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78%1k78% positive reviews, Mostly Positive across 1k reviews·Roguelike · Roguelite
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Shape Swarm is a fast-paced bullet heaven survivors-like where evolving geometric enemies adapt to your tactics. Build powerful upgrade synergies, survive escalating waves, and hold the line long enough for the colony fleet to escape.
Shape Swarm
Steam
Shape Swarm is a fast-paced bullet heaven survivors-like set in deep space, where evolving geometric enemies close in from every direction. You are the last pilot holding the line—buying the colony fleet precious time to escape.
The swarm doesn’t just grow stronger. It adapts.
Every minute survived changes the battlefield.

This isn’t a fight you’re meant to win.
Enemies evolve throughout each run, introducing new behaviors, formations, and threats that force you to constantly adjust your strategy. Builds that dominate early may collapse minutes later as the swarm responds to how you play.
Every upgrade buys you time. The swarm decides how much.

Forge powerful upgrade combinations that transform your ship into a moving storm of destruction:
Each decision shapes your survival—but no strategy lasts forever.

Choose how you make your final stand:
Save the Colony Survive long enough for the fleet to escape in this escalating timed defense run.
Infinite Mode Push beyond the limits and see how long you can last against an endless evolution cycle.
Swarm Architect Control how the enemy evolves. Choose the swarm’s upgrades and test how long your own design can be survived.

You won’t escape the swarm.
But the colony fleet might— if you can hold the line just a little longer.
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