Games like Shape Shifter: Formations
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.
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Nuclear Throne
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Crimsonland
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Vampire Survivors
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Nuclear Throne
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Nova Drift
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Play the most popular story from the bible. The tower of babel is a unique tower - builder and RPG. Pick a leader, hire workers, manage the economy of the building site and the lives of your workers. Remember you have 7 days to complete the tower before language barrier becomes a major problem.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shape Shifter: Formations at current Steam store prices.
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Hero Siege
Hero Siege is a fast paced Pixel Art ARPG featuring an expansive roster of unique classes, deep build experimentation, and a player driven economy.
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Vampire Survivors
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!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Nuclear Throne
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Crimsonland
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
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Assault Android Cactus+
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
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Vampire Survivors
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!
Frequently asked about Shape Shifter: Formations
- Is Shape Shifter: Formations verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Shape Shifter: Formations 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 Shape Shifter: Formations cost?
- Shape Shifter: Formations is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Shape Shifter: Formations have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Shape Shifter: Formations supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Shape Shifter: Formations?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shape Shifter: Formations are Neon Chrome, Brotato, Nuclear Throne.
- Who developed Shape Shifter: Formations?
- Shape Shifter: Formations was developed by Castec Studios.
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