Waves

Waves

Steam Deck Verified

Squid In A Box Ltd · Bullet Hell · Nov 16, 2011

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
63% of themes are praise25% are divided12% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It has excellent game controls, eye-catching visuals, a sharp-looking and well-implemented UI, good music, and well-balanced arcade-style gameplay.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Equally impressive is the soundtrack.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This difficulty can be off putting to some, but I really enjoy the intense gameplay - it keeps me coming back .. sweaty palms and all!
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Gamepad support is fine (BTW...
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The result is that you're constantly getting snapped back to a menu, unless you're really really good.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Graphics57 reviews
Audio52 reviews
Gameplay44 reviews
Controls28 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters11 reviews
91%
Difficulty8 reviews
88%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat8 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
54
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.