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Shape of Dreams: Prologue

2024

Should you play it?

《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

What works

  • Deep and flexible build customization
  • Smooth and satisfying combat
  • Strong co-op multiplayer experience
  • High replayability and frequent updates
  • Free to play prologue with substantial content

Things to keep in mind

  • Some balancing issues especially with melee and curses
  • Performance drops in later levels
  • Grindy progression for some upgrades
  • Limited number of characters and content in prologue
  • Connection and ping issues in multiplayer

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • UnderMine 2

  • Shape of Dreams

  • Dungeon Defenders II

  • SWORN

  • Abyssus

  • Lost Castle 2

More competitive

Games that feels like Shape of Dreams: Prologue but with more competition against others

  • Inkbound

  • Fellowship

  • Vellum

  • Full Mojo Rampage

  • Last Epoch

  • Entropy Survivors

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Shape of Dreams: Prologue but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Children of Morta

  • Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse

  • Atomic Picnic

  • Absolum

  • Torchlight II

  • LORT

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Shape of Dreams: Prologue: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Status.

Last update: 21/08/2026