Adventure · September 18, 2014

Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut (2014)

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Digital Deluxe Edition Wasteland 2: Director's Cut Wasteland 2 A free copy of Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic. A free copy of The Bard's Tale. Three digital novellas set in the Wasteland world. Mark Morgan's Wasteland 2 original soundtrack in digital format. An incredible digital concept art book showcasing many of the world's characters and environments. The extras can be found in your Steam installation location for Wasteland 2. (e.g. C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Wasteland 2) About the Game From the Producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2, the sequel to the first-ever post-apocalyptic computer RPG. The Wasteland's hellish landscape is waiting for you to make your mark... or die trying. With over 80 hours of gameplay, you will deck out your Desert Ranger squad with the most devastating weaponry this side of the fallout zone, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the wasteland. Key Features: One Size Does Not Fit All: Don't feel like finding the key for a door? Pick the lock, bash it down with your boot, or just blow it open! Decision Making... with Consequences: With both short and long term reactivity, your choices ripple outwards, changing the game's events and forever altering the lives of those in the wasteland. Huge & Customizable: Hundreds of characters. Thousands of variations on your Rangers' appearance. Over 150 weapons. No two players will have the same experience. Steam Features: Wasteland 2 supports Cloud Saving so you can sync your saves across multiple computers! Director's Cut New Features: Complete Graphics Overhaul: Rebuilt in Unity 5, Wasteland 2's environments and characters have been updated to take advantage of the latest graphics technologies. Perks &: Quirks: Customize your squad even more! Perks & Quirks are special personality traits you can use to give your characters even more life, with their own unique bonuses... and drawbacks. Precision Strikes: Fire on your enemies and debilitate them with tactical attacks! Cripple a leg to slow an enemy down, fire on their gun to blast it to bits, or aim for the head to knock them senseless – or blow it clean off. Expanded Voice Over: Over 8,000 lines of new voice-over dialog have been added for the game's characters and companions, bringing the Wasteland to life like never before.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • RPG · 885
  • Post-apocalyptic · 678
  • Turn-Based · 639
  • Strategy · 469
  • Tactical · 386
  • Isometric · 314
  • Adventure · 311
  • CRPG · 301
  • Singleplayer · 257
  • Kickstarter · 219
  • Open World · 217
  • Indie · 207
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 189
  • Sci-fi · 170
  • Survival · 151

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume8.1k Steam reviewsTop 29% in Adventure
Positive rating82% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 81%
Metacritic87/100Genre average 77 — top 11% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours26 h averageTop 13% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

82%Mostly Positive · 8.1k reviews

6.6k positive · 1.5k negative

Metacritic

87/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.5/10

Curator recommendations

4.6k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (8)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Italian
  • Turkish volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Turkish

Press Quotes

“This really does feel like Fallout 4, if Fallout were to go back to its CRPG roots.” TotalBiscuit/The Cynical Brit “Along with Bard's Tale, Wasteland was one of the games that made me want to make games. I was privileged that Brian gave me the opportunity to work on Fallout, and I have missed those games. Getting to play Wasteland 2 is like getting to return to your past and finding out that it is still as fun as you…

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

26h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

12h

Typical completion time

Achievements

46

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 18, 2014
DeveloperinXile Entertainment
Base price$8.99 -70%
Required age17+
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

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