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Shape Shifter: Formations

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Developer:
Castec Studios
Publisher:
Castec Studios
Platforms:
Windows
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About This Game

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

  • Play solo or in 2 player local co-op.

  • 20 Ships and 20 Weapons to choose from each with their own abilities and playstyle.

  • Unique skill trees for every ship and weapon to customize their playstyle to your liking.

  • 200+ infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your build each run.

  • Expansive skill tree and meta-progression that provides permanent upgrades and new mechanics for every run.

  • Granular difficulty system to modify many aspects of the run.

  • Unlock new upgrades, weapons and ships by completing challenges.

  • Manual twin-stick gameplay. (With an optional auto-aim mode for those that prefer.)

  • Short 30 minute runs, with an optional endless mode.

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User Reviews

Very Positive
6 user reviews
83%
Positive
1 hrs at review
Not Recommended

The core gameplay is smooth and nice. Effects, sounds, visuals are cool. The RNG is horrible. I don't need 19 upgrades to my Corrosion damage because I wasn't offered a way to apply Corrosion even once. I decided to go with crit and crit chance. I got 2 upgrades for crit chance. Cool! The rest of the game offered me upgrades that reduce crit chance or do different things. Amazing, thanks. So, it's so much uncontrolled and uncurrated RNG that I hate every level up. On top of that, no auto-fire option. I don't need auto-aim. I just want to be able to NOT HOLD the LMB for 20 minutes. There are tons of other small things that make me mad. But the top two are already enough to uninstall.

25 hrs at review
Recommended

Fun game. One of those games that really scratches the "Gauntlet" (old school versions) power fantasy itch I used to go crazy about so many years ago, combined with the "big damage numbers" dopamine hit that you get when you slowly start feeling like a god. And the number of item "cards" rivals what I experienced in the first Heroes of Hammerwatch, with how so many things you can get that keep driving the power fantasy, all while being in an Arena shooter format. Having a great time here.

12 hrs at review
Recommended

Simple and fun. If you like Geometry Wars, Nova Drift, you wil like this.

160 hrs at review
Recommended

I don't think I can say this is better than Nova Drift, but if you liked Nova Drift and are looking for more you cannot go wrong with this game. This game is just as enjoyable as nova drift but feels as if it has double the content.

4 hrs at review
Recommended

If you like the Geometry Wars franchise, you will definitely like this.

System Requirements

Minimum

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.

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

FAQ

How much does Shape Shifter: Formations cost?

Shape Shifter: Formations costs $11.99. Currently 20% off!

What are the system requirements for Shape Shifter: Formations?

Minimum: 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. Recommended: Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

What platforms is Shape Shifter: Formations available on?

Shape Shifter: Formations is available on Windows PC.

Is Shape Shifter: Formations worth buying?

Shape Shifter: Formations has 83% positive reviews from 6 players.

When was Shape Shifter: Formations released?

Shape Shifter: Formations was released on May 27, 2025.

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