Games like Among the Waves
If Among the Waves is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mother ZERO, DOOMBLADE and Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Among the Waves: A 2.5D metroidvania with the freedom of an immersive sim. Every fight and every path can be approached differently: through combat, stealth, or using the world’s mechanics. The story unfolds in a world where Orthodox aesthetics meet Soviet brutalism and traditional woodcraft
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Mother ZERO
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Top pick for Among the Waves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
In Mother ZERO, a cyberpunk action-adventure game, fight your way through a decaying world full of mysteries and threats. Explore deep underground bunkers, battle corrupted creatures, and encounter bizarre characters.
DOOMBLADE
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Among the Waves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Among the Waves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
GRIME
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Among the Waves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Yars Rising
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Ranked #5 for Among the Waves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Among the Waves.
From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.
HunterX
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Ranked #6 for Among the Waves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
Blind Fate: Edo no Yami
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Ranked #7 for Among the Waves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Among the Waves.
Test your limits in this hardcore, cyber-samurai game set in post-apocalyptic Japan. Parry your foes’ blows with your weapon of choice and use implants to attack the weaknesses of unstoppable bosses from Japanese folklore!
The Devil Within: Satgat
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Ranked #8 for Among the Waves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Among the Waves.
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 Action and Adventure with Among the Waves.
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. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Among the Waves.
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. Shares Indie with Among the Waves.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Among the Waves.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Among the Waves.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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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.
GRIME
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
Yars Rising
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Among the Waves.
From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.
HunterX
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
The Devil Within: Satgat
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Among the Waves.
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
Frequently asked about Among the Waves
- What games are most similar to Among the Waves?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Among the Waves are Mother ZERO, DOOMBLADE, Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune.
- Who developed Among the Waves?
- Among the Waves was developed by VS/Studio.
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