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Work the counter at a struggling record shop, reading customers’ clues and music lore to match them with the right album.
Released 05 May 2026
Match Customers to Records
Read Music Clues
Browse Fictional Albums
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!
Developed by Patattie Games · Published by Curve Games
You join Repeater Records as a new employee at a struggling neighborhood record shop. As you get to know its coworkers and customers, their conversations and stories reveal a wider fictional music scene.
Each shift, customers describe the music they want—sometimes clearly, sometimes through vague memories or clues. Search the shop’s records and use details from album art, liner notes, social media, and local music publications to choose a fitting recommendation.
The story unfolds across workdays and chapters, with feedback on your recommendations and shop rewards to earn. Alongside record searches, you can explore the store and its collection, decorate the shop, make gig posters, play an arcade game, and help with local shows.
Many reviewers enjoy the original music, distinctive album designs, and cast of characters, often praising how record recommendations connect to the stories and community around the shop. The clue-based searches are satisfying for some, though others find them light or repetitive and expected more hands-on store management. Several also describe the dialogue as lengthy; reactions to the writing and soundtrack vary.
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).
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
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| Achievements | 28 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 85/100 View on Metacritic |
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