Games like Shape of Dreams
If Shape of Dreams is your kind of game, the closest matches are Evercore Heroes : Ascension, Shan Hai : Mythic Origins and Tears of Vanfell — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its buildcrafting feels limitless, characters feel uniquely powerful and challenging. 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 →Shape of Dreams is a top-down action roguelite developed by Lizard Smoothie and published by NEOWIZ, releasing in 2025 at $24.99 USD. The game supports online co-op for up to four players and is marked as Playable on Steam Deck. Mechanics include ability-upgrading, auto-attacking, boss-fights, build-optimization, character-progression, and character-skin-customization, set against themes of action, atmospheric dungeon-crawling, character-driven narratives, and competitive multiplayer. Players describe the deep build customization allowing many playstyles, noting that buildcrafting feels limitless and characters feel uniquely powerful. Reviewers also highlight the shrine mechanic where players curse themselves for boons and essences that break the game with powerful combos. The title holds a 95% positive rating from 5917 Steam reviews.
About Shape of Dreams: Shape of Dreams delivers fast-paced top-down roguelite action with chaotic projectile-filled battles, fluid combat, and high-stakes co-op. Play solo or with up to three friends as you dodge overwhelming attacks and unleash devastating builds.
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Evercore Heroes : Ascension
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer, skill tree progression, action and a competitive mood with Shape of Dreams.
Top pick for Shape of Dreams fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
Pick your favorite MOBA-style hero and jump into exciting roguelite runs! Overcome deadly challenges, grab game-changing power-ups, sync your build for devastating combos and save Lumerea from corruption!
Shan Hai : Mythic Origins
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shape of Dreams fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
SHANHAI: Myth Origins is a MOBA-style action roguelike inspired by the Shanhaijing. Enter a mythic realm, forge divine weapons, wield the Five Elements, collect artifacts, bind spirits and capture beasts. Play solo or in up to 4-player co-op.
Tears of Vanfell
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Shape of Dreams fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
Your life begins anew in front of an imposing mountain... Climb and explore it with a wide cast of characters in this dungeon crawler RPG with up to four player Co-op.
RealmWalker
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Shape of Dreams fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
Create powerful spell combos and blast through hordes of enemies in RealmWalker. This ARPG roguelite delivers ever changing runs with new abilities, challenging encounters, and procedurally generated worlds.
Above Land: Rhapsody
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Shape of Dreams fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
A singleplayer or co-op action RPG roguelite set high above the clouds. Wield outrageous weapons, craft wild builds, and dive into chaotic runs where no two adventures are ever the same.
Brawlers of Duality
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Shape of Dreams fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
Brawlers of Duality is a top-down arena fighter where damaging enemies launches them further, launch enemies out of the arena to defeat them. Battle in 1v1, 2v2, and a FFA mode where you defeat enemies to power up and take on other players. BoD is still under development
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares skill tree progression, roguelite progression, action and a competitive mood with Shape of Dreams.
Ranked #7 for Shape of Dreams fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
The Last Angel
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Shape of Dreams fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shape of Dreams.
Band together or die horribly in a brutal world of giant magical monsters. Risk it all using everything from magic swords to laser machine guns to blast your foes...or your friends.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Shape of Dreams
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Risk of Rain 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape of Dreams.
Reviewers of Shape of Dreams cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
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.
Ravenswatch
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape of Dreams.
Reviewers of Shape of Dreams cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Shape of Dreams.
Fallen heroes of old folk tales and legends: you are on the verge of a crucial battle against the Nightmare invading and corrupting your world. A roguelike action game from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods©, playable solo or in online co-op.
Roboquest
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape of Dreams.
Reviewers of Shape of Dreams cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
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.
Hades
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Shape of Dreams cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
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.
Sephiria
WHY THIS
Shares roguelite progression, boss fights, action and a whimsical mood with Shape of Dreams.
Reviewers of Shape of Dreams cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Shape of Dreams.
Sephiria is a top-down action rogue-lite game with pixel graphics. Go down the tower, meet various animals, and collect various talismans and artifacts to become stronger.
Windblown
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer and a whimsical mood with Shape of Dreams.
Reviewers of Shape of Dreams cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
Dash, dive and defy the Vortex. A lightning-fast, 1-3 player co-op roguelite from the crafters of Dead Cells, where every run is a leap into chaos. Absorb the powers of fallen warriors, rebuild their weapons, and WIPE THE FLOOR with anything that gets in the way of a perfect run.
SWORN
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Shape of Dreams.
Reviewers of Shape of Dreams cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
SWORN is a 1-4 player co-op action rogue-like. Explore and reclaim a fallen Camelot from the reign of a corrupted Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
Gunfire Reborn
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Shape of Dreams.
Reviewers of Shape of Dreams cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
Gunfire Reborn is a level-based adventure game featuring FPS, Roguelite and RPG. Players can control heroes with various abilities to experience diverse Build gameplay, use various weapons to explore procedurally-generated levels. You can play the game alone, or join 4-player coop.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shape of Dreams at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Shape of Dreams on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shape of Dreams.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shape of Dreams on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shape of Dreams on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shape of Dreams.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shape of Dreams on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shape of Dreams on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Shape of Dreams.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shape of Dreams.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shape of Dreams.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shape of Dreams.
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.).
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Shape of Dreams.
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.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Shape of Dreams.
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 with Shape of Dreams.
『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.
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Frequently asked about Shape of Dreams
- Does Shape of Dreams run on Steam Deck?
- Shape of Dreams 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 Shape of Dreams cost?
- Shape of Dreams is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Shape of Dreams have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Shape of Dreams supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Shape of Dreams?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shape of Dreams are Evercore Heroes : Ascension, Shan Hai : Mythic Origins, Tears of Vanfell.
- Who developed Shape of Dreams?
- Shape of Dreams was developed by Lizard Smoothie and published by NEOWIZ.
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