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Shapebreaker

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77%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, replayability
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
77% User Score Based on 57 reviews

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Shapebreaker is a single player tactical turn-based strategy game. It was developed by Alexander VdB and was released on May 2, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

A fusion of tower defense games and roguelike deckbuilders. Use your cards to build towers and to upgrade them in unique ways. Gain rewards to customize your deck, defense and playstyle. Break the shapes before they break you!

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77%Audience ScoreBased on 57 reviews
graphics3 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions
  • Unique and fun blend of deckbuilding and tower defense mechanics providing strategic depth.
  • Good replayability due to variety in deck building and reward choices, keeping gameplay engaging for multiple runs.
  • Clean and intuitive UI with enjoyable maze-building and tactical tower placement.
  • Limited variety and similarity among towers and enemies lead to repetitive gameplay after short playtime.
  • Maps are often cramped and short, restricting meaningful tower positioning and path manipulation.
  • Lack of features like visible damage numbers, enemy health, and save system reduce quality of life and accessibility.

  • gameplay

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The gameplay is praised for being fun, addictive, and featuring some unique mechanics not commonly seen in tower defense games. However, some users feel the mechanics are overly simple, the content is quickly completed, and certain changes in newer iterations have diminished enjoyment. Positive aspects include fitting visuals and audio, a solid core gameplay loop, and the ability to adjust game speed smoothly.

    • “Yass literally all my favorite genres and gameplay styles I love, love the fact that almost everything can be calculated using math rather than being completely up to RNG.”
    • “On a final note, being able to easily change the game speed during gameplay works really well.”
    • “Game's gotten worse with every iteration. I typed an essay on suggested improvements, which was erased once I changed 'would you recommend this game' from 'yes' to 'no'. Not worth going over again. In summary, '0 cost draw 2 cards' needs to come back and the game needs an endless mode. I'm done with handicap mechanics and having to restart.”
    • “- Extremely simple mechanics.”
    • “Surprisingly fun and addicting tower defense game with some unique mechanics (or at least some mechanics that I haven't seen before in other tower defense games).”

  • graphics

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The graphics are simple and somewhat outdated, but they complement the game’s playful and attractive style well. Despite lacking visual sophistication, the visuals effectively support the core gameplay and overall experience.

    • “Simple graphics, but outstanding gameplay.”
    • “The visuals and audio really fit this game, and the core gameplay loop could become amazing.”
    • “Graphics are simple, made with shapes, but still look playful and attractive to the eyes.”
    • “I'm sure that if the graphics didn't look so outdated and bad, the game would have sold a lot better.”

  • replayability

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    Replayability is praised for its deckbuilding mechanics and diverse reward choices, offering varied ways to play and enhancing long-term engagement compared to other tower defense games. Users see great potential for further improvements to increase replay value even more.

    • “The game has good replay value due to the different ways you can build your deck combined with the reward choices.”
    • “High replay value due to a good variety in reward choices.”
    • “The concept is fantastic, so I really hope development continues — there are many ways the game could improve and become more replayable.”

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's music consists of a single repetitive loop that many players find unengaging, leading some to mute it after a short time.

    • “Game has only one music loop that I muted after a few rounds.”

  • monetization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users appreciate the monetization approach for promoting deckbuilding and replayability, a feature that is often missing in many tower defense games.

  • story

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The story is impacted by a frustrating mechanic where losing all your energy in a mission forces you to restart the entire act, which can disrupt the narrative flow and player immersion.

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Shapebreaker is a tactical turn-based strategy game. Common tags for Shapebreaker include turn-based, indie, roguelite, tower defense, deckbuilding and others.

Shapebreaker is available on PC, Web Browser and Windows.

Shapebreaker was released on May 2, 2023.

Shapebreaker was developed by Alexander VdB.

Shapebreaker has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Shapebreaker for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Shapebreaker is a single player game.

Similar games include Emberward, Tower Tactics: Liberation, Trials of Fire, Die in the Dungeon, SpellRogue and others.