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Shape Shifter: Formations
Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-18.
“Easily one of the best mindless grind roguelikes I've come across. There is a huge variety in viable builds, especially as you unlock more stuff, and the difficulty actually feels pretty reasonable. There's a good spike with the threat levels, and a lot of deaths are due to…”
— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played“Fun and engaging gameplay loop, will keep an eye on updates for this one. Must try.”
— a player, Steam review · 271 hrs played“Great Game. Gets better the longer i play.”
— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:32 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
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Update 1.0.4
Fixes Fixed an issue where the Shotgun's Twin Barrel upgrade had no effect. Fixed an issue where scrap could sometimes spawn in the air. Fixed an issue where Blight's Toxic Wake skill was spawning fro
Update 1.0.3 - Hotfix
Fixes Fixed an issue where constructs could still target the Heptahydra's heads after they were killed. Fixed an issue where Havoc's ability would not move from the Heptahydra's heads when killing the
Update 1.0.2 - Hotfix
Fixes Fixed some control issues with the new toggle auto fire option. Fixed an issue where some saves could have the wrong profile name. Fixed an issue where the Sands Of Time upgrade was less effecti
Update 1.0.1 - Hotfix
Changes/Fixes Added an accessibility option to be able to toggle firing on/off when using KBM. Fixed an issue where you could unlock higher mastery tiers while playing below threat 50. Fixed an issue
1.0 Out Now!
Hey Everyone, Shape Shifter: Formations version 1.0 is out now! After 1.5 years in Early Access, we're thrilled to announce that the full release of the game is now live! Thank you to everyone who pla
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-18.
| Genres | Action, RPG, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Arena Shooter · Bullet Hell · Local Co-Op · Rogue-lite · Twin Stick Shooter · Co-op · Rogue-like · Top-Down Shooter · RPG · Top-Down · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 150 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel I5 2500 or AMD Equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 670 or AMD Equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space Additional Notes: Lowest spec available for testing, may run on slower hardware at your discretion.