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Games like Battle Shapers

If Battle Shapers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Vampire Hunters, Ziggurat 2 and Immortal Redneck — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its customize runs with modifiers, challenging and epic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Battle Shapers: Battle Shapers is an action-packed, sci-fi FPS roguelite in which you shoot and smash your way through swarms of corrupt robots. Wield powerful weapons, abilities, and game-changing new powers stolen from ruthless Overlords.

2024Action24.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Metric Empire
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Steam players who put hours into Battle Shapers also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Vampire Hunters

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Battle Shapers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    To hunt vampires, you'll need guns. Lots of guns. Mow down hordes of undead creatures by stacking your guns into absurd, over-the-top builds. Unleash your firepower and survive the mayhem in this Roguelite Survivors FPS.

    2024ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ziggurat 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Battle Shapers.

    Second-strongest match for Battle Shapers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Ziggurat is back, and now it's even better! Use powerful weapons and spells to break through hordes of enemies and explore labyrinthine dungeons in this hectic roguelite FPS, while you improve your skills and discover new equipment.

    2021ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Immortal Redneck

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Battle Shapers.

    Third-strongest match for Battle Shapers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Immortal Redneck is a FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits.

    2017ActionIndie19.95 USDSteam ↗
  4. Breakout

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Battle Shapers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Experience fast-paced shotgun carnage in this mini-roguelite boomer shooter like no other! Explore over 100 procedurally linked combat arenas as a metal army hellbent on destruction stand between you and freedom. Are you ready to take them on?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. Beasts Shall Rise

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Battle Shapers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Find Father Shannon at the heart of the cemetery and end the drunken spree that has unleashed his inner demons on earth. Use your skills to keep the clock ticking in this fast paced shooter with rogue-like elements. Fight demons, vampires and werewolves while avoiding The Reaper's deathly grasp.

    2022ActionIndieCasual11.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Deadzone: Rogue

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Battle Shapers.

    Ranked #6 for Battle Shapers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.

    2025Action24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. STRAFE: Gold Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Battle Shapers.

    Ranked #7 for Battle Shapers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    STRAFE® is the worlds bloodiest roguelike first-person shooter! Featuring mind melting secrets and persistent gore that allows you to paint levels red with the excessive entrails of your enemies. 30+ weapons, 20+ enemies, & a red hot soundtrack.

    2017ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. GUNHEAD

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Battle Shapers.

    Ranked #8 for Battle Shapers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Gunhead is a fast paced strategic roguelike FPS where you take the role of a pirate mech with a gun for a head, looting derelict spaceships filled with monstrous drones made out of bone and steel. Sequel to the 2d roguelite Cryptark.

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Battle Shapers

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Roboquest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Battle Shapers.

    Reviewers of Battle Shapers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Roboquest is a fast FPS Roguelite in a scorched futureworld. You're a rebooted Guardian, ready to kick some metal ass! Fight with your buddy or by yourself and annihilate hordes of deadly bots in ever-changing environments.

    2023ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Titanfall - The Final Hours

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Battle Shapers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Written over the past four years, journalist Geoff Keighley ("The Final Hours of Portal 2") chronicles the making of TITANFALL from Respawn Entertainment. This longform app features never-before-seen photos, video and concept art from early development versions of the game.

    2014Action0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Slime Rancher

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Battle Shapers.

    Reviewers of Battle Shapers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Dead Cells

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Battle Shapers.

    Reviewers of Battle Shapers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Risk of Rain 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Battle Shapers.

    Reviewers of Battle Shapers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

    2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Mega Man X Legacy Collection

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Battle Shapers.

    Reviewers of Battle Shapers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.

    2018Action19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. DOOM Eternal

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Battle Shapers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.

    2020Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Hades

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Battle Shapers.

    Reviewers of Battle Shapers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Battle Shapers at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Battle Shapers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Battle Shapers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Battle Shapers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Battle Shapers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Battle Shapers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Battle Shapers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Battle Shapers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Battle Shapers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Vampire Hunters

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    To hunt vampires, you'll need guns. Lots of guns. Mow down hordes of undead creatures by stacking your guns into absurd, over-the-top builds. Unleash your firepower and survive the mayhem in this Roguelite Survivors FPS.

    2024ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Deadzone: Rogue

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Battle Shapers.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.

    2025Action24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. GUNHEAD

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Battle Shapers.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.

    Gunhead is a fast paced strategic roguelike FPS where you take the role of a pirate mech with a gun for a head, looting derelict spaceships filled with monstrous drones made out of bone and steel. Sequel to the 2d roguelite Cryptark.

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Battle Shapers

Is Battle Shapers verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Battle Shapers is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Battle Shapers cost?
Battle Shapers is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Battle Shapers?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Battle Shapers are Vampire Hunters, Ziggurat 2, Immortal Redneck.
Who developed Battle Shapers?
Battle Shapers was developed by Metric Empire and published by Metric Empire, Kepler Ghost.

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