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Man the Barricades Ltd · Published by Man the Barricades Ltd
Content notice: Shellshock contains intense violence, blood and gore.
Very Positive — 90% positive (108 reviews) · 3 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
You are a British WW1 soldier, trapped in an endless looping trench. Inspect your surroundings and report anything that is out of place. Will you escape? Shellshock is a short anomaly hunting experience (-30 minutes) inspired by liminal spaces and psychological horror.
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Adventure, Indie, Simulation · 2026 · More under £5 games
About this game
You are a British soldier during WW1, trapped in an endlessly looping trench. To get out, you will need to reach the final trench by identifying any anomalous changes that were not there before.
Carefully inspect the trench — things may not be as they seem!
If you spot an anomalous change, you have something to report. Go Left!
If you have nothing to report. Go Right!
Shellshock is a short anomaly hunting experience (up to 30 minutes) inspired by liminal spaces and psychological horror. If you correctly Identify any changes in the trench you will progress to the next loop. If you do not correctly identify a change or you think there was a change when there wasn't, you'll go back to trench 0 and start again. Your goal is the reach the final trench and escape.
Gameplay
There is nothing to report in the first trench.
Walk through all following trenches and look for changes.
Take your time. Pay attention.
Some changes are easy to spot; others are more difficult.
The trench is short, but the differences are randomised in each loop — sometimes there are no changes at all.
Once you are sure whether there is a change or not, exit using the appropriate door.
Features
Playtime is around 10–30 minutes depending on difficulty.
Difficulty level determines which trench number you must reach to escape.
Simple controls:
WASD – Move
Mouse – Look
Shift - Run
CTRL - CrouchController supported
Anomalous changes in the trench will only occur once.
Anomalous changes will reset once all anomalies have been identified.
Anomalous changes can be manually reset from the options menu.
Some changes may include upsetting or graphic content related to themes of war and injury.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 or higher
- Processor: Intel core i5-6600k or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD RX 6650 XT
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 7 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended
- Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Update Notes 29 Aug 2026
Small fix to how the Found Them All achievement is awarded. This fix ensures it is correctly awarded in every case.Read full article on Community Announcements (Man the Barricades)Patch NotesOfficial
Get to Trench 8 Achievement small fix
Thank you all, for your continuing support for Shellshock. This patch fixes a small issue that was affecting some players, where the "Get to Trench 8" achievement was not awarded at the correct point. The "Get to Trench 8" achievement is now awarded during runs of 20 and find them all.Man the Barricades.Read full article on Community Announcements (Kettlefish)Patch NotesOfficial
Shellshock Update
Thank you all for your support with shellshock since release. We have taken your feedback and implemented the following changes:Removed the 'get to trench 8' mode. The default mode is now 'get to trench 20'added 20 new anomalies bringing the total to 60these new anomalies are designed to be harder to address your main points of feedbackthe find 8 achievement now unlocks whilst playingfinding all 60 anomalies is now possible by playing 'get to trench 20' mode multiple timesfixed a main menu bug where the options menu would show intermittentlyadded Italian and Spanish languagesfixed some reflection issues in the end cutsceneadded an anomaly tracker in the level to make it easier to see which you have missedsmall quality of life changes to ensure anomalies loop better and display correctly Thank you for your continued support, keep an eye on our socials for more. Happy hunting!Read full article on Community Announcements (Kettlefish)Patch NotesOfficial
Update Announcement
Hi everyone, We just want to say thanks to each and every one of you who picked up shellshock in it's first weekend. We have loved reading all your reviews, watching your playthroughs, streams and comments. It's clear from your feedback that the two main areas to focus on for improvement, are that the anomalies are too easy to spot and the game is too short. Based on this we have decided to take the following actions to improve the game: What's New:Adding 20 more anomalies to the existing 40 giving us a grand total of 60.These additional 20 anomalies will be harder to spot and should prove more of a challenge. What's Changing:Changing the default mode from 'Get to Trench 8' to 'Get to Trench 20' and removing the 'Get to Trench 8' mode Achievements:The 'find 8' achievement will now unlock when finding 8 while playing the game.The 'find 20' achievement will not change.The 'find them all' achievement will now unlock when finding all 60 rather than the original 40. Quality of life:Italian & Spanish languages will be added. We hope that these changes will address the issues you have all raised and brings you back for more. We are making a start on building the new anomalies right away but, we'd love to hear your feedback on these changes. Lets us know what you think in the comments.Read full article on Community Announcements (Man the Barricades)AnnouncementsOfficial
Thank you from Man the Barricades
We just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has played the game so far! Your support means the world to us.Read full article on Community Announcements (Man the Barricades)
