Games like Waves
Closest overall match: Savant - Ascent (★ 3.3). Highest rated: One Finger Death Punch at ★ 3.8. Quickest to finish: Sine Mora at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Waves? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Great Soundtrack, Steam Leaderboards and Bullet Hell. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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66%
1. Savant - Ascent
Shares Score Attack, Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Steam Leaderboards and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Indie
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66%
2. Super Hexagon
Shares Score Attack, Bullet Hell, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Casual, Indie
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62%
3. Sky Force Anniversary
Shares Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Steam Leaderboards, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Casual, Indie
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61%
4. Sine Mora
Shares Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Casual, Indie
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60%
5. One Finger Death Punch
Shares Steam Leaderboards, Great Soundtrack, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Casual, Indie
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59%
6. Timberman
Shares Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 27%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Casual, Indie
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58%
7. OLDTV
Shares Great Soundtrack, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Casual, Indie
-
57%
8. Bit Blaster XL
Shares Score Attack, Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Steam Leaderboards and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
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57%
9. Beat Hazard 2
Shares Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Great Soundtrack, Full controller support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
-
57%
10. Beat Hazard
Shares Twin Stick Shooter, Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Steam Leaderboards and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
-
57%
11. Frederic: Resurrection of Music
Shares Steam Leaderboards, Great Soundtrack, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11, Casual, Indie
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57%
12. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved
Shares Twin Stick Shooter, Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Steam Leaderboards and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 4, 11
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Waves?
On our similarity model, Savant - Ascent is the closest match to Waves — shares Score Attack, Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Steam Leaderboards and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags; released within 2 years.
Which game like Waves is rated highest?
One Finger Death Punch holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.8/5 from 194 players.
Are there games like Waves on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 10 games like Waves on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Waves on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.