MUNICH, GERMANY, 7 July, 2025 – Tobias Springer, developer of the popular factory automation game shapez 2, has announced plans for the game’s full 1.0 launch, targeting a release window of November 2025. The milestone update will bring some highly requested features, including Steam achievements, modding support, and a new game mode that could become the default gameplay experience moving forward.
“We feel like shapez 2 is already in a very solid state,” says Springer. “With the recent updates and current state of the game, we want to get rid of the "early access" label, as we felt it might imply the game might not be ready to be played yet,”
New Game Mode
The new game mode focuses on allowing players to build more permanent factories by ensuring that shapes produced early on remain relevant in later stages. This change is aimed at appealing more to fans of traditional factory-building games. Currently, the game can feel more like a puzzle experience due to the frequent need to delete and rebuild factories.
That said, the existing mode will remain available as the "classic" option.
Modding Support & Achievements on the Way
shapez 2’s 1.0 release will also introduce modding tools and the team is actively seeking early collaboration with the modding community to ensure high-quality content is ready at launch. Interested creators are encouraged to join the official Discord for announcements.
In addition, the update will debut a range of achievements, a long-standing community request.
Savegame Compatibility & Legacy Support
To support the game’s evolution, legacy savegames from the current “classic” mode will not carry over into 1.0, but will remain accessible via a dedicated Steam branch. While mods and achievements won’t be available on this branch, players can continue working on their existing factories.
Blueprint compatibility will remain intact across versions, and the classic game mode will still be available alongside the new one.
Stay up to date via the official site or follow shapez 2 on Discord / X / Bluesky / Tiktok / Reddit / YouTube.
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About shapez 2
shapez 2 is a top-down factory-building game where you extract and process geometric shapes. Each shape has its own set of building-blocks that your factories can take apart, stack, paint and put back together in unique ways. Automate the processing of geometric shapes, build massive factories and optimize them to solve increasingly complex logistics and automation tasks! shapez 2 is financially supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action as part of the federal government's computer games funding.
The game’s predecessor, shapez, is a 2D factory-building and automation game that sold more than 850,000 units on Steam and attracted more than 10 million players to its demo on shapez.io. It laid the foundation for shapez 2, which introduces 3D visuals and a visually enticing space setting, as well as a wide variety of other tweaks to further improve player satisfaction. With over 540,000 sales on Steam, shapez 2 is one of the most purchased and highest rated factory building games on the platform with 98% positive reviews.
About tobspr Games
tobspr Games is an independent game development studio from Germany that was founded in 2018 by Tobias Springer. The company began as a hobby with a focus on webgames: the studio’s first game was a tower defense game called "YORG.io". After it became clear that a much larger player base could be built on Steam, the concept switched to a hybrid approach: a demo on the web and full version on Steam.
Since the success of shapez the studios focus is now 100% on factory/automation games on Steam.
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