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Wavecade

Time bending arcade #shmup

Ratings

Age

9+

Category

Action

Languages

English

Wavecade is a high-octane 'shmup' (shoot 'em up) that blends classic arcade gameplay with modern mechanics. The standout feature is the ability to manipulate time by moving your ship vertically across the screen. Featuring local co-op, deep ship customization, and procedurally generated waves, Wavecade offers a unique challenge every time you play.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

88/100

Wavecade is a neon-drenched love letter to the golden age of arcade shooters, but with a brilliant modern twist: you control the speed of time. Moving your ship forward speeds up the action, while pulling back slows it down. This 'time-bending' mechanic turns what would be a standard shmup into a tactical dance through bullet hell. It’s incredibly stylish and feels very fresh.

The synthwave soundtrack is an absolute banger and perfectly complements the vibrant, glowing visuals. There is a deep level of customization for your ship, and the ability to play co-op with a friend is a fantastic inclusion that most mobile shooters skip. It’s challenging, beautiful, and the time-dilation mechanic makes you feel like an absolute pro even when the screen is covered in projectiles. Highly recommended for fans of the genre.

Dinsun reviewed on: Fri Feb 27 2026

Features

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Time-warping mechanics

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Local co-op multiplayer

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Synthwave OST

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Deep ship customization

Tips & Walkthrough

Gameplays

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Q&A

Yes, Wavecade features full controller support for a more authentic arcade feel.

Ratings & Reviews

App Store Editors’ Notes
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Issue with controller
Sat Jan 28 2023 App_Addict101

Tried using my ps4 controller on my iPad Pro and it works in the menus but when I get into the game I can not move the ship with the analog sticks or the dpad. All other buttons seem to be working just not the movement. Please fix 🙏🏼 I tried binding my analog stick to movement but nothing happens and I have to restart the game in order to get out of the “binding” screen. Also kind of strange all of the buttons on the binding screen are all keyboard inputs even though this is a mobile game.

Honestly amazing
Mon Jan 09 2023 finzfan07

I’ve played a few different shooters like this. Most you will play are pay 2 win crap. This here is a premium title, has MULTIPLE different game modes to play, no limit on how much you can play. Has CROSSPLAT multiplayer with mobile, switch, pc. Has leaderboards to grind for. Has a leveling up system, at the end of runs you get XP which can level your profile up and unlock new designs and customizations. That leads me to customization. This game offers it! Customize your ship, enemies, sound, abilities, colors etc. it’s honestly a blast. It has some bugs but the dev is always on top of it fixing up what needs to be fixed and adding things. Definitely worth a grab if this is a game you’d enjoy

Lacking Multiplayer
Thu Feb 23 2023 RSpecTurbo

I bought the game almost a month ago to play the multiplayer. So far, I still have yet to be able to match up with any players online. It’s always only (1) player online (me!). I’ve tried manually selecting regions and still same results. Maybe if the game was cheaper $0.99 or even FREE (with in game purchases available for customizing) they could get a ton more players on the platform and it would grow so much faster. I believe this is an awesome game with great online potential but as it sits, not enough people are buying it and actively playing online. I would easily give this a 5 star rating if I could play JUST ONE online multiplayer game. Honestly, I would have spent more money in-game to customize versus cost to purchase the game itself.

Great game
Mon Jan 30 2023 wudø

This is a awesome game ,theres a exp system aswell as a level up system. As you level up you unlock different ships,trails,etc.. this game is really fun in my opinion except there are some glitches that may need to be tweaked and fixed a bit ive stumbled across this bug that when I’ve made it far into a level/round and i die the Game crashes and i lose all of my progress please fix this devs. :)

Updates issues
Sat Feb 25 2023 Me1313();:/-

Love the game but with every update there is another flaw. Now the craft jumps wherever you put your finger and also puts the craft directly under your finger so you can’t see where your moving… also speed of time far too drastically reduced when in middle or bottom of screen so when your at top it goes so fast you can’t see anything that’s coming and you die…. Strange concept

Amazing but needs …
Sat Feb 04 2023 Pastel Kenshi

The game is addicting, tune is busting (maybe add some extra) customization is there but cannot change how the enemies look like (add skins like aliens or ufos instead of cubes) and more bosses to make it a bit like binding of you know who Update: sadly the online feature is useless, tries so many times on auto and choosing myself servers that I thought will have a couple users but even in the US or Asia they are a total desert…

Disappointing
Fri Jun 09 2023 sbelli69

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)

Cheap price for cheap game
Thu Jan 26 2023 White Vex

Co op auto sets to Australia for best latency. There’s no way. If you go to settings to change it.. it’s hard to figure out how to scroll down. Probably why no one is in the fixed local area of Washington DC. Because no one would possibly play this game from there? Even if you find one person in Australia and see that you aren’t 1/20 online .. you can’t communicate with them and I’m not even sure they can join you. Don’t waste your money.

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