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Games like ShipShaper

If ShipShaper is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kamikaze Survivors, Rhythm Game Studio and Battleships Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. 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 ShipShaper: ShipShaper is a creative game about the simple joy of designing ships. Nothing more. Nothing less. Export to Bulwark, 3D print, or use in your own games with a free commercial license.

IndieCasualWindowsby Tomas Sala
ShipShaper — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into ShipShaper 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. Kamikaze Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for ShipShaper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with ShipShaper.

    Kamikaze Survivors is a top-down Roguelike where players command, equip, and level up battleships from WW1 to the present day. Participate in the First Blitz on London, Pearl Harbor, and Operation Epic Fury in command of history's most famous warships.

    2026ActionIndie7.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. Rhythm Game Studio

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for ShipShaper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ShipShaper.

    Rhythm Game Studio is a micro game editor designed specifically for creating your own rhythm games. With an easy-to-use block coding interface and robust rhythm-specific features, you can design and share your tiny rhythmic creations.

    IndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Battleships Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for ShipShaper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ShipShaper.

    Battleships Simulator puts you in command of mighty ships—strike, sink your opponent, and claim victory! Feel the thrill of naval battles and outsmart your foe in intense, turn-based war action!

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Midway:Sink the Japanese Aircraft Carriers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for ShipShaper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ShipShaper.

    This is a Battle of Midway simulation game. You need to fly a dive bomber, dodge Japanese anti-aircraft fire, drop bombs and destroy the carrier. The Japanese gunfire is extremely fierce, please be careful. I hope war only exists in games and I support Ukraine.

    2022IndieSimulationCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. FlyManMissile

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for ShipShaper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ShipShaper.

    Control missile to hit the enemy

    2020ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Smack Studio

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for ShipShaper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with ShipShaper.

    A sandbox fighting game with built-in creation tools to create characters and stages. Animate pixel art characters using our 3D pixel art rotation technology, then battle with up to 8 players! Use our tools to export sprites for your own projects.

    2024ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Battle Fleet 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for ShipShaper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Welcome Admiral! Select your fleet, assign weapons, and sink the enemy fleet by controlling each of your ships down to setting the aim and range of each weapon's shot. Features include full open world Pacific & Atlantic campaigns, cross-platform multiplayer and awesome turn-based naval battles.

    2014StrategySimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Crash Dive

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for ShipShaper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with ShipShaper.

    WWII tactical submarine combat! Take command of a U-boat prowling the Atlantic in search of enemy convoys to sink. Sneak past the escorts and torpedo the transports. Or surface and use your deck gun in a daring night attack.

    2015StrategySimulationCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗

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  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ShipShaper

What games are most similar to ShipShaper?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ShipShaper are Kamikaze Survivors, Rhythm Game Studio, Battleships Simulator.
Who developed ShipShaper?
ShipShaper was developed by Tomas Sala and published by Wired Productions.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on ShipShaper.

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