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The Shell Part I: Inferno

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…

20 December 2019

The Shell Part I: Inferno is an adventure developed by Innocent Grey, released 20 December 2019 on PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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What The Shell Part I: Inferno is

The Shell Part I: Inferno is an adventure game developed by Innocent Grey and released in 2019. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on InnocentGrey.

The premise, in the publisher's words

March 1956. In a Tokyo that’s slowly returning to its former glory after losing the war ten years prior, Private Detective Reiji Tokisaka takes on the case of a girl he meets in Inokashira Park. “I want you to find something... Me. My true self.” A wave of crimes has been crashing down on the city. Sergeant Uozumi, Tokisaka’s childhood friend and former coworker, asks him to investigate the murders. Meanwhile, sitting off in a corner of the town of Hoya is Oba Girls’ Academy, the school Tokisaka’s younger sister goes to and where two students have recently disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The vice principal of this academy, Tokio Saeki, implores Tokisaka to find them. Having…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama, erotic, horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Shell Part I: Inferno launched on 20 December 2019, within three weeks of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Arise: A Simple Story and Star Wars Battlefront II: Celebration Edition.

Released around the same time: Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Arise: A Simple Story, Star Wars Battlefront II: Celebration Edition.

Official trailer

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When did The Shell Part I: Inferno come out?
The Shell Part I: Inferno was released on 20 December 2019 for PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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