TMNT: Splintered Fate gets the free Shell Squad Co-Op Update: 24 co-op powers, 8 tools, 8 masteries, character swapping and a Trench Coat Pack
Video: “TMNT: Splintered Fate - Shell Squad Update Trailer”, official Super Evil Megacorp YouTube channel, published November 10, 2026 (5:09 p.m. Paris time), 58 s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l79xGodJIBE
Super Evil Megacorp has released the Shell Squad Co-Op Update for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, its Hades-style roguelike. The update is free for all players and adds powers that only appear when you play together, in local couch co-op or online with friends or strangers. A paid cosmetic DLC, the Trench Coat Pack, launched the same day. Here is what the Steam announcement of November 10, 2026 confirms.
What the free Shell Squad Co-Op Update adds
- 24 new co-op powers (three per power tree). Examples: Passing the Torch (the first player you touch while you have Rapid Fire also gets its effects), Shared Warmth (when a player uses a Splinter’s Revive, every player is healed) and Chain Reaction (Specials can trigger Chain Lightning dealing Utrom damage per link).
- 8 new co-op tools (one per power tree): for example Bubble Trouble (a bubble on you and the farthest player that deals Water damage and applies frost), Tether Beam (a beam to the closest player that deals Utrom damage every second) and Shadow Pact (a Dark Shell for you and the closest player, extended by each kill).
- 8 new co-op masteries, one per character. Donatello makes the closest player invulnerable when he uses his Tool; Raphael gives any player a chance to Multi-crit on a critical hit; Michelangelo gives himself and the closest player a Torrent Strike stack; Leonardo gives the closest player Light Shell when he activates his Special.
- Also included: character swapping in online multiplayer and couch co-op matches, improved flame visuals and clearer Lucky Dice communication.
Trench Coat Pack: the paid cosmetic DLC
The Trench Coat Pack dresses everyone in a trench coat and hat, including the DLC characters, after the earlier Samurai Armor Pack. On Steam it is listed at $4.99 (US store) and €4.61 (French store), with a 10% launch discount ($4.49 / €4.14) when we checked on November 10, 2026.
Platforms and price of the game
- Splintered Fate is available on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch 2, Switch and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), according to Gematsu. Trailers for the update were posted the same day by PlayStation and ID@Xbox.
- On Steam, the base game was at €7.12 instead of €28.49 (−75%) on the French store when we checked, with the promotion shown as ending on November 24. Prices on other stores may differ.
- Steam lists French interface and subtitles; full audio is listed for English only.
What is not specified
The announcement gives no patch size and no version number, and does not say whether the new co-op powers can be unlocked in solo play (they are described as co-op-specific). Super Evil Megacorp only says “even bigger surprises” are coming next year. We will update this article if more details are published.
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Sources
- Steam, Super Evil Megacorp, “The Shell Squad Co-Op Update is Live!”, November 10, 2026 (https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2996040/view/1848664643360239), read November 10, 2026.
- Steam, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate store page (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2996040/) and Trench Coat Pack page (https://store.steampowered.com/app/5209810/) (prices, languages), read November 10, 2026.
- Super Evil Megacorp, “TMNT: Splintered Fate - Shell Squad Update Trailer”, YouTube, November 10, 2026 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l79xGodJIBE).
- Gematsu, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate ‘Shell Squad Co-Op Update’ now available”, November 10, 2026 (https://www.gematsu.com/2026/11/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-splintered-fate-shell-squad-co-op-update-now-available) (platforms), read November 10, 2026.
- Nintendo Life, “New TMNT: Splintered Fate Update Adds Even More Reasons To Play In Co-Op”, November 10, 2026 (https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/11/new-tmnt-splintered-fate-update-adds-even-more-reasons-to-play-in-co-op), read November 10, 2026.
Image: official screenshot from the Shell Squad Co-Op Update announcement, Steam, © Super Evil Megacorp / Paramount / Nickelodeon. Original: https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/45099281/bd895e55fa70813503bd0885c9c6a2af0e92dfc2.jpg
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