Waves
Worth it · Shooter · 2011
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
PLAY IT.
Worth it, and it costs nothing.
- PriceS
- Free to play
- ReviewsS
- 95% of 1,573
- Critics
- 82 players 13 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 4% Shooter
Holding it back: Reach
Time and effort
- Main story
- 1.1h
- To 100%
- 17.8h 16.2x the story
- Achievements
- 54
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Better reviewed
- 95% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
52% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 4 percent. It is better reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Kill The Crows ($4.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats Chippy ($14.99, scores 73).
It is still busy. 11 players were online when we last checked, on Oct 31, across 35 days of weekly checks.
More about Waves
82 from critics against 95 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 91 percent of the 393 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 40 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 1.1 hours. Doing everything runs 18, 16 times as long.
At 1.1 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Developed and published by Squid In A Box Ltd, Waves is a visually striking twin-stick shooter that demonstrates how a simple concept can evolve into an exceptionally compelling arcade experience. Set within a glowing digital battlefield filled with geometric enemies and vibrant neon effects, the game focuses entirely on fast reflexes, survival, and score mastery. While it lacks a traditional narrative or expansive...
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About the game
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Shader Model 3 Compatible video card, 246 MB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Waves scores 83/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/107600/wavesReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.