Shellbound Indie

Expected release

2028

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Genres: Metroidvania

Platformer

Shellbound is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania where life can only exist on a gigantic snail. Explore a vibrant world, fight bizarre flora and fauna and discover civilizations fueled by the powerful snail mucus. It is the key to your natural role: Devour everything so life itself continues to exist.

Shown at Kinetic Publishing Showcase - August 2026 and Deutsche Indie Showcase 12/2025.

Game modes: Single player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Action

Fantasy

Mystery
Tags: Metroidvania

2D Platformer

Exploration

Hand-drawn

Lore-Rich

Combat

Platformer

Atmospheric

Multiple Endings

Story Rich

Explorable World

Hand Drawn

Storyline

You explore a living world and interact with its bizarre biology, fight and control enemies for platforming, puzzles and combat, and follow a dark, compelling narrative about the end of the colossal Snail’s life cycle and your role in it as a parasite.