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Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic cover art

Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic

inXile Entertainment · 2013-11-13

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 13, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 13, 2013 (Mac), Jan 02, 1988 (Apple II), Nov 13, 2013 (Linux), Jan 02, 1988 (DOS), Jan 02, 1988 (Commodore C64/128/MAX)

For the first time in over 20 years, we are heralding the return of a much loved piece of gaming history with the classic RPG, Wasteland! Mutants. Again. Even more than there were last time: they seem to materialize out of the very grains of the radioactive desert sand. Venomous yellow eyes.

Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2013, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 480 reviews).

1
playing now
79%
positive of 482 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
100/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Wasteland is a role-playing video game developed by Interplay Productions and published by initially Electronic Arts in March 1988. The first installment of the Wasteland series is set in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic America, destroyed by a nuclear holocaust generations before. Developers originally made the game for the Apple II and it was ported to the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS. It was re-released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux in 2013 via Steam and GOG.com, and in 2014 via Desura. A remastered version titled Wasteland Remastered was released on February 25, 2020, in honor of the original game's 30th anniversary.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 28,764 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 482 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.09-82%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at GOG (2022-11-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 52 of 71 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.592015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-06-15 — best price $5.992015-07-30 — best price $3.002015-11-04 — best price $1.192015-12-18 — best price $2.492016-04-29 — best price $1.202016-10-24 — best price $1.792017-03-24 — best price $2.492017-10-17 — best price $1.242017-12-21 — best price $2.992018-04-17 — best price $4.992018-07-16 — best price $4.992018-11-28 — best price $5.992019-03-30 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $5.992020-03-16 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $5.992020-11-25 — best price $1.492021-02-11 — best price $1.492021-07-23 — best price $1.492022-02-14 — best price $1.492022-07-01 — best price $1.492023-03-20 — best price $0.592023-09-18 — best price $5.992024-01-25 — best price $4.792024-04-23 — best price $1.192024-09-10 — best price $1.792024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-04-25 — best price $5.992025-10-28 — best price $2.992026-03-16 — best price $5.992026-06-17 — best price $1.092026-09-04 — best price $1.092026-09-14 — best price $1.092026-09-24 — best price $1.092026-10-04 — best price $1.092026-10-14 — best price $1.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3481482026-06-01 — 193 pageviews2026-06-05 — 177 pageviews2026-06-09 — 213 pageviews2026-06-13 — 180 pageviews2026-06-17 — 200 pageviews2026-06-21 — 181 pageviews2026-06-25 — 166 pageviews2026-06-29 — 212 pageviews2026-07-03 — 224 pageviews2026-07-07 — 244 pageviews2026-07-11 — 203 pageviews2026-07-15 — 217 pageviews2026-07-19 — 307 pageviews2026-07-23 — 199 pageviews2026-07-27 — 243 pageviews2026-07-31 — 201 pageviews2026-08-04 — 266 pageviews2026-08-08 — 216 pageviews2026-08-12 — 227 pageviews2026-08-16 — 220 pageviews2026-08-20 — 194 pageviews2026-08-24 — 225 pageviews2026-08-28 — 191 pageviews2026-09-01 — 217 pageviews2026-09-05 — 172 pageviews2026-09-09 — 189 pageviews2026-09-13 — 195 pageviews2026-09-17 — 179 pageviews2026-09-21 — 200 pageviews2026-09-25 — 174 pageviews2026-09-29 — 180 pageviews2026-10-03 — 154 pageviews2026-10-07 — 192 pageviews2026-10-11 — 183 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DRPGCRPG1980sIndieRetroSci-fiClassicStrategyAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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