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Shape Shifter: Formations

Castec Studios · 2025-05-27

Steam

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 29, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.

Shape Shifter: Formations is an Action and RPG game released in 2025, priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 274 reviews) and an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000.

92%
positive of 274 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 66% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.5k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 274 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.59 at Steam (2023-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
575720232026Week of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$5.592023-09-292026-08-102023-09-29 — best price $6.292023-11-21 — best price $5.592023-12-21 — best price $5.592024-02-12 — best price $5.592024-03-14 — best price $5.592024-04-01 — best price $5.592024-05-13 — best price $5.592024-06-27 — best price $5.592024-07-30 — best price $5.592024-09-05 — best price $5.592024-10-13 — best price $5.592024-11-27 — best price $5.592024-12-19 — best price $5.592025-02-10 — best price $5.592025-03-13 — best price $5.592025-05-27 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-07-28 — best price $14.992025-09-08 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-20 — best price $14.992025-12-11 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-01-19 — best price $14.992026-03-02 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-04 — best price $14.992026-06-15 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96.2%
earned "Die Hard"
54.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3122%150

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opActionSci-fiTop-DownAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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