
Wax Heads is a cozy-punk narrative sim about working in a struggling record store. 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 - whatever gets everyone’s groove back!
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Lose yourself in an emotional, uplifting narrative about community, musical mysteries and underdog spirit. Help endearing and indecisive customers find their perfect records while debating all things music with your loveable colleagues. It's your job to help Repeater Records find its rhythm again!
From customer requests to store shenanigans, you’ll dive into a variety of cozy puzzles. Decode clues and hunt for the perfect music recommendation by browsing records, scrolling social media, and poring over local music zines. You might even find yourself running the lights for local bands, designing gig posters and packing orders!
Drop the needle on a stacked soundtrack featuring dozens of original tracks spanning across many genres, bands, and eras. Every song is crafted to feel like a nostalgic gem. From grimy basement bangers to dreamy indie deep cuts. It’s a playlist built to loop in your head long after you clock out.
Dig through crates packed with 80+ hand‑drawn albums, lovingly imagined bands, and liner note lore that rewards curiosity. Each record has its own personality, history, and fanbase. Did Scandinavian metal band Jarhead really murder their singer and put his head in a jar? Is it true big shot rapper RXXX used to be a kid's TV presenter? Has anyone ever seen Mimi?
Repeater Records is staffed and frequented by a rotating cast of eccentrics, music nerds, and chaotic regulars. Every character is bursting with personality, quirks, and questionable opinions about what “real music” is. Get to know them and enjoy their banter. They’re the soul of the shop after all!
Patattie Games is the two-person indie punk duo made up of developers; creative doodler Murray Somerwolff (Welcome to Elk, Spitkiss, Dead Pets Unleashed) and creative programmer Rothio Tome (Former UNITY developer support engineer and top Spanish GameDev streamer).

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Languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil
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Reviews
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Reviews
J'ai tout aimé : le lore, l'histoire, le gameplay... Vraiment une petite bulle de réconfort avec un message politique et de l'espoir. Tout ce dont j'avais besoin. Merci du fond du coeur !
i am so obsessed with this game! you can truly tell how much love went into this game and how talented the team behind it are!! looking forward to whatever they create next <3
Good!
Great game with unique characters, music and style. Love how much attention to detail and diversity is put into it.
una joyita
"Cozier" than I usually go for but this game is legit charming and manages to make the setting and characters feel very real. Not a ton of depth to the gameplay but there's enough detail packed into everything that it's fun hunting for records even when it doesn't provide a huge challenge.
As a musician myself this game really reminded me of what music is all about: community. Definitely cried. The soundtrack alone is worth the price.
Extremely fun, challenging, and honestly I hope they make a sequel!
This game is such a beautiful breath of fresh air in a world of late-stage capitalism dread. The characters feel like real people--but also more than that. They feel like real *friends* that I have met and know in my life, and it's so cool to see so much love poured into every minute of this story. Side note: I would adore having a real LP of this game's music because WOW. ALSO CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW GINA COMPOSED EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN SONG???? That's so many different genres and lyrics and AGH. I don't even know how music composition works, but man, that's impressive!!
No one can stop the G-G-Gelk Man! (Please send help)
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