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shapez
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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
56 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“[EDIT] I hate it SO much when you buy a game and 2 weeks later, it's on 90% discount :( Yes, it's a nice game, okay! Can I have my life back now? I desperately need to eat something and my p-bottle is full.”
“Shapez is a wonderful little casual automation game. It's a bite-sized easily digestible chunk of Factorio. Its simplicity is its strongsuit and it nails the goal. If you haven't played many automation/factory style…”
““I installed shapez for ‘a quick look.’ That was 314.6 hours ago.” At first, you’re like: “Cute little shapes. Relaxing. Minimalist. I’m in control.” Then suddenly it’s 3AM and you’re whispering: “Why is this belt…”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Shapez is a wonderful little casual automation game. It's a bite-sized easily digestible chunk of Factorio. Its simplicity is its strongsuit and it nails the goal. If you haven't played many automation/factory style…”
““I installed shapez for ‘a quick look.’ That was 314.6 hours ago.” At first, you’re like: “Cute little shapes. Relaxing. Minimalist. I’m in control.” Then suddenly it’s 3AM and you’re whispering: “Why is this belt…”
“It is exactly what it says it is: A factory / automization game with minimalistic graphics. And oh boy, it's addictive. What first starts of as cutting and rotating shapes, then coloring them to deliver the correct…”
12 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“[EDIT] I hate it SO much when you buy a game and 2 weeks later, it's on 90% discount :( Yes, it's a nice game, okay! Can I have my life back now? I desperately need to eat something and my p-bottle is full.”
“Shapez is a wonderful little casual automation game. It's a bite-sized easily digestible chunk of Factorio. Its simplicity is its strongsuit and it nails the goal. If you haven't played many automation/factory style…”
“A very intuitive game for somebody like me who is new to the video game genre of automation. This game got me very excited to try out Factorio or Mindustry more than a random Minecraft factory modpack ever will. It made…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Shapez is a wonderful little casual automation game. It's a bite-sized easily digestible chunk of Factorio. Its simplicity is its strongsuit and it nails the goal. If you haven't played many automation/factory style…”
“Amazing game. Easily the best factory game i have ever played. Interesting and has a lot of playtime, at a more than reasonable price (espeacially if on sale)”
“Cut, Rotate, Stack, and Paint. Seams simple, right? Yeah, it is. Very simple. Until you start E X P A N D I N G. Then you wish for trains. And honestly, it didn't take me that long to even beat this game. Huh? What do…”
4 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“It is exactly what it says it is: A factory / automization game with minimalistic graphics. And oh boy, it's addictive. What first starts of as cutting and rotating shapes, then coloring them to deliver the correct…”
“[h1] Pure automation bliss without the usual stress [/h1] Rating: 10/10 – If you love logic puzzles, you will lose hundreds of hours here. After finally hitting 100% achievements, I can wholeheartedly recommend this…”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is tedious because developers couldn’t come up with proper progression. First 5 level made me close to quitting but I pushed thru. I shouldn't have. Game requires you to beat Level 25 to unlock all features, I…”
“Initially it seemed annoying as the tutorial leads you into making something which you then have to delete parts of to hit the next tutorial goal but after you have played for a couple of hours you get the idea and you…”
“This game is, just, okay. The part of me that wants to do math hates this game for its upgrade system that allows you to accelerate anything after its built, and the respective free-ness of machines. It makes any…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is tedious because developers couldn’t come up with proper progression. First 5 level made me close to quitting but I pushed thru. I shouldn't have. Game requires you to beat Level 25 to unlock all features, I…”
“game was really fun till level 26, this "rocket" shape is a complete guessing game on how it works, no explanation at all on how to do it. dev needs to add a guide on how this glitch shape works or remove it. if you are…”
“pretty cool game if you participated in MKUltra and/or were Helen Keller”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Initially it seemed annoying as the tutorial leads you into making something which you then have to delete parts of to hit the next tutorial goal but after you have played for a couple of hours you get the idea and you…”
“Game is great but should have difficulty, cause the game gets confusing after some hours”
“It´s like building a computer cpu I think. Very hard, so check out guides on the net about space efficiency”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“It's like factorio with none of the stress, and none of the things that make it interesting.”
“Game is tedious because developers couldn’t come up with proper progression. First 5 level made me close to quitting but I pushed thru. I shouldn't have. Game requires you to beat Level 25 to unlock all features, I…”
“This game is, just, okay. The part of me that wants to do math hates this game for its upgrade system that allows you to accelerate anything after its built, and the respective free-ness of machines. It makes any…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“You have a life? Fageddaboutit. This game is a full-time job. No… Actually worse. At a job you at least clock out. Here? You are the system now. You wake up thinking about systems You go to sleep thinking about systems. Except… you don’t go to sleep anymore. You collapse out of…”
— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs played“Native Linux Support and being a great game”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Me: I’m smart, I got this. The game: Hold my beer. Now I’m just sitting here emotionally devastated. 11/10. Humbling experience.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:32 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Automation · Base-Building · Resource Management · Sandbox · Crafting · Strategy · Singleplayer · Management · Building · Open World · 2D · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option |
| Languages | English, French, Czech, German, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Norwegian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Danish, … |
| Achievements | 45 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://shapez.io |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bit Processor: 2 Ghz or faster Memory: 2048 MB RAM Graphics: Any Storage: 300 MB available space