Games like Second Wave
If Second Wave is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fate Trigger, Overwatch® and Predecessor — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and contemplative. 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 →About Second Wave: Welcome to the world of Second Wave, where the battle for supremacy is about to begin! Get ready to dive headfirst into a world that combines the best elements of competitive team-based shooters into an exhilarating gaming experience unlike any other!
Players who liked Second Wave also play
Steam players who put hours into Second Wave 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.
Fate Trigger
WHY THIS
Top pick for Second Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Second Wave.
Fate Trigger is a 3D Anime-style, hero-based tactical shooter powered by UE5, available across multiple platforms. Dive into a dynamic world of floating islands, become a sharpshooter with extraordinary special skills, and engage in thrilling, spectacular life-or-death showdowns!
Overwatch®
WHY THIS
Shares competitive multiplayer, class specialization, competitive multiplayer and a competitive mood with Second Wave.
Second-strongest match for Second Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Second Wave.
Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.
Predecessor
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Second Wave.
Third-strongest match for Second Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Second Wave.
Inspired by the legacy of Paragon, built with love by the community, and powered by Unreal Engine 5, Predecessor is the ultimate fusion of shooter action and MOBA strategy. Join more than 2,000,000 players and play for FREE now!
Crucible Beta
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Second Wave.
Ranked #4 for Second Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Second Wave.
Crucible is a free-to-play team-based PvP action shooter. Pick an alien, human, or robot hunter to fight in 4v4 matches.
Dreams: Unlimited links
WHY THIS
Shares loadout customization, skill progression, competitive multiplayer and a competitive mood with Second Wave.
Ranked #5 for Second Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Second Wave.
《Dreams: Unlimited links》 is a third-person shooter competitive game that features a variety of unique heroes, exciting gameplay modes, and rich scene maps and battlegrounds. Players fight exciting battles against opponents, through diverse arsenal and model transitions.
Paladins®
WHY THIS
Shares loadout customization and a competitive mood with Second Wave.
Ranked #6 for Second Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Second Wave.
Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!
Wild Assault
WHY THIS
Shares class specialization, loadout customization, competitive multiplayer and a competitive mood with Second Wave.
Ranked #7 for Second Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Second Wave.
Wild Assault is an anthro-themed tactical shooter built with Unreal Engine 5, featuring large-scale battlefield gameplay centered around Valiant abilities. Work closely with your team, harness your instincts, and charge into battle to secure victory.
Rogue Company
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Second Wave.
Ranked #8 for Second Wave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Second Wave.
Join 20+ million players in Rogue Company, the ultimate third-person tactical action shooter! Become an agent of Rogue Company and wield powerful weapons, high-tech gadgets, and game-changing abilities. Accept the mission and jump into a variety of 4v4 and 6v6 game modes. Play FREE today!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Second Wave
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SMITE®
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Second Wave.
Reviewers of Second Wave cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Second Wave.
Join 40+ million players in SMITE, the Battleground of the Gods! Wield Thor’s hammer, turn your foes to stone as Medusa, or flex your divine power as one of 100+ other mythological icons. Become a God and play FREE today!
Overwatch®
WHY THIS
Shares competitive multiplayer, class specialization, competitive multiplayer and a competitive mood with Second Wave.
Reviewers of Second Wave cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Second Wave.
Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.
Paladins®
WHY THIS
Shares loadout customization and a competitive mood with Second Wave.
Reviewers of Second Wave cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Second Wave.
Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!
Eden's Ritter - Paladins of Ecstasy
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Second Wave.
Reviewers of Second Wave cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Second Wave.
A virtuous princess and her lady knight battle depraved demons called Lustfiends, but struggle between shame and lust themselves... An erotic dark-fantasy visual novel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Second Wave.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Second Wave.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Second Wave.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Second Wave.
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
Electoral Carnage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Early Access with Second Wave.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Second Wave.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Second Wave.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
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Frequently asked about Second Wave
- Does Second Wave work on Steam Deck?
- Second Wave is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- Does Second Wave have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Second Wave supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Second Wave?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Second Wave are Fate Trigger, Overwatch®, Predecessor.
- Who developed Second Wave?
- Second Wave was developed by Challengers Games Corp..
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