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Games like ShapeHero Factory

If ShapeHero Factory is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bestion, Mob Factory and SUPRACORE — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and relaxing. 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 ShapeHero Factory: In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.

2025StrategyIndieSimulationCasual23.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Asobism.Co.,Ltd
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Automated combat lets you step back and strategizeBeautiful art style and soundtrack praised by multiple reviewersDeep strategic gameplay rewarded at higher difficulty levelsChillCozyRelaxing

Players who liked ShapeHero Factory also play

Steam players who put hours into ShapeHero Factory 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. Bestion

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for ShapeHero Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    Bestion is a game that combines Roguelike tower defense elements with automated factory construction. Players are required to construct their own factory on a planet and protect the kernel from monster attacks.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Mob Factory

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with ShapeHero Factory.

    Second-strongest match for ShapeHero Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ShapeHero Factory.

    Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.

    2023StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. SUPRACORE

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for ShapeHero Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    SUPRACORE is a roguelike base building game. Build your base, upgrade it and defend against ongoing waves of enemies to gather more resources and expand your Core!

    2023StrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Illuminaria

    WHY THIS

    Shares automation, tower defense and a chill mood with ShapeHero Factory.

    Ranked #4 for ShapeHero Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Tower Dominion

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense and skill tree progression with ShapeHero Factory.

    Ranked #5 for ShapeHero Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ShapeHero Factory.

    Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

    2025Strategy17.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tower Factory

    WHY THIS

    Shares factory automation, factory building, factory builder and a whimsical mood with ShapeHero Factory.

    Ranked #6 for ShapeHero Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Heroes of Eternal Quest

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with ShapeHero Factory.

    Ranked #7 for ShapeHero Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    Welcome to a never-ending adventure full of challenges. Gather resources, build all sorts of buildings, unlock mysterious cards, and lead a group of heroes destined for greatness. Explore the unknown, climb the Tower of Shards, and break free from a destiny we never chose.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG4.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Elements and build

    WHY THIS

    Shares auto battler, tower defense, cozy and a chill mood with ShapeHero Factory.

    Ranked #8 for ShapeHero Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    Form your own genre with skills in different elements, use building rewards to build your own unique maze in randomly generated levels, and fight to survive waves of monsters to win

    2024StrategyIndieCasual6.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to ShapeHero Factory

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. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Shares factory automation with ShapeHero Factory.

    Reviewers of ShapeHero Factory cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with ShapeHero Factory.

    Reviewers of ShapeHero Factory cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Factorio

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of ShapeHero Factory cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation35.00 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with ShapeHero Factory.

    Reviewers of ShapeHero Factory cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under ShapeHero Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

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

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under ShapeHero Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with ShapeHero Factory.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under ShapeHero Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under ShapeHero Factory on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ShapeHero Factory.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under ShapeHero Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with ShapeHero Factory.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under ShapeHero Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under ShapeHero Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ShapeHero Factory.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under ShapeHero Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with ShapeHero Factory.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  6. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ShapeHero Factory.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

More from Asobism.Co.,Ltd

Other recommendable Steam games by Asobism.Co.,Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Vivid Knight

    WHY THIS

    Shares auto battler and roguelite progression with ShapeHero Factory.

    Another title from Asobism.Co.,Ltd, the studio behind ShapeHero Factory. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ShapeHero Factory.

    "Vivid Knight" is a "party-building roguelike" game in which you collect friends who have been turned into jewels and fight by combining their abilities! Explore the ever-changing dungeon and harness the gems you have gathered to challenge the labyrinth!

    2021StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vivid World

    WHY THIS

    Shares auto battler, build variety, roguelite and a cozy mood with ShapeHero Factory.

    Another title from Asobism.Co.,Ltd, the studio behind ShapeHero Factory. Shares Strategy with ShapeHero Factory.

    A follow-up to the hit game Vivid Knight, Vivid World is a completely new party-building, roguelike strategy game! Our story takes place in the Underworld, a land ruled by demons. Utilize and master our protagonist, Lemuria's new Jewel Magic to conquer strange dungeons.

    2025ActionSportsStrategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Live Hard, Die Hard

    WHY THIS

    Shares skill tree progression, roguelite progression, roguelite and a whimsical mood with ShapeHero Factory.

    Another title from Asobism.Co.,Ltd, the studio behind ShapeHero Factory. Shares Strategy and Indie with ShapeHero Factory.

    Busy but Addictive! This BATTLE x MEDICAL Counter-Invasion Real-Time Strategy is like nothing you've ever seen! An army of aliens is here to invade the Earth! Show the Earth-style greeting to those unwanted visitors who lounge around our grounds! Lead your troops to extinguish zillions of aliens!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ShapeHero Factory

Does ShapeHero Factory run on Steam Deck?
ShapeHero Factory is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does ShapeHero Factory cost?
ShapeHero Factory is listed on Steam at 23.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to ShapeHero Factory?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ShapeHero Factory are Bestion, Mob Factory, SUPRACORE.
Who developed ShapeHero Factory?
ShapeHero Factory was developed by Asobism.Co.,Ltd.

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