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Waves 2: Notorious cover art

Waves 2: Notorious

Squid In A Box Ltd · 2015-12-16

Steam

ActionEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 28, 2019 (Linux), Dec 16, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Waves 2: Notorious is an arcade twin-stick shooter set in Cyberspace. Build Combos, earn Adrenaline and unleash powerful Burst attacks as you Dive into the Net and do battle against an AI that adapts to your weaknesses!

Waves 2: Notorious is an Action and Early Access game released in 2015, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 324 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 325 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (106 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2019-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10310320152026Week of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-12-162022-08-062015-12-16 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $8.492016-09-05 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $7.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-05-01 — best price $7.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $7.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-05-21 — best price $7.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-10-08 — best price $7.992018-11-28 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $7.992019-04-08 — best price $9.992019-07-29 — best price $7.992019-10-14 — best price $9.992019-12-01 — best price $7.992019-12-16 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $7.992020-02-10 — best price $9.992020-05-18 — best price $7.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-09-28 — best price $7.992020-11-23 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $7.992021-03-15 — best price $9.992022-08-06 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
33.9%
earned "Maximum Effort"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3621%36

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

Player tags

ActionArcadeShooterAbstractTop-DownCyberpunkBullet HellBullet TimeEarly AccessShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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