SPSTEAMPULSELIVE ANALYTICS
Shape Shifter: Formations

Shape Shifter: Formations overview

Castec Studios | May 27, 2025 | game

Released

2players observed · 7 October 2026 - 12:00:42 UTC

ActionRPGFree To PlaySteam Store

  • Latest observed players2 · 7 October 2026 - 12:00:42 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak122
  • Units sold (VGI)8,280
  • Revenue (VGI)$56,832
  • Review score91% positive

Shape Shifter: Formations dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed players2 · 7 October 2026 - 12:00:42 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak122
  • Units sold (VGI)8,280
  • Revenue (VGI)$56,832
  • Review score91% positive
  • Total reviews267
  • Release dateMay 27, 2025
  • DeveloperCastec Studios
  • PublisherCastec Studios

Genres: Action, RPG, Free To Play

Company pages: Developer: Castec StudiosPublisher: Castec Studios

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Game overview

Overview

Shape Shifter: Formations comes from Castec Studios and is published by Castec Studios. It arrived on Steam on May 27, 2025, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, and Steam Cloud. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Shape Shifter: Formations's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 2 players at 7 October 2026 - 12:00:42 UTC, with a tracked peak near 122. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 91% positive across 267 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Shape Shifter: Formations is available in 1 languages including:

English languages with full audio support

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumWindows 10/Windows 11Intel I5 2500 or AMD Equivalent4 GB RAMGTX 670 or AMD Equivalent500 MB available space
WindowsRecommendedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listed

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Shape Shifter: Formations has sold up to 8,280 units and has 272 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $56,832. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Shape Shifter: Formations overview details

Shape Shifter: Formations combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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. Customize Your Loadout Choose from a wide variety of ships each with their own unique active and passive abilities, ranging from shocking tesla towers and a burning laser, to clones that mirror your attacks or the ability to slow time around you. Pick the ship the suits your play style and outfit it with a weapon of your choice. Every ship and weapon has it's own unique skill tree, allowing you to alter and improve the way they play via changing abilities/passives and gaining new ones. Shift Shapes Survive against swarms of enemies before fighting challenging bullet-hell bosses each with their own unique attacks and abilities. Customize your own difficulty with many modifiers from electrifying the walls, to giving enemies elemental infusions. Higher difficulties can unlock prime boss variants for an even greater challenge and further rewards. Limitless Upgrade Combinations Gain experience by killing enemies to improve your ship with infinitely stacking upgrades that allow you to tailor your build as you play. Inflict a barrage of status effects on your enemies, or summon a swarm of constructs with their own weaponry. Extensive meta-progression between runs allows you to gain permanent upgrades, new game mechanics, and tons of new ships, weapons, and upgrades for future runs. Features…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Shape Shifter: Formations is listed as a game with $14.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, and Steam Cloud, and is associated with Action, RPG, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 2 players at 7 October 2026 - 12:00:42 UTC, a tracked peak of 122, and 91% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameShape Shifter: Formations
Steam App ID2202590
Typegame
Release dateMay 27, 2025
DeveloperCastec Studios
PublisherCastec Studios
Price$14.99
PlatformsWindows
GenresAction, RPG, Free To Play
CategoriesSingle-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish * * languages with full audio support
WebsiteNot available

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players2 · 7 October 2026 - 12:00:42 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak122
Positive reviews244
Negative reviews23
Total reviews267
Positive percent91%
Review typeVery Positive
Recommendations272
Average playtimeNot available

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateMay 27, 2025
Official Steam feed update (UTC)25 June 2025 - 18:53:34 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)7 October 2026 - 12:00:42 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)7 October 2026 - 12:00:42 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)7 October 2026 - 12:00:42 UTC

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
Shape PummelerNo description
Shape SmasherNo description
Shape SlayerNo description
Shape ExterminatorNo description
Shape AnnihilatorNo description
Prime PunisherNo description
Prime PredatorNo description
Prime TerminatorNo description
Out Of BusinessNo description
I Hate SnakesNo description

Support and legal notes

FieldValue
Support email[email protected]
Support URLNot available
Legal noticeNot available

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/2202590
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2202590/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/2202590
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for Shape Shifter: Formations

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Shape Shifter: Formations?

Shape Shifter: Formations's latest SteamPulse observation records 2 players at 7 October 2026 - 12:00:42 UTC, with a tracked peak of 122 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. The tracked peak is the highest value stored by SteamPulse and may not cover activity from before tracking began.

Is Shape Shifter: Formations growing or declining recently?

October 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 4 players; the highest observed daily value is 7 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is September 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Shape Shifter: Formations?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (56.5%), Canada (5.8%), Germany (5.8%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (46.4%), Germany (6.1%), Canada (5.2%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (57.9%), Germany (5.3%), Canada (4.5%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (38.6%), China (7.2%), Germany (5.8%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Shape Shifter: Formations?

Shape Shifter: Formations currently sits at 91% positive across 267 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 244 positive reviews and 23 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Very Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Shape Shifter: Formations have?

Shape Shifter: Formations currently has about 1K tracked Steam followers as of 16 March 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Shape Shifter: Formations?

Shape Shifter: Formations is currently listed at $14.99 on Steam. SteamPulse uses the current store snapshot and historical price records to show whether the page is at full price or in a discounted window. Steam recommendations currently stand near 272, which helps add market context around that price.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Very Positive

91% positive, 244 positive, 23 negative

Price and discount

$14.99

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements

Achievements

150

Platform releases
  • Steam 29 September 2023

DLC and packages

Shape Shifter: FormationsBuy Shape Shifter: Formations #788800$6.74

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/Windows 11 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.

Recommended requirements

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

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