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99 Waves to Die

SpookyFish Games · My Way Games · 2015-04-09

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 09, 2015 (Linux), Apr 09, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

99 Waves to Die is a twin stick arcade shooter, inspired by the arcade games, and 8-bit home consoles & computers of the 1980's.

99 Waves to Die is a 2015 Action and Indie game priced at $4.99, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 137 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 137 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 27,740 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.4k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 137 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.38 at Steam (2023-06-07) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220152026Week of 2015-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.382015-01-012026-08-032015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-06-11 — best price $2.692015-12-01 — best price $2.992016-02-07 — best price $1.012016-07-04 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $1.012017-04-03 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $1.012017-11-01 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $1.492018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-10-30 — best price $2.002018-11-27 — best price $2.992019-02-04 — best price $1.012019-07-09 — best price $2.992019-12-19 — best price $1.012020-01-27 — best price $2.992023-06-07 — best price $0.382023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-10-09 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-01-18 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-04-15 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-07-27 — best price $4.992024-10-12 — best price $0.492024-12-18 — best price $4.992025-01-31 — best price $0.492025-04-03 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-09-20 — best price $4.992025-10-22 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-10 — best price $0.992026-05-07 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-08-03 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieActionTwin Stick Shooter

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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