--- title: "Wavecade - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "Inspired by classic arcade shooters such as 'Space Invaders' and 'Galaga', Wavecade brings back the original nostalgia feeling to players from arcades, using sleek retro 80's and sci-fi aesthetic. TI" --- # Wavecade — United States > Time bending arcade #shmup ![Wavecade App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/72/c7/46/72c7461b-b564-1100-4359-2383b90a4c3f/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png/400x400bb.png) **Developer:** [Andrew Spalato](https://apptail.io/developer/andrew-spalato-hMfc) **Category:** Games **Rating:** 3.7/5 (70 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** com.spalatobros.wavecade **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 1.9.4 (released 2026-05-02) **Original Release:** 2023-01-04 **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id1661057707) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/united-states) ## Wavecade Description Inspired by classic arcade shooters such as 'Space Invaders' and 'Galaga', Wavecade brings back the original nostalgia feeling to players from arcades, using sleek retro 80's and sci-fi aesthetic. TIME MANIPULATION: Bend time at your will by moving up and down the screen. After each wave, the game speeds up a small amount. making the game more challenging on each new wave. POWERUPS: You can accumulate multiple powerups at the same time. Collecting the same powerup upgrades it and increases your time with them active. ABILITIES: Activate your ability when you are facing near certain destruction to turn the tables of the game. It might be the one thing that saves you from a GAME OVER. BLOCKS: Blocks spawn at the top of the playfield and move down the screen. Line up your shots and shoot them for points. They can come in a variety of types: Blocks can spawn randomly, in rows, in a single stream, or in a pattern spanning the playfield HAZARDS: Hazards can appear at any time and can lose you a life if you happen to hit any of them. They can help destroy blocks if you're agile enough, could be a blessing in disguise. BOSSES: Get far enough in Wavecade and you will find yourself in epic encounters with bosses. They will have an arsenal of abilities to GAME OVER you. Learn their patterns and overcome them. MULTIPLAYER: Invite or join a friend on Steam and destroy waves of blocks. Your scores are saved to the leader boards with your names. How long can you stay #1? VARIETY OF GAME MODES: Competitive Relaxed One-hit KO No blocks shall pass Chaos Quick Game CUSTOMIZATION: Personalize your player choose from a selection of ships, colors, skins and your propulsion effect. ## Wavecade Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource116/v4/d6/a6/0c/d6a60c41-8ea7-11ee-2c61-b6e5b353c372/360c3bfa-7963-484e-8cc7-5331111b2071_App_Store_screenshots_Screen_1__U00282048x2732_U0029_iPad2.png/2048x2732.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/fb/bb/7a/fbbb7a52-6f4b-899c-ea30-7c239c0ecf54/5b5af0e5-4abe-4f83-a2b8-0153f21521b7_App_Store_screenshots_Screen_2__U00282048x2732_U0029_iPad2.png/2048x2732.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource116/v4/b6/ba/c2/b6bac22a-0250-67a2-e6fa-6e3cd13e7ba6/f0eccb07-c729-410b-ae19-ccae4940ef81_App_Store_screenshots_Screen_3__U00282048x2732_U0029_iPad2.png/2048x2732.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource126/v4/75/a9/53/75a953b2-3853-4333-0886-f0806642b529/bc2346ab-60ac-4e2d-94c0-d6833bb803a8_App_Store_screenshots_Screen_4__U00282048x2732_U0029_iPad2.png/2048x2732.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource116/v4/15/61/8e/15618e94-4690-4257-fd67-c82fdad1419b/55ac600f-90d9-4d27-bc48-9f701bbabfea_App_Store_screenshots_Screen_5__U00282048x2732_U0029_iPad2.png/2048x2732.png) ## Wavecade Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 41 (59%) - 4 stars: 2 (3%) - 3 stars: 6 (9%) - 2 stars: 6 (9%) - 1 stars: 15 (21%) ## Wavecade Reviews in United States ### *---- "Unable to play the game" On my device iPhone 15 pro max, when starting the game it just says press space to enter. I can’t enter becuase I don’t have a keyboard -- Dkkgavu, 2024-05-17 ### ***** "This game should be rated higher" Every review you look at is from over a year ago, where the game was $2 and in a very underdeveloped state. Here is my take on the most recent version of the game as of writing this review, which is almost an entirely different game than what it used to be. If you are confused as to what the game is, read this review, but if you are just quickly looking for my opinion, yes, I HIGHLY recommend this. GAMEPLAY First of all, this game is an arcade shooter, but with a more modern twist. The goal of the game is to destroy blocks, enemies, and bosses in waves and increase your score. There are plenty of game modes to try, each with different challenges or changes. The interesting twists to the gameplay is that as you move up and down, the speed of the game slows down or speeds up, like the game superhot. The second biggest aspect is the powerups, which are extremely powerful modifiers to your ship (also could be a crab) that are designed to release dopamine inside your brain. You can stack powerups, and they are all useful. And to wrap up this gameplay summary, the soundtrack is phenomenal, you must play this game with sound. MULTIPLAYER This game has multiplayer, and it is cross platform, too. You can either play on a local network, or create an online lobby to play with others (but as of writing this review, the player base is extremely small). I have played with my friends on an online network, because we couldn’t figure out how to use the local one, and it worked very well and it was a blast. This game is both designed for solo and co-op, something other games do a hard job of. PROBLEMS The game is free now, so there are ads and micro transactions. When you lose all your lives (in certain game modes), the game offers you an extra life for an ad, which is a very scummy thing to do, but I don’t blame the devs, after you play a game, you are forced to watch a short ad. Overall, the ads aren’t spammy and ti keep it free, it is the best solution. To remove ads, you have to make any purchase. As of writing this review, you can only buy the purple gem things. They are used to purchase skins and textures to customize your ship, but you can gain these gems just by playing