Waves overview

Overview

Waves comes from Squid In A Box Ltd and is published by Squid In A Box Ltd. It arrived on Steam on Nov 16, 2011, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Waves's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 2 players at 11 September 2026 - 16:36:43 UTC, with a tracked peak near 6. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 95% positive across 1,556 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Waves is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Waves has sold up to 113,000 units and has 980 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $223,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Waves overview details

Waves combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Feature List Slow down time at will with the Time Buffer. Decimate enemies with well timed bombs. Chain together kills for massive combos. Battle against your friends scores with the online leaderboards. Crunch Time – 3 minutes of intense action every time. Level up and defeat the fearsome Cubes to extend your time in Rush. Survival mode - 3 Lives and more baddies than you can eat but watch out for ambushes! Bombing Run is all about the Boom. No guns but lots and lots of Boom. BOOM! Challenge mode puts your skills to the test with 20 levels and only 30 seconds each – Try and 5-Star them all. Feel the adrenaline pump with only 5 seconds to live in Chase. Your Weapons are Useless! Unless you stand your ground in Hold. About the Game Waves is a twin-stick shooter that can be played by anyone, but with a high enough skill threshold to keep even the most hardened shooter fan entertained. Set in a Neo-Cyberspace arena your system is being overrun by bugs, errors, and viruses. The only solution is to kill every rogue process before it kills you! Clear the arena of enemies while racking up a big fat Combo with swift kills and well-timed Bombs. If it all gets a bit too much you can use your Time Buffer to slow down the action and turn defeat into victory. Players can compete across seven different game modes with online high-score tables and Achievements in their pursuit of twin-stick perfection.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Waves is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 2 players at 11 September 2026 - 16:36:43 UTC, a tracked peak of 6, and 95% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Bullet HellShoot 'Em UpTwin Stick ShooterShooterArcadeTop-DownBullet TimeCyberpunkTime ManipulationActionColorfulAbstractScore AttackPsychedelicRetro

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Support and legal notes

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