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Wavetale

Thunderful Development · Thunderful Publishing · 2022-12-12

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 12, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 12, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Dec 12, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Dec 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2022 (Xbox One), Dec 13, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Surf the waters of a submerged city! Unravel the past, save the islanders from mysterious sea monsters and discover secrets hidden under the surface.

2
playing now
88%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 753 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~94/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 57k–127k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,825 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.49-85%
Humble Store$4.49-85%
GOG$4.49-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.49-85%
GreenManGaming$4.50-85%
Microsoft Store$5.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Humble Store (2025-04-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 101 of 145 observed days · $3.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26426420222026Week of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-08-11 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$1.092022-12-122026-08-302022-12-12 — best price $26.992023-02-07 — best price $29.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-05-08 — best price $17.992023-07-11 — best price $22.492023-09-12 — best price $29.992023-11-13 — best price $17.992024-01-05 — best price $29.992024-02-19 — best price $29.992024-04-10 — best price $10.492024-06-07 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-08-07 — best price $8.992024-09-17 — best price $5.992024-10-24 — best price $7.492024-11-26 — best price $5.992025-01-09 — best price $2.992025-02-10 — best price $3.332025-03-12 — best price $29.992025-04-14 — best price $5.992025-05-19 — best price $3.592025-06-23 — best price $4.992025-07-31 — best price $2.992025-09-15 — best price $2.392025-10-17 — best price $1.492025-11-06 — best price $29.992025-12-05 — best price $22.492026-01-13 — best price $1.502026-02-25 — best price $1.492026-03-27 — best price $1.492026-04-25 — best price $29.992026-05-23 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $4.492026-08-09 — best price $4.492026-08-21 — best price $4.492026-08-30 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
67.1%
earned "Electrifying"
28.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,76638%14
PS5 (PlayStation)86967%15
PS4 (PlayStation)30271%15
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)26943%14
Switch (Nintendo)2100%0

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

Player tags

3DNaturePiratesCartoonyColorfulRelaxingStylizedAdventureCinematicController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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