Hello everyone!
We’re incredibly excited and proud to finally announce that the shapez 2 Demo will become available this very month! Starting from January 25th, you’ll finally be able to play shapez 2 to your heart’s content. The demo will be part of February’s Steam Next Fest and will run until February 26th.
In case you need a refresher, check out the shapez 2 Reveal Trailer here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2162800/shapez_2/
What to expect
The shapez 2 Demo will feature about 2 hours’ worth of content, depending on how minimalistic or elaborate you build. However, there’s no limit to how long you can play!
Everything up to and including space platforms is unlockable, which is done by completing specified shape delivery goals. Rewards include destroyers, rotators, stackers and a second building layer to go with it. You’ll unlock basic access to blueprints to duplicate production lines or share them with your friends or the community. Most main goals come with one or more side goals that give you various upgrades and buildings to further optimize your factory with. Additionally, you’ll encounter some Demo-exclusive challenges to rack your brain over once you’ve unlocked everything!
The Demo is fully fledged with a tutorial, tips that appear while you play as well as a Knowledge Panel in case you’re stuck. It fully supports English, German, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional) and Japanese. Additionally, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Korean, Turkish, Polish, Russian and Thai are supported through community translations. Keep in mind that the quality of community translations may vary, so be sure to let us know if anything could be improved.
Please note that Demo save files will not be compatible with the Early Access version of the game, planned for later this year. Blueprint save file compatibility is likely but not guaranteed.
So far, shapez 2 has only been available to a limited audience. This Demo finally allows us to get feedback from the broader community and will really show us what still needs to be done before we enter Early Access. The quality of the Demo is representative of the quality of the final version of the game, barring any feedback we may receive. We are very ambitious to make the Early Access version feel like a full, finished game, so your feedback on the Demo will truly be invaluable to us.
If you’d like to join the conversation and give us feedback directly, you can already join the shapez 2 Discord server! There will be a button in the game to take you there. The Steam forums are also always open for you to leave your thoughts.
See you soon!
~ Tobias & the shapez 2 team