Waveform similar games & best alternatives

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Waveform

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2012

Should you play it?

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

What works

  • Unique and innovative gameplay mechanics
  • Relaxing and immersive soundtrack
  • Extensive content with over 100 levels
  • Low price with good value
  • Progressive difficulty and challenge

Things to keep in mind

  • Can become repetitive over time
  • Steep learning curve for mastering controls
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Limited visual variety in backgrounds
  • Some technical issues reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Oozi: Earth Adventure

  • Arcade Moonlander

  • Annalynn

  • Solar Flux

  • Drill Bird

  • Slipways

More violent

Games that feels like Waveform but with more combat and destruction

  • Nova Drift

  • Polygon Attack

  • Titan Attacks!

  • Picayune Dreams

  • Echoes+

  • Void Sols

Less competitive

Games that feels like Waveform but with less competition against others

  • The Greenening

  • You Know The Drill

  • Out There: Ω Edition

  • Defy Gravity Extended

  • Midnight Protocol

  • Kaelaverse: Pemascape

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Waveform. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Waveform. These titles are not in What to play next.

Waveform: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026