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Shape of Dreams

Lizard Smoothie · NEOWIZ · 2025-09-10

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 10, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shape of Dreams delivers fast-paced top-down roguelite action with chaotic projectile-filled battles, fluid combat, and high-stakes co-op. Play solo or with up to three friends as you dodge overwhelming attacks and unleash devastating builds.

90%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
80/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 559 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~70/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,205 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 403k–907k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,158 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$18.71-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.99 at GameBillet (2026-06-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 90 of 120 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.4k3.4k20252026Week of 2025-09-11: 3,368 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 837 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 1,726 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 241 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 807 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 578 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 100 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 325 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 256 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 228 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 522 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 546 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 389 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 467 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 557 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 285 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 162 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 170 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 138 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$12.992025-09-102026-08-212025-09-10 — best price $24.992025-09-19 — best price $18.742025-09-26 — best price $19.882025-10-22 — best price $20.922025-11-03 — best price $19.992025-11-18 — best price $20.702025-11-24 — best price $17.642025-12-01 — best price $18.892025-12-06 — best price $24.992025-12-12 — best price $20.992025-12-23 — best price $14.682026-01-07 — best price $20.772026-01-27 — best price $19.992026-02-09 — best price $19.992026-02-25 — best price $24.992026-03-02 — best price $17.492026-03-12 — best price $20.992026-03-26 — best price $14.492026-04-07 — best price $19.882026-04-22 — best price $24.992026-04-29 — best price $12.992026-05-08 — best price $16.992026-05-16 — best price $19.882026-06-11 — best price $19.992026-06-17 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $13.992026-07-14 — best price $24.992026-07-24 — best price $18.712026-08-03 — best price $16.492026-08-14 — best price $17.492026-08-21 — best price $18.71
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.2%
earned "Pure Imagination"
45.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

13 supported languages: Korean, English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,8601%85
PS5 (PlayStation)0—84

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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