One Shell Straight to Hell

One Shell Straight to Hell follows Father Padre Alexander, a demon-hunting priest who comes to help the Halliwell family guard an earthly entrance to hell. The portal has been quiet for so long that the family has begun to treat their responsibility as a fairy tale. You fight demonic hordes in ever-changing dungeons and defend the family mansion from waves of enemies.

Padre and the Halliwells

Known simply as the Padre to friends and foes, Padre Alexander is a priest, exorcist and demon hunter with a sarcastic attitude toward God, the church, and human and demonic behaviour. He is not quite sane by ordinary standards, but his observations about human life and tragedy can sometimes resonate with ordinary people.

The Halliwell family has guarded the earthly entrance to hell for generations. With the portal dormant, the family has gradually forgotten the importance of its task, until Padre arrives to help.

Dungeons and weapons

The game combines twin-stick shooting, roguelite dungeon crawling and base defence. You descend into changing dungeons filled with enemies and take them on with an arsenal of regular weapons and different ammunition, holy weapons that draw on your faith, and unholy weapons that crave your blood.

You earn Blessing points to customize a skill tree, strengthen Padre and gain useful miracles.

Defend the mansion

Between dungeon runs, you defend the mansion against enemy waves using Padre’s skills and by building traps, global enchantments and powerups.

Enemies and art

The voxel-inspired minimalist art style shapes the spooky environments, characters, monsters and items. Enemies include possessed kitchen drawers, drunken long-dead pirate captains, spooky insects and many demons, as well as distinctive bosses with their own attitudes.