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Waveform cover art

Waveform

Eden Industries · 2012-03-20

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 20, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 20, 2012 (Mac), Mar 20, 2012 (Linux)

Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!

Waveform is an Adventure, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2012, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 2138 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Waveform is an action game created by Canadian independent developer Eden Industries. The player controls a wave of light as it transmits through space and is able to modify the wave's amplitude and wavelength to line it up with objectives, avoid obstacles, and interact with objects that affect the path of the wave, and the world around it, in various ways.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 86k–171k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,139 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.19 at Steam (2015-06-11) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220172026Week of 2017-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-14 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.192015-01-012020-07-162015-01-01 — best price $6.992015-04-06 — best price $0.242015-06-29 — best price $4.992015-09-07 — best price $7.992015-11-09 — best price $0.792015-11-25 — best price $0.492016-01-04 — best price $1.992016-01-25 — best price $7.992016-02-12 — best price $1.992016-04-11 — best price $0.792016-05-02 — best price $1.992016-06-13 — best price $0.492016-07-04 — best price $1.992016-08-15 — best price $0.492016-09-05 — best price $1.992016-11-14 — best price $0.492016-11-29 — best price $1.992016-12-22 — best price $0.492017-02-20 — best price $1.992017-03-30 — best price $0.492017-04-10 — best price $1.992017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-08-29 — best price $1.992017-11-22 — best price $0.492018-01-04 — best price $1.992018-02-15 — best price $0.492018-04-04 — best price $1.992018-07-19 — best price $1.992019-03-09 — best price $1.992020-07-16 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

702026-06-01 — 1 pageviews2026-06-05 — 0 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1 pageviews2026-06-25 — 0 pageviews2026-06-29 — 2 pageviews2026-07-03 — 7 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1 pageviews2026-07-19 — 2 pageviews2026-07-23 — 1 pageviews2026-07-27 — 0 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1 pageviews2026-08-04 — 0 pageviews2026-08-08 — 3 pageviews2026-08-12 — 0 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 0 pageviews2026-08-29 — 0 pageviews2026-09-02 — 3 pageviews2026-09-06 — 3 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1 pageviews2026-09-18 — 0 pageviews2026-09-22 — 0 pageviews2026-09-26 — 0 pageviews2026-09-30 — 2 pageviews2026-10-04 — 3 pageviews2026-10-08 — 2 pageviews2026-10-11 — 0 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
33.3%
earned "Top of the flagpole"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2012-06-04, latest 2013-01-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,9314%65

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceActionArcadeCasualPuzzleSci-fiStrategyAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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