OutWave: Retro chase

OutWave: Retro chase

Released Jan 2023

Endless car chase is a fast retro style paced game in which you must collect money and avoid the cops! The game supports Windows, Mac, Linux. Use keyboard or gamepad. Buy and control a cars or motorbikes. Listen to retro music and don't get caught by the cops! The game looks like a gif!

87% positive · 100 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

OutWave: Retro chase launched on January 5, 2023 as a complete retro arcade game. The developer shipped one notable post-launch patch on February 3, 2023 (version 1.8.8), which added a demo and addressed fixes across several areas. After that, the only mentions of OutWave in developer communications are brief: a June 2023 status roundup noted general updates were coming to several games, and a June 2025 multi-game overview post listed OutWave as receiving only "minor fixes and implementation of player feedback" — language that describes maintenance rather than new content. No expansion, DLC, or named new content has been announced or released for the game. The sole DLC (the soundtrack) shipped on launch day. The developer, a solo hobbyist with a large catalog of games, has directed their ongoing development energy toward entirely separate titles. There is no indication that further meaningful content is planned for OutWave.
Evidence
Developer's June 2025 multi-game overview lists OutWave as receiving only 'minor fixes and implementation of player feedback' — no new content, DLC, or expansion mentioned.
news post · Jun 26, 2025 source development ending
medium
Post-launch patch 1.8.8 shipped with new options, map changes, AI fixes, and a demo. This is the last OutWave-specific update.
news post · Feb 3, 2023 source content shipped
medium

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Jan 2023

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Airem
Achievements
100
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Information

Endless car chase is a fast retro style paced game in which you must collect money and avoid the cops! The game supports Windows, Mac, Linux. It can be played with the keyboard, gamepad. Buy and control a cars or motorbikes. Listen to retro music and don't get caught by the cops!

Mini plot

After 30 years, you come back to Retro City, the cops are waiting for You (when you were young, You wanted to rent a VHS cassette, but you had no money, so you stole it. Cops remember this). What you can do is turn your favorite Radio Flashback Retro FM and pedal to the metal.

Game features

  • 50 vehicles to unlock (sports cars, motorbikes, jeeps, vans, etc.).

  • Buy monster truck and smash police vehicles

  • Steam leaderboards

  • 100 Steam achievements

  • Retro music with vocals (by Alex Dew)

  • Flashback FM radio

  • Police AI has different settings: smart (can avoid obstacles etc.), stupid, crazy, kamikaze

  • The game looks like a GIF from Windows 95

  • RTX 3080 ti 400-500 FPS

  • During the chase you find that your brake doesn't work, you can only drive forward

  • Simple game play and gameplay

  • GIF + aesthetics + summer edition

  • Buy retro cars, bikes

  • 91 languages

  • Legendary title game over "WASTED"

  • Collect additional items (money, repair, etc.).

  • Steam achievements, Play remote TV, Steam Cloud

  • Top scores

  • Windows, macOS, Linux

  • Hot Price

  • Endless gameplay

Last evaluated Aug 9, 2026
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