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It Comes In Waves

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.

Released Apr 5, 2023 Developer Antonio Freyre Publisher Merlino Games Platforms Windows ActionAdventureThird-Person ShooterSci-fiFuturistic
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

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95.8%positive288 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“great meditation on grief and the loneliness of existence”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“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 played
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Latest official news

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Apr 03, 2024
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

Jan 15, 2024
New Game in the "Waves" Universe Announced!

Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2618180/Under_A_Star_Long_Cold/

May 22, 2023
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:

Apr 05, 2023
v1.17

Fixed issue with getting stuck after jumping

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Facts & details

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GenresAction, Adventure
Player tagsAction · Adventure · Third-Person Shooter · Sci-fi · Futuristic · Dystopian · Action-Adventure · Walking Simulator · Exploration · 3D · Cinematic · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
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