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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.

0
playing now
77%
positive of 137 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 64% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
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 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 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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