shapez

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shapez

Short description

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!

Developer
Tobias Springer
Publisher
Doyoyo Games, tobspr Games
Release
Sun, Jun 07, 2020
Price
$9.99
$0.99
90%
best price ever
Reviews
14,345
Positive
96%
Followers
20,825
Owners (estimated)
200K – 500K
Concurrent players
328
Genres
Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Features
Adjustable Text Size, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Keyboard Only Option, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Subtitle Options
Tags
Automation Base-Building Resource Management Sandbox Crafting Strategy Singleplayer Management Building Open World 2D Puzzle Casual Moddable Simulation Abstract Logic Procedural Generation Indie Family Friendly
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$5msomewhere between $2.9m and $5m · roughly 287K–500K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $9.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

68 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$4.9m → ~$5m
Reviews 14,125 → 14,345
Followers 20,606 → 20,825
Concurrent players 328 → 328
Price $9.99 → $0.99
Positive reviews 96.2% → 96.1%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 194 further data points reach back to Jun 1, 2020 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $0.99 on Jul 15, 2024. That is the current price.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around shapez is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Automation + Base-Building + Resource Management

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Image Name Studio Shared Tag difference Price Reviews Positive Released Revenue (estimated)
Factorio Factorio Wube Software LTD. first game 6 same tags $35.00 192,796 98% Fri, Aug 14, 2020 $304m
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Mindustry Mindustry AnukenDev first game 4 − Sandbox − Crafting + Tower Defense + Multiplayer $9.99 24,931 96% Thu, Sep 26, 2019 $11.2m
$10m – $19.9m
Techtonica Techtonica Fire Hose Games 7 titles 4 − Sandbox − Crafting + Simulation + Building $29.99 3,057 65% Thu, Nov 07, 2024 $4.1m
$3m – $6m
Outpath Outpath David Moralejo Sánchez 9 titles 4 − Automation − Resource Management + Simulation + Pixel Graphics $14.99 2,866 93% Mon, Oct 16, 2023 $1.9m
$1.5m – $3m

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