Waves (2011)

Waves is a 2011 Casual game by Squid In A Box, rated ★ 3.5 by 29 players, about 1 hours long. Below: 12 games like it, ranked by how much they share with it.

★ 3.5 from 29 players Metacritic 82 About 1h to play #158 in Casual

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Overview

Released in 2011, Waves lands in the Casual space and runs on 2 platform families: Android and PC. Across 29 player ratings it holds a 3.5/5 average. Only 46% of games we track score higher. Within Casual it ranks #158 of 625 games by our quality score. Average playtime is 1 hours — a short run you can finish in a weekend, about 69% shorter than the Casual average. Critics gave it a Metacritic score of 82 — 7 points above the Casual average.

What players actually do with it

69%positive ratings29 votes

2on wishlists

10gave upvs 8 beat it

Exceptional 17%Recommended 52%Meh 14%Skip 17%

Finish rate = players who marked it beaten ÷ (beaten + dropped) on RAWG. Wishlist and playing-now counts refresh with every sync.

Platforms & availability

Platform	Family	Release
Android	Mobile	Nov 2011
PC	PC	Nov 2011

Can my PC run Waves?

Minimum

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