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Waves

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App ID 107600
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Squid In A Box Ltd
Franchise Waves
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 30299957
Last Record Update 29 July 2025 – 05:37:22 UTC ()
Release Date 16 November 2011 – 20:55:00 UTC ()
😍 90.16%
1k reviews
0
In-Game
💥 Bullet Hell 🕹 Shoot 'Em Up 🕹️ Twin Stick Shooter 🔫 Shooter 🕹 Arcade

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!

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer Squid In A Box Ltd
gamedir waves
metacritic_name Waves
icon empty string
controller_support full
metacritic_score 82
NoServers Yes
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/waves?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
primarycache 107601
state eStateAvailable
serverbrowsername empty string
community_visible_stats Yes
InstallScript 107600_install.vdf
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
Publisher Squid In A Box Ltd
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 16 November 2011 – 20:55:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.twitch.tv/squidinaboxltd
https://x.com/squidinabox
https://www.youtube.com/squidinaboxltd/
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 16 November 2011 – 20:55:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 9 January 2021 – 19:32:48 UTC () (1610220768)
Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 9
review_percentage 95
Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, Bink_Video SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_CUDA SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NVIDIA_Texture_Tools SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 3 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 118110
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_01
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-experimental
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 19 February 2013 – 15:11:45 UTC (), in changelist #183096

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

💥 Bullet Hell 🕹 Shoot 'Em Up 🕹️ Twin Stick Shooter 🔫 Shooter 🕹 Arcade 🗺️ Top-Down ⏸️ Bullet Time 🔋 Cyberpunk ⏳ Time Manipulation 💥 Action 🎨 Colorful 🤯 Abstract 🏅 Score Attack 🦄 Psychedelic 👾 Retro 👤 Singleplayer 🎶 Great Soundtrack ⚡ Fast-Paced 🌟 Arena Shooter 🏽 2D

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Stats Steam Leaderboards

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp6 August 2022 – 02:20:56 UTC

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timestamp 12 November 2015 – 20:41:46 UTC

Trailer 6175 ↴

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Steam charts

  • 0 players right now
  • 4 24-hour peak
  • 298 all-time peak 29 August 2022
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  • 105 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😍 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 90.16% SteamDB Rating
  • 1,460 95.1% positive reviews
  • 75 4.9% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
16 November 2011 Steam Release -
20 November 2014 ⇄ Fanatical: Ballistic Bundle -
18 May 2015 ⇄ Fanatical: Deep Space Bundle -

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Waves had an all-time peak of 298 concurrent players on 29 August 2022.

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