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Beat Shapes

Inspiration Beggar · 2026-01-07

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 07, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Beat Shapes is a simple incremental bullet heaven shooter game. Defeat enemies of various shapes to collect resources, which you can use to upgrade the skill tree, unlock new bullets,upgrade instruments and explore other upgrades. Grow stronger and challenge tougher enemies and bosses.

82%
positive of 84 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
$2.09
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 56% of 11,552 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 84 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.09-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920262026Week of 2026-01-08: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$1.792026-01-082026-08-282026-01-08 — best price $2.392026-01-21 — best price $2.992026-02-24 — best price $2.392026-03-03 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.792026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-04-02 — best price $2.392026-04-09 — best price $2.992026-06-08 — best price $2.092026-06-15 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $1.792026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-07-15 — best price $2.392026-07-29 — best price $2.992026-08-28 — best price $2.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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