Shape of Dreams

Shape of Dreams

Steam Deck Playable

Lizard Smoothie · Action Roguelike · Sep 11, 2025

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $17.49.

90%
Very Positive
20k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 155 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 153 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 20k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise17% are divided8% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
You can make any character do anything, but obviously, some characters do things better than others.
155 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The progression of the game is very smooth with tons to unlock - each of the characters have unique achievements to complete, and it is very fun crafting a build to try and get them.
153 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Now with the full release there's so much more content that it's really satisfying to play both solo and co-op!
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
The build options are truly insane, such as turning Bismuth into a melee mage tank with Valiant Heart to generate epic levels of barrier that make you nearly invincible.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Really liked the setting and the visuals.
46 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Thus far I have only played solo, so I can't comment the multiplayer..
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+3 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love9 themes
Story and characters155 reviews
Gameplay153 reviews
Co-op76 reviews
Combat63 reviews
Graphics46 reviews
Multiplayer32 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Optimization15 reviews
Steam Deck9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty52 reviews
90%
Performance25 reviews
96%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes12 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $17.49 (−30%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $17.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
85
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.