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Chat to quirky customers with unique tastes, explore a handcrafted record collection, fall in love with bands (and their drama!), or just slack off with your colleagues – all to restore the groove!","107134\u002Fwax_heads_webp","107134\u002Fwax_heads_header_webp","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=oqD2MMqQC3o","2026-12-31",79.17,298453,"wax-heads",2769240,[19,24],{"company":20,"developed":22,"published":23},{"name":21},"Curve Games",false,true,{"company":25,"developed":23,"published":23},{"name":26},"Patattie Games",[28,29,30,31,32],"Point-and-click","Puzzle","Simulator","Adventure","Indie",[34,35,36,37],"PC (Microsoft Windows)","Nintendo Switch","PlayStation 5","Xbox Series X|S",[39,55,68,82,95,109,124,138],{"id":40,"author":41,"outlet":44,"summary":50,"review_url":51,"review_date":52,"original_score":53,"normalized_score":54},2524274,{"id":42,"name":43},8956,"Leo Faria",{"id":45,"logo":46,"name":47,"website_url":48,"score_format":49},138,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FWayTooManyGames.png","WayTooManyGames","https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F","10","If you’re a big fan of music, you may have already decided to recommend songs, and even entire albums, to friends, based on their requests, personalities, and whatnot. So imagine turning that delightful pasttime we’ve all done at least once into a video game. Many developers would have turned it into a menial repetitive task in a robotic gameplay loop, but today’s subject is not the case. I’m here to talk about Patattie Games’ Wax Heads, and how this amalgamation of genres and influ...","https:\u002F\u002Fwaytoomany.games\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F05\u002Freview-wax-heads\u002F","2026-05-05","8.0",80,{"id":56,"author":57,"outlet":60,"summary":65,"review_url":66,"review_date":52,"original_score":49,"normalized_score":67},2524355,{"id":58,"name":59},13454,"Kieran Singh",{"id":61,"logo":62,"name":63,"website_url":64,"score_format":49},112,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FLootLevelChill-Logo.jpg","Loot Level Chill","https:\u002F\u002Flootlevelchill.com\u002F","Whether you spent your youth hanging around in a record shop or just wish you had, Wax Heads is going to speak to you and your love of music.","https:\u002F\u002Flootlevelchill.com\u002Freviews\u002Fwax-heads-review\u002F",100,{"id":69,"author":70,"outlet":73,"summary":78,"review_url":79,"review_date":52,"original_score":80,"normalized_score":81},2524369,{"id":71,"name":72},2739,"Melissa Sarnowski",{"id":74,"logo":75,"name":76,"website_url":77,"score_format":49},13,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FDualshockers-logo.jpg","DualShockers","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dualshockers.com","Wax Heads is a fun, but short, cozy narrative sim that puts you into the world of physical media via selling vinyls, which is actually seeing a resurgence in the real world. 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The link between you and a piece of art that changed the way you see yourself and the world is quite magical. 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