Rank 01Games like Waves 2: Notorious
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Waves 2: Notorious: Waves, Sektori, Nex Machina, Destropolis, and Go Mecha Ball. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- $19.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2017
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Squid In A Box Ltd
- Price: Free to play
- 88% of 137 reviews
- Genres: Action, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows, Linux
Players highlight
- Aggressive positioning matters
- Combo chains fuel bomb sprees
- Deep ship build variety
- Contemplative
- Hypnotic
- Intense
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About Waves 2: Notorious
The closest matches to Waves 2: Notorious: Waves, Sektori, Nex Machina, Destropolis, and Go Mecha Ball. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Waves 2: Notorious is your kind of game, the closest matches are Waves, Sektori and Nex Machina — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as contemplative, hypnotic and intense, and single out its combo cap system and combo driven bomb gating. 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.
About Waves 2: Notorious: 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!
Is Waves 2: Notorious worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 88% of 137 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Aggressive positioning matters
- Combo chains fuel bomb sprees
- Deep ship build variety
- Leaderboard driven replayability
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Abandoned and broken. Cannot gain "stars" so cannot gain new weapons and other modules. Forever stuck with the default loadout and no way to progress.”
“I don't think the developer had a clear idea of what they were trying to do to the original waves game, and this, "waves 2" is an unnecessary indentured game, struggling to combine a lot of ideas which don't particularily work that well…”
People who play it also play: Waves, Sektori, Nex Machina
Frequently asked about Waves 2: Notorious
Can I run it?
Is Waves 2: Notorious free to play?
Yes — Waves 2: Notorious is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
Does Waves 2: Notorious have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Waves 2: Notorious supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Waves 2: Notorious?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Waves 2: Notorious are Waves, Sektori, Nex Machina.
Who developed Waves 2: Notorious?
Waves 2: Notorious was developed by Squid In A Box Ltd.