normally, so you aren’t locked by a paywall. I don’t know what the blue coin things are. PLAY THIS GAME IF YOU ARE EVEN CONSIDERING IT -- E is a number of the rainbow, 2024-03-24 ### *---- "Crashes on all devices" I cannot play this on my iPad Pro 5th gen, my M3 Max MacBook Pro or my iPhone 15 Pro. It crashes every single time. Sometimes it plays for five minutes sometimes it crashes immediately. I’ve closed all other apps, restarted, uninstalled and reinstalled, and tried to make it work, but it just fails. Do not recommend. -- Legi⊗n76, 2024-02-14 ### ***** "Amazing arcade shooter" If you like arcade shooters then Wavecade is for you! -- AnthonyTT1, 2023-11-01 ### ***-- "Disappointing" Enjoyed this game at first but updates have made it more buggy and crash prone. And also upset that a bunch of IAPs were added to a premium game. Also, can you please add actual relative touch? This means you move the ship relative to your finger’s position — not that it’s always under your finger. There are many other shmups on the App Store that do this correctly. (Like the Phoenix games for example) -- sbelli69, 2023-06-10 ### **--- "Nearly trash" This game could not run without being logged into game center for some reason, and every time I was able to get to a playable moment a large command code pop up box appeared on the left of the screen I could not remove. Loss of $. -- Revlos, 2023-05-26 ### *---- "Won’t run on iPhone 14 Pro Max" Wish I knew what was going on. LOVE this game, but the Title Screen comes up and then the app closes within a few seconds. Sigh. -- erherringbone, 2023-05-12 ### *---- "Crashes." Has been crashing on iPhone 12 mini for the last couple updates. Please fix. -- Sense-ay, 2023-05-02 ### **--- "Latest Update" The latest update doesn’t allow me to get past the first screen; it immediately crashes. This is at least a four-star game so I’ll adjust the rating once fixed. -- Baron-Munchausen, 2023-04-24 ### **--- "Amazing until it CRASHES" I really enjoy this game. It has a great layout, simple. The fast/ slow movement gameplay makes for amazing control. The colors and music add to the experience - awesome! Why 2 stars? THE APP KEEPS RANDOMLY CRASHING IN THE MIDDLE OF GAMEPLAY. I’ll be up to 3 million, doing great and the app crashes….what the what!? -- thundercak3, 2023-04-09 [View all Wavecade reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://app.apptail.io/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Wavecade In-App Purchases | Item | Price | |------|-------| | Mega Brilliants Pack | $59.99 | | Large Brilliants Pack | $19.99 | | Small Brilliants Pack | $2.99 | | Medium Brilliants Pack | $5.99 | ## Apps Similar to Wavecade - [Streets of Rage 4](https://apptail.io/app/streets-of-rage-4-DqV/united-states) - [ScourgeBringer](https://apptail.io/app/scourgebringer-yryb/united-states) - [Interloper](https://apptail.io/app/interloper-Hzjc/united-states) - [End of the Universe](https://apptail.io/app/end-of-the-universe-YnNd/united-states) - [Void-X](https://apptail.io/app/void-x-YEMg/united-states) - [Ultra Blade](https://apptail.io/app/ultra-blade-lgvk/united-states) - [CyberWave Survivor](https://apptail.io/app/cyberwave-survivor-RXLm/united-states) - [Bibots](https://apptail.io/app/bibots-UBYm/united-states) - [Elderand](https://apptail.io/app/elderand-MAnn/united-states) - [Galaxy Swirl: Action Runner](https://apptail.io/app/galaxy-swirl-action-runner-Gzoo/united-states) ## Wavecade Available In - [United States](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/united-states) - [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/germany) - [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/australia) - [France](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/france) - [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/united-kingdom) - [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/south-korea) - [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/japan) - [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/new-zealand) - [India](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/india) - [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/denmark) - [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/mexico) - [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/romania) - [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/saudi-arabia) - [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/czechia) - [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/turkey) - [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/taiwan) - [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/finland) - [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/vietnam) - [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/norway) - [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/argentina) - [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/south-africa) - [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/azerbaijan) - [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/belgium) - [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/brazil) - [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/belarus) - [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/chile) - [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/algeria) - [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/egypt) - [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/greece) - [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/hong-kong) - [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/croatia) - [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/hungary) - [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/kuwait) - [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/kazakhstan) - [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/nigeria) - [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/philippines) - [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/pakistan) - [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/poland) - [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/wavecade-UCMg/tunisia) --- ## About AppTail [AppTail](https://apptail.io) is a mobile app intelligence platform providing app analytics, ASO (App Store Optimization) tools, keyword tracking, competitor analysis, revenue estimates, and review monitoring for iOS App Store apps. 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