Wuthering Waves has sunk further on Steam since the last report on this story, with reviews from the last 3 days sitting at 77% negative – up from 62% negative when that piece ran, and a long way from the 21% negative the game held before this story began.
For anyone catching up, Kuro Games moved the Steam version onto its own launcher with Version 3.8, after a November 5 notice announcing an upgrade to "the client download and update mechanism for the game on Steam." The pitch was Tiered Client Resource Downloads, splitting the game into UHD, HD and SD packages so players could pick a tier and save storage space.
The last 3 days produced 609 negative reviews against 178 positive ones, with November 12 alone logging 457 negative reviews to 106 positive, followed by 123 negative to 52 positive on November 13.
November 14 came in quieter at 29 negative and 20 positive, but negatives still outnumbered positives – something that did not happen on a single day in the daily numbers from October 16 until the update landed, when most days logged single-digit negatives.
According to reviews, the update removed existing installs and pushed players to redownload the game through the new launcher, and one reviewer with 93.2 hours put it bluntly: "Thanks Kuro, wiping my game install to replace it with your pathetic ass launcher and expecting me to reinstall 100+ GB all over again."
Other players say the launcher download was not the end of it, reporting extra in-game downloads waiting afterwards and settings that were reset once they finally got in. One Linux player says the launcher simply would not show up until switching to a different Proton version.
The most helpful negative review this week, from a player with 574.2 hours, keeps it short: "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Steam is a launcher, I don't need two."
A feature pitched as a way to save storage space – and according to reviews, it arrived by making players download the whole game again.
Kuro Games' November 11 patch notes list "categorized resource downloads and resource cleanup on PC" as "initially available as a limited test," and no official Steam post since then addresses the reaction.
What players are asking for in reviews is straightforward – the tiered downloads without a second launcher sitting inside Steam – and some say they are holding off on playing or spending on PC until Kuro Games changes course.
Steam reviews, day by day
| Day (UTC) | Positive | Negative | Negative share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-05 | 25 | 8 | 24% |
| 2026-11-06 | 14 | 11 | 44% |
| 2026-11-07 | 29 | 6 | 17% |
| 2026-11-08 | 19 | 8 | 30% |
| 2026-11-09 | 31 | 4 | 11% |
| 2026-11-10 | 27 | 7 | 21% |
| 2026-11-11 | 36 | 24 | 40% |
| 2026-11-12 | 106 | 457 | 81% |
| 2026-11-13 | 52 | 123 | 70% |
| 2026-11-14 | 20 | 29 | 59% |
The story so far
Sources: Wuthering Waves on Steam (user reviews), Wuthering Waves developer announcements. Figures checked 2026-11-14 11:31 UTC.
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