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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

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.

0
playing now
79%
positive of 480 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
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)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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 Developers originally made the game for the Apple II and it was ported to the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS.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.

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  • · Top 41% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 480 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.09-82%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 18 of 31 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.592015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $1.092026-08-30 — best price $1.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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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