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…
Wavetale is an adventure developed by Thunderful, released 10 November 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $4.49 at GOG.
What Wavetale is
Wavetale is an adventure game developed by Thunderful and released in 2021. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Wavetale holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.49 at GOG, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Wavetale launched on 10 November 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Wavetale yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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