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Is Wuthering Waves Worth Playing in 2026? An Honest Look Before You Install
Wuthering Waves is free, fast and now on PC, consoles, Mac and mobile. What it does well, what it asks of you, and who should skip it.
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Wuthering Waves
Kuro Games' free-to-play open-world action RPG with fast parry-based combat and collectible Echoes, on PC, consoles, Mac and mobile.
- PC (Windows)
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X|S
- macOS
- iOS
- Android
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About Wuthering Waves
Wuthering Waves is a free-to-play open-world action RPG developed and published by Kuro Games. It launched on PC, iOS and Android on May 22, 2024 (May 23 outside the Americas), followed by PlayStation 5 in January 2025, macOS in March 2025, a Steam release in April 2025, and Xbox Series X|S in July 2026.
Players explore a post-apocalyptic world as a Rover, switching between a team of characters in fast real-time combat built around dodging, parrying and character swap skills. Defeated enemies can be captured as Echoes, which act as an extra layer of build customization. Like other games of its type, new characters are obtained through a gacha system.