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SHAPE & SHADE

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SHAPE & SHADE playtest

by Antharsis

SHAPE & SHADE is a multiplayer game that combines Prop Hunt and Social deduction mechanics, draw your own disguise and survive until de train reach the Station. Watch your friends slowly go crazy trying to figure out what's real and what’s not !

Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.

Access
Instant
On playtest since
Aug 23, 2026
Planned release
Sep 1, 2027
Developer
Antharsis
Platforms
Windows
Players
Co-op, Multiplayer, Online co-op, Online PvP, PvP
Languages
English, French, German, Italian and 7 more

How to join the SHAPE & SHADE playtest

  1. Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
  2. Use the SHAPE & SHADE playtest signup there. You're in straight away, with nothing to pay.
  3. The playtest shows up in your Steam library, ready to install and play.

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About SHAPE & SHADE

Draw yourself a disguise and hide for your life, while the Antagonists hunt you down.

WELCOME ABOARD THE VÄINÄ !

The world is pretty much ending from an unknown cataclysm, yet fear not, someone shoved you in a secured speeding night train with other very questionable passengers.

SHAPE & SHADE is a multiplayer game that combines Prop Hunt and Social deduction mechanics, draw your own disguise and survive until de train reach the Station.

TWO WAYS TO PLAY IN MULTIPLAYER !

Play with your weirdly shaped friends, or even better, create a server or join public lobbies and let the world witness your very FAMILY FRIENDLY props \[I’M LOOKING AT YOU MY GUY],

Hunters mode is a simple Hide-and-seek with no votes. DISGUISE yourself as a prop or HUNT them down ! \[2–15]

Traitors mode is the classic Social deduction with meetings, roles, events and MUCH MORE ! \[5–15]

FEATURES

  • IN GAME PROXIMITY VOICE CHAT
  • 20+ UNIQUE ROLES
  • SUPPORT ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN, RUSSIAN AND SIMPLIFIED CHINESE | +

SHARE YOUR SHAPES

You can share your most ungodly creations so they might be added as assets to the game map !

Your steam name will be credited, and you’ll have my undying love !

I’ll check each and every one of them, in every detail. Do not defile my soul.

STREAMING & VIDEOS

If I can hear a single person laughing while playing this game, this whole thing is a win.

You’re free to share your content without credits around the world wide web !

From the game's Steam page.