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Choose Hate Wave if you want an Indie experience. Hate Wave launched in 2020.
Hate Wave and Combat Master: Battle to DEATH both land in Action, Strategy, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Strategy, Casual on Steam. Hate Wave (2020) is 5 years older than Combat Master: Battle to DEATH (2025). Combat Master: Battle to DEATH is currently ~86% cheaper on Steam than Hate Wave (0.99 USD vs. 6.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Choose Hate Wave if you want an Indie experience. Hate Wave launched in 2020.
Choose Combat Master: Battle to DEATH if you want the Steam Leaderboards side of the pairing. On Steam, it's currently about 86% cheaper on the Steam Store. Combat Master: Battle to DEATH launched in 2025.
Both Hate Wave and Combat Master: Battle to DEATH sit in Action, Strategy, and Casual on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Hate Wave | Combat Master: Battle to DEATH | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Casual | Action, Strategy, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 6.99 USD | 0.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 2 reviews | 3 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Fiction Fundation | herbeni, herbeni |
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