Games like Wavetale
If Wavetale is your kind of game, the closest matches are A Rum Tale, Elon and the Divine Proof and G-ASTRO — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration is deeply satisfying, music enhances immersion and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Developed by Thunderful Development, Wavetale is a third-person adventure released in 2022 at $29.99 USD. Players explore a flooded world by surfing across its surface, with movement that reviewers describe as liberating. The game features outfit customization, collectible journal entries and challenge trials, alongside an auto-save system without fast-travel. Players highlight that exploration is deeply satisfying, and that the music enhances immersion into the world. Critics also note that characters have surprisingly fleshed-out backgrounds, contributing to an atmospheric and melancholic tone that players find cozy and relaxing. It runs as playable on Steam Deck and holds an 88% positive rating from 1,259 Steam reviews.
About Wavetale: Surf the waters of a submerged city! Unravel the past, save the islanders from mysterious sea monsters and discover secrets hidden under the surface.
Players who liked Wavetale also play
Steam players who put hours into Wavetale also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
A Rum Tale
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Top pick for Wavetale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
In this platform game you will embody a drunken pirate in search of a lost cargo of rum. But will you be able to face the challenges that will arise before you?
Elon and the Divine Proof
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Wavetale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Elon found himself on a beautiful beach with dozens of tasty burgers. He didn't know how he got there. He decided to embark on a mission to collect all the burgers scattered around the island.
G-ASTRO
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Wavetale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Play as a hyperintelligent, intergalactic, space Snail on a mission across the universe. Discover wildlife and plantlife to determine whether this world is habitable for snail-kind.
Kalanoro
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Ranked #4 for Wavetale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Kalanoro is an action-adventure platformer where you build a band of lemur artists. Explore Lemuria, recruit lemur musicians, grow your band and use platforming and combat to fight the witch Raneny, one song at a time.
Captain Sharkbait: Voyage for Treasure
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Ranked #5 for Wavetale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Ahoy, matey! Join the famously unlucky Captain Sharkbait known far and wide for his name... and his two peg legs! Could his fortunes finally be changing when a mysterious bottle washes ashore?
Nyra and the Garden of Moros
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Ranked #6 for Wavetale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
The prison of Moros is broken. Seek the legendary seals of the Keepers in this moody, open world, action-adventure. Nyra must remake the prison before the corruption of Moros comes to full bloom.
Braveboy
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Ranked #7 for Wavetale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Pick your breed, and build your clan. An open-world adventure about a pup from the Scottish highlands destined to lead a rebellion against the evil Cat King Of England.
Hymble Ventures
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Ranked #8 for Wavetale fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
A quirky, nonsensical adventure where you relive the classic era of collectathon platformers with a modern polish and heartfelt narrative. Explore whimsical worlds and unlock wacky abilities as you progress through a diverse set of puzzles, obstacles and denizens.
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Submerged: Hidden Depths
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Wavetale.
Reviewers of Wavetale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
Sonic Generations Collection
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Reviewers of Wavetale cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
Valheim
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Wavetale.
Reviewers of Wavetale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
The Pathless
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Wavetale.
Reviewers of Wavetale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
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Reviewers of Wavetale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
In Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, the worlds of Peter Parker and Spider-Man collide in an original action-packed story. Play as an experienced Peter Parker, fighting big crime and iconic villains in Marvel’s New York. Web-swing through vibrant neighborhoods and defeat villains with epic takedowns.
Solar Ash
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Wavetale.
Reviewers of Wavetale cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
From the creators of the award-winning Hyper Light Drifter comes the high-speed and gravity-bending world of Solar Ash.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wavetale at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under Wavetale on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~50% under Wavetale on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
PEAK
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Priced ~73% under Wavetale on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Don't Starve Together
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Priced ~50% under Wavetale on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Inscryption
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Priced ~73% under Wavetale on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
It Takes Two
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Priced ~53% under Wavetale on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Winner of GAME OF THE YEAR at the Game Awards 2021.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Wavetale.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Wavetale
- Does Wavetale run on Steam Deck?
- Wavetale is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Wavetale cost?
- Wavetale is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Wavetale?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wavetale are A Rum Tale, Elon and the Divine Proof, G-ASTRO.
- Who developed Wavetale?
- Wavetale was developed by Thunderful Development and published by Thunderful Publishing.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Wavetale.
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