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The Waste Land

Fledermaus · Digital Tribe · 2014-09-16

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 16, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Waste Land, a "metroidvania" style side-scroller inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poem of the same name, puts players in the role of a fallen king who must find his way to right the wrongs caused by his own failings.

51%
positive of 104 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

In The Waste Land you are the King Zyron III, ruler of all the known lands, who's actions on a an ordinary hunting trip cause a rip in the balance of nature. Creatures mutate sending your once loyal subjects into a state of fear and it is up to you to set things right. Seek out more powerful weapons and secret items to give you an edge while exploring the vast lands in your quest to take down five giant beasts to reset the balance of nature you upset.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 25,142 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–6.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 104 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.75 at GamersGate (2024-02-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520142026Week of 2014-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.752015-01-012026-10-012015-01-01 — best price $3.392015-09-21 — best price $9.992016-03-07 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-09-11 — best price $0.992018-04-17 — best price $9.992018-09-18 — best price $9.992019-01-18 — best price $1.492019-06-19 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992020-04-21 — best price $9.992020-06-10 — best price $8.282020-07-01 — best price $7.342020-07-30 — best price $9.992020-08-21 — best price $8.992020-09-14 — best price $9.992020-10-10 — best price $8.992020-11-03 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992020-12-17 — best price $8.382021-01-08 — best price $8.382021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-02-26 — best price $9.992021-03-20 — best price $8.382021-04-13 — best price $9.992021-05-05 — best price $8.382021-05-28 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $7.342022-07-03 — best price $7.892024-01-04 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
37.4%
earned "The Beginning"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Russian

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionAdventurePlatformerMetroidvaniaPixel Graphics

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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