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shapez

Tobias Springer · tobspr Games · 2020-06-07

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 05, 2023 (iOS), Jun 07, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 01, 2023 (Android), Jun 07, 2020 (Linux), Jun 07, 2020 (Mac)

shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

223
playing now
96%
positive of 16k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

223 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 223 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,069 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~134/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 317k–712k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,826 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.75 at GameBillet (2026-05-15) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 96 of 140 observed days · $0.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3501472026-08-07 00:00 — 199 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 274 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 300 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 197 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 317 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 304 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 209 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 322 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 305 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 221 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 271 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 252 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 193 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 290 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 245 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 186 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 255 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 303 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 185 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 244 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 296 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 193 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 242 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 334 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 199 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 214 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 350 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 226 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 223 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002020-06-072026-08-302020-06-07 — best price $3.992021-03-16 — best price $6.992021-10-28 — best price $4.992022-04-18 — best price $4.992022-09-12 — best price $3.992022-11-04 — best price $9.992023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-02-23 — best price $3.992023-04-24 — best price $3.492023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-09-26 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-05-13 — best price $3.492024-07-29 — best price $9.992024-10-11 — best price $1.702024-12-02 — best price $9.992025-01-15 — best price $9.992025-03-24 — best price $8.082025-05-02 — best price $1.902025-06-10 — best price $9.992025-07-16 — best price $1.992025-09-11 — best price $9.992025-10-16 — best price $1.682025-11-04 — best price $8.272025-11-20 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-02-10 — best price $1.002026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-04-22 — best price $9.992026-05-19 — best price $9.272026-06-26 — best price $0.922026-08-03 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $0.872026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

702026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
90.4%
earned "Cutter"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime2 DLC

24 supported languages: English, French, Czech, German, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Norwegian, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,3852%45

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

Player tags

2DCasualPuzzleSandboxBuildingCraftingModdableStrategyAutomationManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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