Games like Shape Shifter: Formations
If Shape Shifter: Formations is your kind of game, the closest matches are Neon Chrome, Extremely Powerful Capybaras and NIMRODS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and intense. 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.
Get personalized picks →About 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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Steam players who put hours into Shape Shifter: Formations 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.
Neon Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares co op and an intense mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Top pick for Shape Shifter: Formations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
Extremely Powerful Capybaras
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Second-strongest match for Shape Shifter: Formations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Become the bullet hell as a Capybara in this roguelite adventure! Brave the chaos solo or with up to 4 friends, forge your path through hordes of enemies, gather capy-powering weapons & skills and embrace your inner capybara in this action-packed bullet heaven frenzy!
NIMRODS
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and a challenging mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Third-strongest match for Shape Shifter: Formations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!
Rift Loopers
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Ranked #4 for Shape Shifter: Formations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Survive the horrors of the multiverse, alone or with your comrades, as you battle against an onslaught of insectoid like creatures. Combine abilities in different ways each loop to overcome and return safely to your universe.
Time Wasters
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Shape Shifter: Formations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.
Patch Quest
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Ranked #6 for Shape Shifter: Formations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
In a labyrinth surrounded by vicious monsters, Explorers must rely on their Lasso to survive! Capture and tame ANY monster to leap, glide, surf, tunnel and websling through a treacherous, patchwork maze. This roguelike/metroidvania seems cute, but it’s a deceptively difficult bullet-hell challenge!
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Ranked #7 for Shape Shifter: Formations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
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?
Mega City Force
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Ranked #8 for Shape Shifter: Formations fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
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Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Reviewers of Shape Shifter: Formations cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
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?
Nova Drift
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Reviewers of Shape Shifter: Formations cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Reviewers of Shape Shifter: Formations cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
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!
Death Must Die
WHY THIS
Shares build crafting, meta progression and a challenging mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Reviewers of Shape Shifter: Formations cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.
Throne and Liberty
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Reviewers of Shape Shifter: Formations cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Throne and Liberty captures the essence of classic MMORPGs while introducing new gameplay elements, depth and excitement at every turn. Gather your guild, prepare for battle, and set forth for throne... and liberty!
Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Reviewers of Shape Shifter: Formations cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Battle hordes of monsters, acquire new skills, and upgrade your abilities. Customize your build with hundreds of item combinations and reach the top to fulfill your deepest desires. Conquer the tower in this thrilling roguelite hack and slash survivors game!
The Tower Of Babel
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Shape Shifter: Formations cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Priced ~67% under Shape Shifter: Formations on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Shape Shifter: Formations on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Shape Shifter: Formations on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Shape Shifter: Formations on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Shape Shifter: Formations on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~93% under Shape Shifter: Formations on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Shape Shifter: Formations on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Shape Shifter: Formations on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Free To Play with Shape Shifter: Formations.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Free To Play with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Free To Play with Shape Shifter: Formations.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
NIMRODS
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and a challenging mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!
Time Wasters
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.
Patch Quest
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
In a labyrinth surrounded by vicious monsters, Explorers must rely on their Lasso to survive! Capture and tame ANY monster to leap, glide, surf, tunnel and websling through a treacherous, patchwork maze. This roguelike/metroidvania seems cute, but it’s a deceptively difficult bullet-hell challenge!
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Shape Shifter: Formations.
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?
Mega City Force
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shape Shifter: Formations.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
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, Extremely Powerful Capybaras, NIMRODS.
- Who developed Shape Shifter: Formations?
- Shape Shifter: Formations was developed by Castec Studios.
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