Waves 2: Notorious
Worth it · Multiplayer · 2015 · Early Access
The verdict
PLAY IT.
Worth it, and it costs nothing.
- Length
- 0.3h
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 93% of 328 positive
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Waves 2: Notorious is an arcade twin-stick shooter set in Cyberspace. Build Combos, earn Adrenaline and unleash powerful Burst attacks as you Dive into the Net and do battle against an AI that adapts to your weaknesses!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Shader Model 5.0 compatible graphics card, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.
The value story
Value puts it in the top 5 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 95 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Waves (free, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Gatekeeper ($8.24, scores 57).
The drop-off
34% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
I regret I didn't write the review earlier, as a fan of this sub-genre. It's very sad how things have turned out, as Waves series valiantly kept abstract twin-stick shooters alive, giving the positive vision after Geometry Wars passed the torch. Hopefully, somebody will make another great GW-clone one day, popularizing this sub-genre again even amidst roguelite twin-sticks like Vampire Survivors (which is great by...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Waves 2: Notorious scores 69/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/217120/waves-2-notoriousReviews 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 Sep 29. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.