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It Comes In Waves
A short, minimalist, experimental open-world adventure about guilt and grief. Explore, shoot, scavenge and bring a specimen to The Sanctuary. Beware PERMADEATH.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“great meditation on grief and the loneliness of existence”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Short and sweet, I like the idea of permadeath in such a short game cause it makes you a lot more invested in the exploration. Touches on the regrets and feelings surrounding the death of a loved one, good stuff.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“A short, sweet, and meaningful little game. I only died once because I forgot fall damage was a thing. I loved the atmosphere, it feels rare to get a game that focuses on that instead of visuals now. That being said the visuals were lovely, and it had a meaningful ending.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Latest official news
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New Game Announced
I’m excited to announce that I am currently working on what I consider to be one of my “dream games.” As Time Surrenders (aka No Sun To Worship 2) is a much bigger project with a lot more polish than
New Game in the "Waves" Universe Announced!
Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2618180/Under_A_Star_Long_Cold/
New Game Announced + Devlog
Hi everyone, I've announced my new game "No Sun To Worship". You can see more on Twitter: https://twitter.com/merlino_games I've also started posting Devlogs about it:
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Adventure · Third-Person Shooter · Sci-fi · Futuristic · Dystopian · Action-Adventure · Walking Simulator · Exploration · 3D · Cinematic · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: 3 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia GTX 580 or AMD HD 7870