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Games like Waves
Squid In A Box Ltd · 2011 · 95 % positive of 1,510
24 games that play like Waves and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Waves 2: Notorious, Breakpoint and Echoes+.
Player tags
At a glance
What games like Waves have in common
- The tags they share most often with Waves: Shoot 'Em Up (21 of 24), Bullet Hell (18) and Twin Stick Shooter (17).
- They came out between 2007 and 2025, 23 of them after Waves (2011).
- Best rated by Steam players: Ikaruga (94 % positive of 2,223).
- 5 games both play and look like Waves, among them Waves 2: Notorious, Breakpoint and Echoes+.
By gameplay
Plays like Waves
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Waves 2: Notorious
92 % positive of 311
Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
Breakpoint
96 % positive of 231
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter · Shooter
Echoes+
92 % positive of 858
Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
Horizon Shift
77 % positive of 322
Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
Cyberhunt
83 % positive of 1,946
Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
Heckabomb
63 % positive of 310
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter · Arcade
Incandescent
69 % positive of 164
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter · Arcade
Chroma Blast
81 % positive of 254
Shared: Twin Stick Shooter · Shooter · Action
Gunvein
96 % positive of 195
Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
BitMaster
64 % positive of 205
Shared: Twin Stick Shooter · Action
Chippy
91 % positive of 1,096
Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
UBERMOSH
89 % positive of 2,840
Shared: Bullet Hell · Twin Stick Shooter · Arcade
More matches
- SWARMRIDERS88 % positive of 486Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
- Ikaruga94 % positive of 2,223Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
- Drones, The Human Condition39 % positive of 337Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
- TYPECAST93 % positive of 180Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
- Nex Machina87 % positive of 2,123Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
- Planes, Bullets and Vodka85 % positive of 1,994Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
- Really Big Sky75 % positive of 1,894Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
- Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved90 % positive of 1,044Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
- Retrograde Arena94 % positive of 515Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
- Nebulock87 % positive of 322Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
- Space Codex81 % positive of 403Shared: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
- Void Invaders86 % positive of 400Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Retro
By look
Looks like Waves
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Waves 2: Notorious
92 % positive of 311
The Polynomial - Space of the music
72 % positive of 494
Frozen Synapse
82 % positive of 2,599
Really Big Sky
75 % positive of 1,894
Ion Assault
67 % positive of 178
Ultratron
88 % positive of 685
Droid Assault
82 % positive of 370
Syder Arcade
83 % positive of 685
Tempest 4000
66 % positive of 179
Shatter
93 % positive of 1,290
Lightfish
80 % positive of 173
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
91 % positive of 378
More matches
- Echoes+92 % positive of 858
- Geometry Wars™ 3: Dimensions Evolved89 % positive of 1,526
- PARTICLE MACE87 % positive of 1,371
- Slash It Ultimate71 % positive of 631
- 9th Sentinel Sisters70 % positive of 242
- Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved90 % positive of 1,044
- Rez Infinite91 % positive of 1,164
- Dyad77 % positive of 227
- Luxor Evolved92 % positive of 349
- Defense Technica39 % positive of 186
- 1... 2... 3... KICK IT! (Drop That Beat Like an Ugly Baby)28 % positive of 555
- Breakpoint96 % positive of 231
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.