Mortal Shell 2 Pokes Fun At Your Most-Played Steam Games

Mortal Shell 2 Grills Player For Having 16,000 Hours In Destiny 2 Via the Mortal Shell 2 store page. Published Aug 21, 2026, 6:31 AM EDT James Lucas is an Executive Editor at TheGamer who has worked in professional journalism since 2018. A Newcastle University graduate with a degree in Journalism, Media, and Culture, they have written hundreds of guides, news stories, and original reports, with bylines in IGN, NME, GaymingMag, and VG247, sourcing interviews with studio heads, legendary industry figures, prominent actors, and more. An expert on FPS games, Soulslikes, RPGs, and survival horror, James has intimate knowledge of a wide variety of titles, providing in-depth coverage and exclusive profiles. Some of the games they have extensively covered include: Half-Life 3, Counter-Strike, Elden Ring, and Fallout. They pride themselves on their consistently thorough research, leveraging nearly a decade of industry experience. You can reach them at James.t@thegamer.com Sign in to your TheGamer account Mortal Shell 2 has a surprisingly cruel way to psyche you out right before approaching the final boss. There are a few etchings you can read on stone tablets ahead of the endgame. But instead of a big lore dump, developer Cold Symmetry pokes fun at players for their Steam stats, treating the thousands of hours you poured into Elden Ring as the adventures of the Harbinger jumping throughout fleeting worlds. "But there is one place where they have spent the most time," reads one of these tablets, as shared by X user mislead. "16,062 hours... Destiny 2... why did they spend so much time in this one place? Was there something there they were looking for, something not found in the other worlds? Or were they trapped there?" 16,062 hours is equivalent to 669 days, or one year and nine months. That's a helluva callout right before you throw yourself into the final arena of the game. "WHY is Mortal Shell 2 flaming me for Destiny 2 hours," mislead said. "I don't appreciate the biggest no life award 😭". "Were They Trapped There?" Over on Reddit, users shared similar anecdotes from Mortal Shell 2, with one player having several of their most-played called out. "If I concentrate on a number for long enough," the tablet reads. "Foreign words come to me. Elden Ring Nightreign, Counter-Strike 2, Elden Ring... I cannot make sense of them... and yet somehow I know they are worlds. SCUM, Hunt: Showdown 1896, Baldur's Gate 3... worlds upon worlds - but how could this be?" It almost reminds me of those old PS2 games that would read your memory card to poke fun at you, like Psycho Mantis in Metal Gear Solid who can comment on your saved data for other Konami titles like Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Azure Dreams. Just now with the added gut-punch of Steam's brutally precise stats. Thank god Psycho Mantis couldn't pinpoint how many hours I'd poured into Ratchet & Clank as a kid. Released August 20, 2026 Developer(s) Cold Symmetry Publisher(s) Playstack Franchise Mortal Shell PC Release Date August 20, 2026 Genre(s) Soulslike, Action RPG, Fantasy