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Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

inXile Entertainment · 2014-09-18

SteamGOGAmazon

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 19, 2014 (Linux), Sep 19, 2014 (Mac), Sep 19, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 13, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Oct 13, 2015 (Xbox One)

From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut is a 2014 Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 8102 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

8
playing now
83%
positive of 8.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (85 ratings)
43h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Wasteland 2 is a 2014 post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Deep Silver. It is the sequel to 1988's Wasteland, and was successfully crowdfunded through Kickstarter. After the postponement of the original release date from October 2013, it was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux in September 2014. An enhanced version of the game, named Wasteland 2: Director's Cut, was released in October 2015, including versions for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 203k–486k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,108 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$5.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.59 at WinGameStore (2024-06-29) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 29 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1542026-09-15 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.3k6Dec 2013Aug 2026Dec 2013 — avg 335 · peak 1,188Apr 2014 — avg 125 · peak 541Aug 2014 — avg 407 · peak 953Dec 2014 — avg 1,455 · peak 3,864Apr 2015 — avg 671 · peak 1,491Aug 2015 — avg 440 · peak 860Dec 2015 — avg 118 · peak 280Apr 2016 — avg 93 · peak 208Aug 2016 — avg 78 · peak 147Dec 2016 — avg 81 · peak 161Apr 2017 — avg 50 · peak 107Aug 2017 — avg 50 · peak 111Dec 2017 — avg 69 · peak 159Apr 2018 — avg 39 · peak 90Aug 2018 — avg 33 · peak 74Dec 2018 — avg 34 · peak 77Apr 2019 — avg 21 · peak 48Aug 2019 — avg 23 · peak 52Dec 2019 — avg 35 · peak 83Apr 2020 — avg 55 · peak 131Aug 2020 — avg 31 · peak 130Dec 2020 — avg 29 · peak 61Apr 2021 — avg 22 · peak 48Aug 2021 — avg 14 · peak 31Dec 2021 — avg 16 · peak 35Apr 2022 — avg 13 · peak 30Aug 2022 — avg 11 · peak 24Dec 2022 — avg 16 · peak 30Apr 2023 — avg 11 · peak 29Aug 2023 — avg 10 · peak 26Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Apr 2024 — avg 11 · peak 34Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$3.992015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $19.992015-06-12 — best price $19.992015-09-08 — best price $39.992015-12-23 — best price $19.992016-02-05 — best price $19.992016-04-02 — best price $19.992016-06-23 — best price $19.992016-09-07 — best price $14.002016-11-21 — best price $13.992017-01-10 — best price $39.992017-05-02 — best price $15.992017-08-29 — best price $19.992017-11-28 — best price $39.992018-02-15 — best price $19.992018-07-02 — best price $19.992019-05-20 — best price $29.992020-01-09 — best price $11.992020-06-25 — best price $7.492021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-09-28 — best price $29.992022-04-15 — best price $29.992022-08-16 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-04-20 — best price $8.992023-08-25 — best price $8.992023-11-27 — best price $7.492024-03-19 — best price $29.992024-05-30 — best price $7.492024-07-18 — best price $29.992024-12-03 — best price $29.992025-02-07 — best price $29.992025-07-16 — best price $7.492025-12-02 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-07-15 — best price $7.492026-10-04 — best price $5.992026-10-08 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

360612026-05-31 — 83 pageviews2026-06-04 — 107 pageviews2026-06-08 — 360 pageviews2026-06-12 — 96 pageviews2026-06-16 — 135 pageviews2026-06-20 — 84 pageviews2026-06-24 — 101 pageviews2026-06-28 — 98 pageviews2026-07-02 — 98 pageviews2026-07-06 — 129 pageviews2026-07-10 — 108 pageviews2026-07-14 — 132 pageviews2026-07-18 — 138 pageviews2026-07-22 — 125 pageviews2026-07-26 — 103 pageviews2026-07-30 — 119 pageviews2026-08-03 — 152 pageviews2026-08-07 — 110 pageviews2026-08-11 — 107 pageviews2026-08-15 — 103 pageviews2026-08-19 — 113 pageviews2026-08-23 — 104 pageviews2026-08-27 — 94 pageviews2026-08-31 — 88 pageviews2026-09-04 — 94 pageviews2026-09-08 — 75 pageviews2026-09-12 — 85 pageviews2026-09-16 — 75 pageviews2026-09-20 — 89 pageviews2026-09-24 — 104 pageviews2026-09-28 — 101 pageviews2026-10-02 — 95 pageviews2026-10-06 — 82 pageviews2026-10-10 — 61 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
14.4%
earned "Know Your Roots"
3.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availablePartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,1824%46
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)2,8844%46
Windows (Xbox)390%46
Switch (Nintendo)130%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCRPGIndieSci-fiStrategySurvivalTacticalAdventureIsometricOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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