RPG · August 27, 2020

Wasteland 3 (2020)

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Feature List The End Has Just Begun A party-based roleplaying game with the series’ signature focus on story reactivity and strategic combat in a post-apocalyptic world. A Core RPG Experience Features a deep and engaging story, utilizing a dynamic dialogue system with full English voiceover, allowing players to choose their role, and immersing fans of the series and newcomers alike. Survive the Blistering Cold Set in the savage lands of frozen Colorado, where survival is difficult and a happy outcome is never guaranteed. Players will face difficult moral choices and make sacrifices that will change the game world. Deep and Reactive Tactical Gameplay Player vehicles, environmental dangers and a revamped, more fluid action system lay the foundation for tactical, yet explosive turn-based combat. Assemble your Squad A detailed character creation system with dozens of skills, perks, and quirks allow for deep customization of your squad of up to six Rangers, geared to your playstyle. Take in the Scenery A significant graphical upgrade, character animations, and first-person conversations bring Colorado and its sensational landscapes to life and elevate the series to new heights. Bring a Friend Play single player or with a friend in story-driven co-op. Choices open (or close off) mission opportunities, areas to explore, story arcs, and more. New DLC Available About the Game In Wasteland 3 you take command of a squad of Desert Rangers, lawmen and women in a post-nuclear world, trying to rebuild society from the ashes. More than a century after the bombs fell, you’re fighting a losing battle to keep your beloved Arizona alive. Then the self-proclaimed Patriarch of Colorado radios, promising aid if you'll do a job he can only entrust to an outsider—rescue his land from the ambitions of his three bloodthirsty children. You’re dispatched on a desperate quest from the scorching deserts to the snowy mountains to start from scratch, building a new base, finding a snow-worthy vehicle, training new recruits, and fighting your way through hostile frozen wastes. All the while, you'll have to decide who to trust in this land torn apart by corruption, intrigue, warring factions, crazed cultists, cutthroat gangs, and bitter sibling rivalries. Build a reputation for yourself by making decisions that will profoundly impact Colorado, its inhabitants and the story you experience. Will you be Colorado’s savior or its worst nightmare? Wasteland 3 is a squad-based RPG from inXile entertainment, featuring challenging tactical turn-based combat and a deep, reactive story full of twists, turns, and brutal ethical decisions that will keep you hooked whether you’re a Wasteland veteran or new to the series. Create a squad of up to six Rangers and customize them with perks and abilities geared to your playstyle. You even get your own battle truck, which you can upgrade into a hardened war beast, bristling with weapons, to help mow down your enemies.

Position in RPG

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume20.9k Steam reviewsTop 19% in RPG
Positive rating85% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 53%
Metacritic85/100Genre average 78 — top 24% of RPG titles
Concurrent peak219 playersTop 32% in RPG by live player count
Engagement hours29 h averageTop 33% for session depth among RPG

Community Tag Signals

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

  • CRPG · 375
  • Character Customization · 370
  • Choices Matter · 365
  • Story Rich · 360
  • Sexual Content · 356
  • Violent · 351
  • Post-apocalyptic · 350
  • RPG · 346
  • Tactical RPG · 320
  • Party-Based RPG · 308
  • Turn-Based Tactics · 307
  • Isometric · 303
  • Turn-Based · 297
  • Strategy · 288
  • Turn-Based Combat · 283

Peer RPG titles

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Reception Metrics

Steam community

85%Very Positive · 20.9k reviews

17.8k positive · 3.1k negative

Metacritic

85/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.6/10

Curator recommendations

16.7k

Peak concurrent players

219

RPG releases from 2020

13 RPG titles launched in 2020 — top 6 by review volume.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (8)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Italian
  • Portuguese - Brazil volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Portuguese - Brazil

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Tablet

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“It’s the best post-apocalyptic CRPG I’ve played since Fallout: New Vegas, and one of the better RPGs I’ve played in a while” 9/10 – DualShockers “The reactiveness and immersion that players can experience in the game is almost unparalleled in current video games” 9/10 – Shacknews “This is gaming at its most punk. It's raw and unapologetic, but never heartless.” 5/5 – Windows Central

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

29h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

13h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

27h

Current engagement

Achievements

86

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 27, 2020
DeveloperinXile Entertainment
Base price$11.99
DLC / Add-ons4 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

Wasteland 3 is a mature game that regularly depicts violence and gore through combat, strong language, and adult situations.

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Editions & Packages

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