How to Download Wax Heads

1. Click on the Wax Heads download button below.
2. Choose "Install" to install the game on the windows steam client.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts
4. Let it download the Full Version.
5. Once a game is downloaded, use the Windows Steam Client to play the game.

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This guide describes how to use Steam Proton to play and run Windows games on your Linux computer. Some games may not work or may break because Steam Proton is still at a very early stage.

1. Activating Steam Proton for Linux:
Proton is integrated into the Steam Client with "Steam Play." To activate proton, go into your steam client and click on Steam in the upper right corner. Then click on settings to open a new window. From here, click on the Steam Play button at the bottom of the panel. Click "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles."

Alternatively: Go to Steam > Settings > Steam Play and turn on the "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles" option.

Valve has tested and fixed some Steam titles and you will now be able to play most of them. However, if you want to go further and play titles that even Valve hasn't tested, toggle the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" option.

2. Choose a version
You should use the Steam Proton version recommended by Steam: 3.7-8. This is the most stable version of Steam Proton at the moment.

3. Restart your Steam
After you have successfully activated Steam Proton, click "OK" and Steam will ask you to restart it for the changes to take effect. Restart it. Your computer will now play all of steam's whitelisted games seamlessly.

4. Launch Stardew Valley on Linux:
Before you can use Steam Proton, you must first download the Stardew Valley Windows game from Steam. When you download Stardew Valley for the first time, you will notice that the download size is slightly larger than the size of the game.
This happens because Steam will download your chosen Steam Proton version with this game as well. After the download is complete, simply click the "Play" button.

Windows Pc Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 11
  
• Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K (4 * 3400) / Radeon RX 550 (4096 MB)
  
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: GeForce GT 1030 (2048 MB) / Radeon RX 550 (4096 MB)
  
• DirectX: Version 12
  
• Storage: 2 GB available space
  
• Sound Card:

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 11
  
• Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K (4 * 3400) / AMD FX-8350 (4 * 4000)
  
• Memory: 8 MB RAM
  
• Graphics: GeForce GT 1030 (2048 MB) / Radeon RX 550 (4096 MB)
  
• DirectX: Version 12
  
• Storage: 2 MB available space

Linux Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Ubuntu LTS
  
• Processor: 2.4 GHz
  
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: 512 MB display memory (Vulkan 1.0 compatible)
  
• Storage: 1 GB available space
  
• Sound Card:

No maximum requirements!!

Mac Requirements

No minimum requirements!!
No maximum requirements!!

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!

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! 

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! 

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! 

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). 

 

“No offense to the other ten titles on this list, but Wax Heads is the coolest game of all the ones listed here and, potentially, the last five years.”
Forbes

“Wax Heads is a vibey record shop sim that simply oozes aura. Losing yourself in the various rooms and aisles of Repeater Records is delightful, and I can't wait to clock back in for my next shift...”
Polygon

“This cozy indie sim nails the culture and community of record stores.”
TheGamer