# Games like Beat Shapes

> The closest matches to Beat Shapes: Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite, All Aboard! The Train Defense Express, Minutescape, Idle Tower Defense, and Enter the Gungeon. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite](https://imho.run/games/3772240/void-miner-incremental-asteroids-roguelite) — Shares endless mode and wave based survival with Beat Shapes. 423 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3772240/)
2. [All Aboard! The Train Defense Express](https://imho.run/games/3359200/all-aboard-the-train-defense-express) — Shares wave based survival and auto battle with Beat Shapes. 145 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3359200/)
3. [Minutescape](https://imho.run/games/3327170/minutescape) — Shares idle progression and skill tree progression with Beat Shapes. 346 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3327170/)
4. [Idle Tower Defense](https://imho.run/games/3054090/idle-tower-defense) — Shares endless mode and idle progression with Beat Shapes. 74 Steam reviews, 54% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3054090/)
5. [Enter the Gungeon](https://imho.run/games/311690/enter-the-gungeon) — Also Bullet Hell, like Beat Shapes. 38,640 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/311690/)
6. [Vampire Survivors](https://imho.run/games/1794680/vampire-survivors) — A frequent pick in Beat Shapes players' libraries, and another RPG. 126,214 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794680/)
7. [Nodebuster](https://imho.run/games/3107330/nodebuster) — Shares wave based survival and idle progression with Beat Shapes. 10,302 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3107330/)
8. [Monsters are Coming!](https://imho.run/games/2934220/monsters-are-coming) — Shares wave based survival with Beat Shapes. 1,055 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2934220/)
9. [Nuclear Throne](https://imho.run/games/242680/nuclear-throne) — Also Bullet Hell, like Beat Shapes. 9,705 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/242680/)
10. [ONE BTN BOSSES](https://imho.run/games/1910600/one-btn-bosses) — A frequent pick in Beat Shapes players' libraries, and another Action. 108 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1910600/)
11. [Cuphead](https://imho.run/games/268910/cuphead) — Also Bullet Hell, like Beat Shapes. 62,740 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/268910/)
12. [Dice People](https://imho.run/games/3373670/dice-people) — Shares auto battle and idle progression with Beat Shapes. 295 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3373670/)
13. [Risk of Rain 2](https://imho.run/games/632360/risk-of-rain-2) — Same intense mood as Beat Shapes. 160,098 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/632360/)
14. [Orcs Must Die! 2](https://imho.run/games/201790/orcs-must-die-2) — Shares endless mode with Beat Shapes. 6,027 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/201790/)
15. [Balatro](https://imho.run/games/2379780/balatro) — A frequent pick in Beat Shapes players' libraries, and another Strategy. 99,852 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/)
16. [Everhood](https://imho.run/games/1229380/everhood) — Also Bullet Hell, like Beat Shapes. 8,159 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229380/)
17. [Beat Hazard](https://imho.run/games/49600/beat-hazard) — Also Bullet Hell, like Beat Shapes. 3,477 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/49600/)
18. [Soundodger+](https://imho.run/games/247140/soundodger) — Also Bullet Hell, like Beat Shapes. 404 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/247140/)
19. [DEFRAG](https://imho.run/games/4028640/defrag) — Shares skill tree progression and boss fights with Beat Shapes. 177 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4028640/)
20. [Dead Cells](https://imho.run/games/588650/dead-cells) — Same challenging mood as Beat Shapes. 43,598 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/588650/)
21. [castle idler](https://imho.run/games/4082900/castle-idler) — Also Tower Defense and Idler, like Beat Shapes. 59 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4082900/)
22. [Slay the Spire](https://imho.run/games/646570/slay-the-spire) — Same challenging mood as Beat Shapes. 75,305 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/646570/)
23. [SUPERHOT](https://imho.run/games/322500/superhot) — Same intense mood as Beat Shapes. 16,075 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/322500/)
24. [Hades II](https://imho.run/games/1145350/hades-ii) — Same intense mood as Beat Shapes. 62,885 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145350/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=4015080&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=4015080&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=4015080&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=4015080
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/4015080
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Beat Shapes

Beat Shapes is a simple incremental bullet heaven shooter game. Defeat enemies of various shapes to collect resources, which you can use to upgrade the skill tree, unlock new bullets,upgrade instruments and explore other upgrades. Grow stronger and challenge tougher enemies and bosses.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 4015080
- **Developer:** Inspiration Beggar
- **Publisher:** Inspiration Beggar
- **Genres:** Strategy, Casual
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, Mouse Only Option
- **Released:** Jan 7, 2026
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/4015080/beat-shapes)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=4015080&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4015080/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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