Games like Shape of America: Episode One
If Shape of America: Episode One is your kind of game, the closest matches are My Friend Stalin, Kolkhoz: The Red Wedge and Suzerain — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its short but polished experience, atmospheric and contemplative. 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 of America: Episode One: Shape of America is a story-driven, non-linear, turn-based role-playing game about politics. The story is set the United States in the late 1990s, you are a young man who unwittingly finds himself tied up in all the important economic and political changes of the period.
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My Friend Stalin
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shape of America: Episode One.
Top pick for Shape of America: Episode One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
For the first time on steam. The greatest dictator of all time is now dancing on your desktop!
Kolkhoz: The Red Wedge
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shape of America: Episode One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
Kolkhoz: The Red Wedge is inviting players to be a small part of an adventure in the beginning of the Soviet Union era. Gleb was sent to a village to make all villagers to give up all their property used for agricultural cultivation, and collectively carry out their agricultural labor.
Suzerain
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Shape of America: Episode One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
Love in Belarus
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Shape of America: Episode One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
Love in Belarus is a fascinating love story with a Belarusian dictator. Melt the heart of the usurper of power!
Through the Darkest of Times
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shape of America: Episode One.
Ranked #5 for Shape of America: Episode One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.
Crisis in the Kremlin
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Shape of America: Episode One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Shape of America: Episode One.
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
Collapse: A Political Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Shape of America: Episode One.
Ranked #7 for Shape of America: Episode One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Shape of America: Episode One.
is a grand strategy game that takes place in 1992-2004. You take lead of your own Party in the face of the total devastation of one of the fictional post-Soviet states in Europe. Try to realize your (or someone else's) political dreams in the shaky arena of this dilapidated situation.
Section Six
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Shape of America: Episode One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
You're an employee of the Section Six that handles postal censorship. Outside the window is an alternative Russia of the late 19th — early 20th century. Write reports accusing both the guilty and the innocent, steal things, break lives... or not...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shape of America: Episode One at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Shape of America: Episode One on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shape of America: Episode One on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Shape of America: Episode One on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Shape of America: Episode One on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Shape of America: Episode One on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Shape of America: Episode One.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shape of America: Episode One on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shape of America: Episode One on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Shape of America: Episode One.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Shape of America: Episode One on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Shape of America: Episode One.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
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 Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
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!
Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Shape of America: Episode One.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Shape of America: Episode One.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Emily is Away
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
When the Darkness comes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
Everlasting Summer
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
Visual novel loved by many – Everlasting Summer – now on Steam!
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More from kuklam studios
Other recommendable Steam games by kuklam studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Cartonfall
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Shape of America: Episode One.
Another title from kuklam studios, the studio behind Shape of America: Episode One. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
It was another night shift at your job in a warehouse, when a madman with a box on his head, took control over the complex. Now you are under his control, to get out of here you have to solve his wicked riddles and smash through his weird cardboard structures by using anything you find in the boxes.
Cartonfall: Fortress - Defend Cardboard Castle
WHY THIS
Another title from kuklam studios, the studio behind Shape of America: Episode One. Shares Indie with Shape of America: Episode One.
Build your own cardboard fort and defend it against swarms of enemies. Gather resources, craft weapons and set traps. Be creative, improvise and experiment to win.
Cryospace - survival horror in space
WHY THIS
Another title from kuklam studios, the studio behind Shape of America: Episode One. Shares Indie and RPG with Shape of America: Episode One.
You are not a soldier. Not a fighter. Just an ordinary maintenance guy. Yet you have to fight. And you are forced to run. But chiefly: you must help the frozen crew survive on a spaceship. You are the only one who can save others. You are made a hero against your will. You become a leader. A slayer.
Cryospace: Prologue
WHY THIS
Another title from kuklam studios, the studio behind Shape of America: Episode One. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shape of America: Episode One.
You are not a soldier. Not a fighter. Just an ordinary maintenance guy. Yet you have to fight. And you are forced to run. But chiefly: you must help the frozen crew survive on a spaceship. You are the only one who can save others. You are made a hero against your will. You become a leader. A slayer.
Frequently asked about Shape of America: Episode One
- How much does Shape of America: Episode One cost?
- Shape of America: Episode One is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shape of America: Episode One?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shape of America: Episode One are My Friend Stalin, Kolkhoz: The Red Wedge, Suzerain.
- Who developed Shape of America: Episode One?
- Shape of America: Episode One was developed by kuklam studios.
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