Waves 2: Notorious

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 331 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 0.7h for positive, 0.3h 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 (33.8% 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 (36)

• Maximum Effort Using Shred In Any Game Mode Get a 200x Combo without using a Burst Attack. 100%
• You hear me baby? Hold Together. Sustain 1300 damage in a single life. 33%
• Can't Take it With You Use 7200 Adrenaline in a single match with the Regulator equipped. 25%
• Batteries Included Use 3600 Energy in a single match with the Battery equipped. 19%
• Smarter Than The Average Bomb Earn 180 Adrenaline from a Smartbomb 16 times in a single match. 17%
• I Bring You To Burn Kill 666 enemies with Burn Damage. 16%
• Nosferatu Generate 1200 Energy from Spark. 16%
• Like a Wet Paper Towel Kill 1000 enemies with penetrating shots in a single match. 16%
• Shields Up. Red Alert! Absorb more than 1700 Damage with the shield in a single life. 15%
• Dodge This. Use Stop within 3 seconds of an Ambush and still be alive 3 seconds later 5 times in one life. 15%
• Aint Got Time To Bleed Regenerate 900 Damage in a single life. 15%
• Secondary Explosions Kill 1800 Enemies with Damage from Explosions Triggered by Sharpshooter. 15%
• Should of Picked Mercy Restore 1200 health from Barrier collapsing in a single match. 15%
• 0 to 60 in 3.5 Starting at zero earn 60 Adrenaline in 3.5 seconds 10 times in a single match. 14%
• I've Got to Concentrate Maintain 6 stacks of Focus for 60 seconds. 14%
• Pays for itself in 10 years Save 1200 energy due to Energy Efficiency in a single match. 14%
• This Is My Bouncey Ball Do 200,000 damage with bounce shots in a single match. 14%
• Clap If You Love Dynamo Regenerate 5000 energy in one match. 14%
• Where's my Strawberry Tart? Convert 3000 Adrenaline into Energy in a single match. 14%
• Very Very Frightening Get a 100x combo from a single Burst. 14%
• You've Activated My Trap Card Kill 360 enemies that were sucked into a trap in a single match. 14%
• And Another Thing... Trigger Capacitor 16 times in a single match. 14%
• Stay Frosty Start a new Combo before running out of Adrenaline 16 times in a single match. 14%
• Wait For It... Regenerate 1200 energy while not firing in a single match. 14%
• Pent Up Aggression Maintain 6 stacks of Overclock for 30 seconds straight. 14%
• Social Distancing Spend 60 seconds inside Repel in a single match. 14%
• Always Angry Regenerate 720 Adrenaline from Stabilizer. 14%
• Knock Knock Do 100,000 damage to Structures with Battering Ram in a single match. 13%
• Now You're Just Trying to Get Me Mad Generate 900 Adrenaline from taking damage in a single life. 13%
• Spam in a can Survive 10 hits that would have killed you if not for armour in a single life. 13%
• Right Round Baby Right Round Sustain Death blossom for 10 seconds in a single burst. 13%
• I'm The Gingerbread Man Avoid a Cubes charge by glitching away 5 times in 30 seconds. 13%
• Front Towards Enemy Kill 1800 enemies from Proximity Triggered Mines. 13%
• I Feel The Earth Move Under My Feet Kill 1800 Enemies with Quake in a single match. 13%
• No Touchy! Knock away 300 enemies in a single life. 13%
• Nobody Move! This Is a Robbery! Stun 50 enemies at the same time. 13%