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The Shape of Things cover art

The Shape of Things

Hyper Three Studio · Maple Whispering Limited · 2023-05-26

SteamEpic Games Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 31, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Experience a relaxing atmosphere from the comfort of your cozy room by solving small 3D puzzles inside collectible gachapons, and find the original shape of things inspired by Rubik’s style.

88%
positive of 335 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 12,197 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.7k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 335 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.48-22%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.09 at Steam (2024-08-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 37 of 47 observed days · $3.39 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420232026Week of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$2.092023-05-262026-09-072023-05-26 — best price $4.752023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-09-07 — best price $5.592023-09-23 — best price $6.992023-10-11 — best price $5.592023-11-13 — best price $4.892023-11-28 — best price $6.992023-12-20 — best price $4.192024-01-08 — best price $6.992024-02-06 — best price $6.992024-02-19 — best price $4.192024-03-15 — best price $4.472024-04-01 — best price $5.222024-04-19 — best price $3.812024-05-16 — best price $3.492024-06-10 — best price $6.992024-06-28 — best price $6.992024-07-29 — best price $6.992024-08-13 — best price $5.482024-08-30 — best price $6.992024-09-30 — best price $5.222024-10-15 — best price $6.992024-11-09 — best price $5.482024-12-02 — best price $6.992025-01-16 — best price $5.482025-03-13 — best price $2.092025-05-13 — best price $6.992025-07-16 — best price $3.492025-09-15 — best price $5.732025-11-05 — best price $6.992026-01-19 — best price $5.732026-03-24 — best price $5.482026-06-07 — best price $4.892026-08-03 — best price $5.802026-09-07 — best price $5.48
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
97%
earned "Gacha Starter"
35.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSteam CloudRemote Play on TV3 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Catalan, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)54743%23
Switch (Nintendo)230%0

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

Player tags

3DCuteFunnyLogicCasualPuzzleColorfulRelaxingNonlinearMinimalist

Census log

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

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