed Shell carving through false gods on day one of Advanced Access, racking up a 19k+ concurrent peak and sitting pretty at #1 or #2 in global top sellers while the full launch is still two days out on August 20.

Steam's own review aggregate shows Very Positive from over 1,300 user reviews so far, with critics aligning on an 84 Metacritic and OpenCritic 86 from dozens of outlets like Giant Bomb and GamesRadar+. Cold Symmetry's sequel amps up the fluid combat, interconnected world, and warrior possession from the original, and the numbers prove players are already diving in hard during this pre-launch window.

The original Mortal Shell's all-time Steam peak was under 2k; this one is eating good ten times over before the main event even drops. Devout Edition pre-order folks got the 72-hour head start and the community is loud about it on X and Steam forums. Pre-order the damn thing or stay poor in the dark.