Waven

Waven

Skip · RPG · 2023 · Early Access

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
80% of 5,120
Genre rank
Top 27% RPG

Holding it back: Early access, DRM

Time and effort

Main story
99.4h
To 100%
310.9h 3.1x the story

Players and genre

Online
37 now
Better reviewed
75% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 27 percent. It is better reviewed than 75 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Cave Crawlers (free, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Inferna (free, scores 8).

It is still busy. 37 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 4, 21:47 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

More about Waven

Finishing takes 99.4 hours; clearing it takes 311, which is 3.1 times the campaign.

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 we assumed
  • Player count is unknown. We assumed a small player base, about 500 owners.
  • Steam lists in-app purchases but we have no detail on them. Small caution applied.
Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationIn-app purchases
Steam lists in-app purchases and nothing more is known, so a small haircut
DRMAnkama account needed
Needs a second account on top of Steam, a small friction discount
Early accessUnfinished
Still in development, a small confidence discount until 1.0
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Forge your own destiny! Choose your character, equip your best spells and sail from island to island in quest of fortune and glory. Level up your hero and your strategy in this free-to-play tactical multiplayer RPG with unique colorful graphics.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 10 with at least 2GB of VRAM, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

Cite this score

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Waven scores 44/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. Player count is unknown, so the score assumes a small player base; Steam shows 5,120 reviews, so it has at least that many owners. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2343650/waven
Embed the live badge

Reviews 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 Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperAnkama Studio
PublisherAnkama Games
GenreRPG
Released2023