⚜ SteamCozy

Home / Games / Waven

Waven

Waven

Forge your own destiny! Choose your character, equip your best spells and sail from island to island in quest of fortune and glory. Level up your hero and your strategy in this free-to-play tactical multiplayer RPG with unique colorful graphics.

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Varied tactical deckbuilding combat” (29 of 95 reviews) and “Beautiful Ankama art direction” (8); the most common complaint is “Early Access progress wipes” (10). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Aug 16, 2023 Developer Ankama Studio Publisher Ankama Games, New Tales Platforms Windows · Mac Tactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsPvEFree to PlayCharacter Customization
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

79.9%positive5,114 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 95 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 95 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 79.9% positive rating · as of 2026-09-26

Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“I like the game and all, but knowing that if we get a full release you only get your purchases and all progress gets reset, it would be nice to have a certain reward of something depending on your progress before launch because whenever I play can't stop thinking that all of…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A little overwhelming at the first with how many spells and effects the game throws your way at the start. But once you get the hang of it, it's a really fun game for an on-the-go RPG. Visually appealing, props to the art team. It monetizes through cosmetics so no P2W or P2P…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 16 found this helpful

“beautiful game and phenomenal concept. too bad they bricked it by intentionally removing interaction synergies between class effects and equipment effects simply because they have no idea how to balance or use standardized effect ordering. truly, this pearl necklace was ruined…”

— a player, Steam review · 97 hrs played
Read more reviews ↗

Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

16,064all-time peak
0 5k 10k 2024 2025 2026 8.7k avg · Aug 2023

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 29, 2026
Version 0.23.7

1. SYSTEM Accessibility German is no longer supported in the game. The game language switches to English automatically for players who had used German until now. The in-game voice chat feature has bee

Dec 10, 2025
Ankama Show Time – 7 p.m. on December 17!

​ Last year ushered in a new era when the KrosmoNote made way for Ankama Show Time! That formula is back with a simple promise – short but intense. In a hurry? So are we! Nothing before or after – jus

Aug 05, 2025
Community Update #2

After two long months without any tasty news to share, somewhat depriving you of clarity about progress on things we've been struggling with, we're finally coming up for some air… ​ You know that mome

Jul 01, 2025
Version 0.23.4

1. MISC. Added a warning message to the home screen.

May 27, 2025
FAQ – Progress Reset

A new era is about to dawn for WAVEN and with it, there will be a major progress reset. Before that happens, we're explaining everything simply and openly. WHY A RESET? With the arrival of major chang

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAdventure, RPG, Strategy, Free To Play, Early Access
Player tagsTactical RPG · Turn-Based Tactics · PvE · Free to Play · Character Customization · PvP · RPG · Strategy RPG · Multiplayer · Fantasy · Anime · Online Co-Op (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · In-App Purchases
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil *
Official sitehttps://www.waven-game.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ (64-bit) Processor: 64 bits + SSE2 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 10 with at least 2GB of VRAM Storage: 3 GB available space