Shape of the World
Skip · Short indie · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 49, under the fair line, at $1.29.
- Length
- 1.1h 5.7h to 100%
- Value
- $1.17/hr
- Reviews
- 77% of 425 positive
Full price
Today
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
A serene first person exploration game in a surreal, organic world that reacts to your presence. Journey through a psychedelically colorful ecosystem of flourishing flora, rambling waterfalls, burgeoning mountains, glowing monoliths and graceful creatures. A 1-3 hour escape from work, anxiety and stress.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Geforce GTX 750 / Radeon R7 260X, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 71 discounts in the 8 years tracked, the median cut is 80 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $1.29 at 90 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 17 percent on value. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 66 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Eastshade ($24.99, scores 57) beats it on value, while it beats Nephise Begins ($0.99, scores 11).
More about Shape of the World
Steam's global achievement data puts 25 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 190 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 73 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 1.1 hours. Doing everything runs 6, 5.2 times as long.
The drop-off
58% start to 25% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
What players say
Decent but also a bit boring exploration walking sim. It's achievements are quite grindy.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A slow roller coaster ride where you just need to look around watching things unfold.
The visuals are stunning, even if I, like other reviewers, did not love the pastels in the initial levels, and the sound work is immersive, impressive, and very well done. It reminds me a lot of Journey, Abzu, and other games of the genre, where you get to spend a little while immersed in colorful graphics and just vibe, but... ...unfortunately, there was no vibing to be had in my case, as the controls on this thing...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Shape of the World scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/642610/shape-of-the-worldReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.