Waven similar games & best alternatives

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Waven

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2023

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Free to play with no pay-to-win
  • Deep tactical turn-based combat with deck-building
  • Balanced pvp with equal access to skills
  • Variety of classes and builds
  • Beautiful art, music, and voice acting

Things to keep in mind

  • Server lag and connectivity issues especially on na servers
  • Limited character customization without payment
  • Repetitive pve content and limited exploration
  • Restricted chat limiting social interaction
  • Some ui and tutorial issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Inkbound

  • Dota Underlords

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate

  • I am not a Monster: First Contact

  • Miscrits: World of Creatures

  • Terrinoth®: Heroes of Descent

Less social

Games that feels like Waven but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Commander Quest

  • STARDUST: Wish of Witch

  • Sword of Convallaria

  • Hive Blight

  • Galaxy of Pen & Paper +1

  • Tactical Breach Wizards

Less competitive

Games that feels like Waven but with less competition against others

  • Sunderfolk

  • Chroma Squad

  • Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked

  • Active DBG: Brave's Rage

  • Viractal: Will You Trust Your Party?

  • Forge Quest

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Waven: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Expression, Status.

Last update: 03/08/2026