Rank 01Why this
Shares class specialization and co op multiplayer with Waven.
- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
Games like Waven
- 17 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Waven: Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked, WAKFU, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch, Athena Crisis, and Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 03Why this
Shares class specialization and build variety with Waven.
- $12.49 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
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Athena Crisis
Why this: Shares grid based combat and build variety with Waven.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Why this: Shares turn based combat with Waven.
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Inkbound
Why this: Also Tactical RPG and Strategy RPG, like Waven.
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Monster Train 2
Why this: Shares deck building and build variety with Waven.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Waven
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- 1Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked
Shares class specialization and co op multiplayer with Waven.
- 81% of 666 reviews
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Shares class specialization and build variety with Waven.
- 86% of 484 reviews
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- 5Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Shares turn based combat with Waven.
- 95% of 82,468 reviews
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Shares deck building and co op multiplayer with Waven.
- 96% of 105 reviews
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- Released: 2023
- Developer: Ankama Studio
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 71% of 1,496 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Card battler combat feels fresh
- Competitive pvp modes alongside co op pve content
- Deck building mechanics that allow creative combinations
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked
Why this: Shares class specialization and co op multiplayer with Waven.
Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
Why this: Shares class specialization and build variety with Waven.
Athena Crisis
Why this: Shares grid based combat and build variety with Waven.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Why this: Shares turn based combat with Waven.
Monster Train 2
Why this: Shares deck building and build variety with Waven.
More from Ankama Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by Ankama Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
One More Gate : A Wakfu Legend
Why this: Also Deckbuilding and Turn-Based Tactics, like Waven.
KROSMAGA
Why this: Shares deck building with Waven.
About Waven
The closest matches to Waven: Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked, WAKFU, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch, Athena Crisis, and Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Waven is your kind of game, the closest matches are Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked, WAKFU and Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its build variety and card battler combat. 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.
Waven is a tactical RPG developed by Ankama Studio that launched in 2023 as a free-to-play title in Early Access. The game blends deck-building mechanics with turn-based combat on a grid, where positioning plays a key role in tactical decision-making. Players develop their characters through progression systems and class specializations, allowing for significant build variety. Reviewers highlight the deck-building mechanics as enabling creative combinations, while also noting that competitive PvP modes exist alongside co-op PvE content. The game spans a massive length with dungeon-crawler and adventure elements set in a fantasy world. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, challenging, and contemplative with a nostalgic quality. The title is playable on Steam Deck and has received 71 percent positive reviews from 1496 Steam users.
About Waven: Forge your own destiny! Choose your character, equip your best spells and sail from island to island in quest of fortune and glory. Level up your hero and your strategy in this free-to-play tactical multiplayer RPG with unique colorful graphics.
Is Waven worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 71% of 1,496 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 35 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 158 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Card battler combat feels fresh
- Competitive pvp modes alongside co op pve content
- Deck building mechanics that allow creative combinations
- Deep tactical combat on a grid with positioning based strategy
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I played this A LOT early on. There was a ton of builds, a ton of combinations for every class... And they're planning on getting rid of all of it. They're oversimplifying this game into mush and using it to sell cash shop items for a…”
“What a scam... You will delete all your players' work, so they will just delete your game. It was a promising game, but you let it die with no added content for a long time. And now that your players have farmed hundreds of hours in a…”
People who play it also play: Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked, WAKFU, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
Frequently asked about Waven
Can I run it?
Does Waven run on Steam Deck?
Waven is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Is Waven free to play?
Yes — Waven 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 Waven have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Waven supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Waven?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Waven are Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked, WAKFU, Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch.
Who developed Waven?
Waven was developed by Ankama Studio and published by Ankama Games, New Tales.