Waveform

Buy83%

Very Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Eden Industries · Indie · Mar 20, 2012

Player review score
83%
Very Positive
Price
$1.68
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
65
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
2
Full audio2 of 2
Subtitles0 of 2

Should I buy Waveform?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 86 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

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
56% of themes are praise33% are divided11% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
86 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If the core game isn’t enough for you, there also is the already mentioned Deep Space Mode (which I really love) and a Challenge Mode (after completing the game) that adds even more difficulty to the gameplay.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The sound effects are similarly great: surprisingly clear, high-quality, either subtle (picking up light orbs or changing course) or robust (asteroid collisions, exposions) ones.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This design approach allows for a smooth learning curve, where each new challenge feels like a natural extension of what came before.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Great music to follow you while you stare amazed at the soothing graphics.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I love the menu music for this game, and the gameplay itself is simple, yet fun and tricky

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay86 reviews
Audio40 reviews
Difficulty35 reviews
Graphics27 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
82% still recommend
Linux compatibility
40% still recommend
Bugs
0% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
33% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$1.68

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $1.68

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