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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!

Waves is a bullet hell, shoot 'em up and twin stick shooter game developed and published by Squid In A Box Ltd.
Released on November 16th 2011 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 1,510 reviews of which 1,435 were positive and 75 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Waves into these genres:

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

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *:Windows XP SP2, Vista, 7
  • Processor:2.0+ GHz or better
  • Memory:1 GB RAM
  • Graphics:Shader Model 3 Compatible video card
  • DirectX®:9.0c
  • Hard Drive:250 MB HD space

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025
Play some EDM in the background and you got yourself a great time! I've played this game over the years and love the portal-like voice - and the wittitudes when you die and when they explain the game. RIP developer
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Dec. 2024
Great! Love it! Superb score chaser arcade fun with many modes! (Also, free!)
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Dec. 2024
One of the best twin stick shooters, to this day. Can't believe it's free!
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Dec. 2024
Adictive, simple, but adictive.
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Sept. 2024
REVIEW #111 Waves ---------- I'm a sucker for a twin-stick shooter featuring geometric objects brightly outlined in "neon" light, and Waves is a good example of this concept done very well. It has excellent game controls, eye-catching visuals, a sharp-looking and well-implemented UI, good music, and well-balanced arcade-style gameplay. There's 7 game modes that are all fun, and each one has its own local and online leaderboard. I also love the "British millennial" style of humor in the game's text. Best of all, it's free! There are spots that Waves could've used more polish. For example, while the controls are good, button mapping for controllers cannot be adjusted, and some menus are seemingly impossible to navigate with just a controller. Also, music loudness is very uneven and varies per track, suggesting that the issue is probably that overall volume wasn't balanced across each music file in the game's data. I also experienced dropout once with the in-game voiceover. However, these are all fairly minor annoyances rather than actual issues that make the game any less enjoyable. One major thing to note is that Waves is single-player only, which may turn off some people. Personally, I don't mind the lack of multiplayer, as the game's design feels optimized for a solo experience, and I believe that adding multiplayer may not have benefited this title overall. I'll admit that I was slow to warm up to Waves, but I'm really glad that I did. I have a blast with this game every time that I play it, and now that it's a free Steam title, I find no reason to pass this up if you like twin-stick shooters. I enthusiastically recommend picking up Waves. -=-=-=-=-=- R.I.P. - Rob Hale (Developer of Waves) **** Thank you sincerely, Rob, for graciously deciding before your passing to give all of us gamers both of your Waves titles for free. Wherever you are, may you be at peace.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Waves is free to play on Steam.

Waves is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

Waves received 1,435 positive votes out of a total of 1,510 achieving an impressive rating of 9.01.
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Waves was developed and published by Squid In A Box Ltd.

Waves is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Waves is not playable on MacOS.

Waves is not playable on Linux.

Waves is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Waves. Explore additional content available for Waves on Steam.

Waves does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Waves does not support Steam Remote Play.

Waves does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

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Waves
Free to play
9.0
1,435
75
Game modes
Online players
0
Developer
Squid In A Box Ltd
Publisher
Squid In A Box Ltd
Release 16 Nov 2011
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