Waveform

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 2,144 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 283 reviews: 3h for positive, 2.6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (33.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (65)

• Top of the flagpole Warp through the portal at the end of a level 100%
• Perfect style Get a 100% trace on a Wave 64%
• Untouchable Take no damage in a level 44%
• Passed Pluto Complete Pluto 44%
• Lightspeed Earn the maximum speed multiplier 39%
• Trichromatic Become all 3 colors in a single level 35%
• Mastering Waveform Trace all Waves 100% on a level 29%
• SMAAAASH!! Smash 10 Mirrors consecutively 28%
• No stopping at Neptune Complete Neptune 23%
• You've gone plaid! Collect all Rocket Fuel in a level 23%
• Fake it 'till you make it Complete a level after restarting from a checkpoint more than 5 times 21%
• You beat Uranus... Complete Uranus 20%
• You've got your own orbit Acquire 4 Floaters simultaneously 20%
• Aces! Get 100% on a level 20%
• Anomaly detected Discovered a Black Hole 19%
• Say goodbye to Saturn Complete Saturn 19%
• Color Chameleon Change the color of 20 objects with a single Prism 18%
• In Living Color Change the color of 300 objects with Prisms 18%
• Jumped past Jupiter Complete Jupiter 18%
• Daredevil Trigger 30 Space Mines without taking damage 18%
• All through the Asteroid Belt Complete the Asteroid Belt 18%
• Eclipsing Earth Complete Earth 17%
• Made it through Mars Complete Mars 17%
• Ludicrous Speed Collect 10 Rocket Fuel without losing boost 17%
• Fasting Don't let the Singularity consume any Light Orbs 17%
• Nightflight to Venus Complete Venus 17%
• Survivalist Last for 10 minutes in Pluto's Deep Space Mode 17%
• Just warming up... Collect no points during a level 17%
• Don't miss Mercury Complete Mercury 17%
• Playtime Warp a Space Squid through a Wormhole 17%
• Collateral damage Kill 25 Space Squids with Fireworks 17%
• Like family Get 100% on the Credits level 16%
• Enjoying Eris Complete Eris 16%
• Saved the Sun Complete the Sun 16%
• Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy Engage all Pulsars in a level 16%
• Cost of doing business Destroy 10 Orbitals in Uranus's Deep Space Mode 16%
• Altered Perception Use Pulsars to collect all hidden Light Orbs in a level 16%
• Accelerated ability Travel 100000 AU through Particle Accelerators in Mars's Deep Space Mode 16%
• Enriched plutonium Get S-Rank on every level in Pluto 16%
• Second sight Collect no Starlight in a Black Hole 16%
• Closing the trap Trap a Space Squid between two Color Barriers 16%
• All-Star Collect all level stars and achievement stars in normal mode 16%
• Dynamo of dynamics Witness 200 Asteroid collisions in Asteroid Belt's Deep Space Mode 16%
• Firecracker Collect 1000 Light Orbs using Fireworks in Earth's Deep Space Mode 16%
• They're all relative Discovered all Black Holes 16%
• Master of refraction Travel 30000 AU through Refract Clouds in Jupiter's Endless Mode 16%
• You must be great at Asteroids Get S-Rank on every level in the Asteroid Belt 16%
• Galileo Galilei Get S-Rank on every level in Earth 16%
• Harmony amongst Discordia Get S-Rank on every level on Eris 16%
• Curiously mercurial Get S-Rank on every level in Mercury 16%
• Master and commander Get S-Rank on every level in Neptune 16%
• Dead ringer Get S-Rank on every level in Saturn 16%
• The sky's the limit Get S-Rank on every level in Uranus 16%
• Revelation Collect 1000 revealed objects using Radar Arrays in Mercury's Deep Space Mode 16%
• Recursive Reflection Destroy 200 Mirrors in Neptune's Deep Space Mode 16%
• Warping ahead Travel 20000 AU through Wormholes in Saturn's Deep Space Mode 16%
• Proximity mine Kill 25 Space Squids with Space Mines 16%
• Don't stare directly at it Survive for 30 minutes in the Sun's Deep Space Mode 16%
• Ready for Waveform 2 Collect all stars in the game including all challenge mode stars 15%
• Spot-on! Get S-Rank on every level in Jupiter 15%
• Marvin would be proud Get S-Rank on every level in the Mars 15%
• Rising star Get S-Rank on every level on the Sun 15%
• The sky is aglow Get S-Rank on every level in Venus 15%
• The Stars Are Left Travel 50000 AU to the left in Eris's Deep Space Mode 15%
• Squid Scourge Destroy 50 Space Squids in Venus's Deep Space Mode 15%