The Shell Part I: Inferno on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Unravel a string of gruesome murders terrorizing Tokyo in this mystery-thriller visual novel. The secrets of a case from six years prior may just be the key to the current unending cycle of tragedy—and the thing that cracks this woeful world’s shell may be one girl’s smile.

The Shell Part I: Inferno is a visual novel, detective and mystery game developed by Innocent Grey and published by Shiravune.
Released on July 27th 2023 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese.

It has received 1,029 reviews of which 944 were positive and 85 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 11.70€ on Steam with a 40% discount.

The Steam community has classified The Shell Part I: Inferno into these genres:

Visual Novel Detective Mystery Choices Matter Psychological Horror Romance Atmospheric Dark Retro Multiple Endings Adventure Gore Cinematic Drama Choose Your Own Adventure Anime Text-Based Singleplayer 2D Story Rich

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: intel Core i series
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Sound Card: PCM (DirectSound support)

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025
Cartagra was really good. Kara no Shoujo is a whole new beast altogether. A true detective mystery, KnS is all about finding cruel ways to break the player, and color me broken. Terrifying and disturbing bad ends, shocking revelations, disgusting (but really good) gore make this game extremely memorable and unique. Coupled with Sugina Miki's classy, sexy art and MANYO's fantastic arrangements, KnS will leave you wont for nothing. KnS takes the premise of Cartagra and sends it through the roof, forcing my unfortunate soul to actually think and deduce, instead of just letting the story play out. This game really had my eroge-fried brain firing on all cylinders just to find the truth behind one choice. Another thing that really matters in this game are the choices, which have three sets, investigations, notebook deductions, and regular choices, ALL of which can dramatically affect the story/lead to horrifically awesome bad ends. Save a LOT. The consequence of being so cruel and unforgiving (wtf Innocent Grey) is that it takes a lot of loading and skipping, and endless frustration, which is my only real complaint with the game. I loved the story, the substories, setting, BGs, sprites, CGs, this game is really tastefully done, even the gore. The mystery was difficult to figure out and had me second guessing, but not so difficult that it became ridiculous. I can say that there were no asspulls! The characters genuinely all made me feel for them, even if this game is quite evil sometimes... KnS is best entered completely blind after having read Cartagra, so I can't say too much more. I am seriously hyped to read Part 2 and 3.
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Jan. 2025
You need to install patch to experience the full content. The Shell Part I: Inferno, also known as Kara no Shoujo, is a VN mainly about mysterious murder (Yes it does have adult content but that's like 5% of the game, so you might still want to treat this game as normal VN) Characters are very appealing, a lot of detail writings are put into showing their mental and plots in this game is super mind blowing, the investigation and collecting clue parts are done really well, a game with good brain exercise you'd appreciate Some people complain about the strict condition of fulfilling certain endings but I don't find it very problematic when I backtrack them. This game has 10+ endings however whether it be bad ending or just neutral ending you always learn additional information about certain people or seeing more behind the scene, the animation skip is also very fast so it won't really feel troublesome to collect other endings. This VN ages really well, but again please make sure you got the patch before playing this game!
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Nov. 2024
Very good story but on god please download the uncensored patch. This steam version softlock you in 2/3 of the playtrough and has a lot of cut content. I would put a negative review but it's the censored version that's the problem and not the game itself that is bad. Outside of that, it's worth every penny.
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Sept. 2024
Good game, amazing story but I'll be honest... it was a pain to get the 'true ending'. I would've prefered, if the game itself has a timeline feature or something along those lines present in the 'Zero Escape series'. Not a big fan of having to use a guide to reach the true ending because god forbid I missed to click on a single spot for the third time after having to click somewhere entirely different during the investigation sections.
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June 2024
Adult content aside, this is an outstanding detective story with superb musical scores. It has many gruesome and shocking revelations but also genuinely heart touching moments to offer. Highly recommended even at full price.
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Shell Part I: Inferno is currently priced at 11.70€ on Steam.

The Shell Part I: Inferno is currently available at a 40% discount. You can purchase it for 11.70€ on Steam.

The Shell Part I: Inferno received 944 positive votes out of a total of 1,029 achieving a rating of 8.66.
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The Shell Part I: Inferno was developed by Innocent Grey and published by Shiravune.

The Shell Part I: Inferno is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Shell Part I: Inferno is not playable on MacOS.

The Shell Part I: Inferno is not playable on Linux.

The Shell Part I: Inferno is a single-player game.

The Shell Part I: Inferno does not currently offer any DLC.

The Shell Part I: Inferno does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Shell Part I: Inferno does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Shell Part I: Inferno is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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The Shell Part I: Inferno
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Innocent Grey
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Shiravune
Release 27 Jul 2023
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