
- 70/100
- Players18 ratings
- 78/100
- Critics2 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic6 critic reviews
- 78/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 63/100
- GameFAQsplayers
- 5/5
- Player reviews
- 88% positive2,644 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$4.18
Where to get it

2021 · Thunderful · Platformer · Adventure
Wavetale
Wavetale is a story driven, third-person action-adventure platformer, set in an island world built atop the remains of a once magnificent city. Player takes on the role of Sigrid, a headstrong girl who gains the ability to run on water through the help of a mysterious shadow. Wavetale offers a tight-knit story combined with a charming art style and delightful soundtrack and invites players to explore its world through its fast-flowing gameplay, where traditional platforming elements meet a unique surfing experience on a dynamic ocean. The intuitive controls make Wavetale accessible and family friendly, while at the same time encouraging mastery as the player will need to understand the full range of movement. Guide Sigrid through the archipelago as the calamity that once sunk the city once again looms on the horizon.
- Released
- 10 November 2021
- Platforms
- StadiaXbox Series X/SPlayStation 4WindowsPlayStation 5Xbox OneNintendo Switch
- Genres
- PlatformerAdventure
- Developers
- Thunderful
- Publishers
- Thunderful
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- Action
- Engine
- Unity
- Age ratings
- ESRB TGRAC 15+USK 12CLASS_IND 10ACB PGPEGI 7
- Languages
- Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain) and 1 more
- Features
- Family SharingFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam CloudSteam achievementsSteam trading cards
- Time to beat
- 4hmain story5hcompletionist
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