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Wax Heads
Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues - whatever gets everyone’s groove back!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Wax Heads is a wonderfull and extremely queer game about a struggling indie record store, run by a disillusioned aging 80:s pop-rock star whose band broke up due to drama. It's a visual novel with some puzzles about finding the correct record for each lovable wierdo (and a few…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“A grounded story about the importance of local shops, communities around the same passion and values, the passing of time along with the death of physical media and also the daily challenges against capitalism. The light puzzles to search for clues feel interesting, personal and…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“TLDR: You should give it a try if you like visual novels. All I can say is it's a real shame. I started the game with extremely high expectations, waiting for months for its release and buying the game on day 1. I was so excited and so sure I would love it that I bought the…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Deck The Store In Style With The Wax Heads Cosmetic Update!
Hello Wax Heads! Our 'Cosmetic Update' is live, bringing a bunch of new stuff to collect, showcase and scatter around Repeater Records. From new shelf displays to virtual pets, posters and more to hel
Patch #1.0.5
Hey, Wax Heads! We've just released a new update featuring community-requested fixes, improvements, and some good news for achievement hunters! What's New Spanish localisation improvements – We've fix
Last day to get Wax Heads at 15% off
Hello Repeater Records patrons, We hope you're having a wonderful weekend! Wax Heads has been out nearly 2 weeks and the response has been A M A Z I N G!!! We already have over 211 positive reviews on
Patch #1.02
Hey Wax Heads, Dropping by with our first patch to address a few issues raised since we've launched. See the full list of notes below. Bug Fixes & Stability Fixed untranslated song lyrics during “Take
Wax Heads Is Out now!
WAX HEADS IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED!!! (*insert imagined nervously excited screams here*) It has been a full and wild two and a half years of game development, but we couldn’t be more proud of what Wax H
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Dialogue Heavy · Stylized · Exploration · Adventure · Indie · Singleplayer · Point & Click · Puzzle · Story Rich · Colorful · Visual Novel · 2D (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option · #category_playable_at_your_own_pace |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 28 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 11 Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K (4 * 3400) / Radeon RX 550 (4096 MB) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GT 1030 (2048 MB) / Radeon RX 550 (4096 MB) DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: