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Blood Waves

Light Road Games · 2018-05-11

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 15, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Mar 15, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 21, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 21, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 15, 2019 (Xbox One)

Hardcore and bloody shooter where you will have to repel the attacks of the living dead using the destroying traps, defensive barricades and also weapon of close and long-range combat.

68%
positive of 198 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
3.31★
PlayStation Store rating (347 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 25,734 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.0k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 198 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620182026Week of 2018-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992018-02-112026-10-082018-02-11 — best price $9.992018-07-09 — best price $2.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-12-21 — best price $0.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $2.992019-10-07 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $0.992021-09-13 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-04-18 — best price $9.992022-08-22 — best price $3.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-17 — best price $0.992023-05-22 — best price $1.992023-07-24 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-15 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-09-02 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-01-13 — best price $9.992025-04-14 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-11-24 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $0.992026-05-18 — best price $1.992026-09-24 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
84.5%
earned "First blood"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieActionHorrorShooterZombiesBuildingStrategySurvivalSingleplayerThird Person

Census log

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

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