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Wasteland 3 cover art

Wasteland 3

inXile Entertainment · 2020-08-27

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RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 27, 2020 (Linux), Aug 27, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2020 (Mac), Aug 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Aug 28, 2020 (Xbox One)

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

253
playing now
85%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (101 ratings)
46h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

253 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Wasteland 3 is a role-playing video game developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Deep Silver. It is a sequel to Wasteland 2 (2014) and was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 28, 2020. A Linux and macOS port was released on December 17, 2020.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 253 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 624 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~78/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,803 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 447k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,349 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99-80%
Microsoft Store$11.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.19 at Fanatical (2024-06-15) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 35 of 55 observed days · $2.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.3k2.3k20202026Week of 2020-08-01: 1,052 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 282 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,315 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 488 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 640 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4081252026-08-06 22:00 — 232 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 125 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 258 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 282 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 172 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 310 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 345 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 207 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 355 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 349 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 138 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 259 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 274 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 145 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 213 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 260 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 135 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 310 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 400 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 146 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 201 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 324 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 221 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 280 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 336 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 211 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 159 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 293 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 253 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$5.592019-11-142026-08-302019-11-14 — best price $59.992020-10-31 — best price $59.992020-12-12 — best price $38.992021-01-18 — best price $41.992021-03-12 — best price $35.992021-04-16 — best price $29.992021-05-25 — best price $23.992021-06-27 — best price $23.992021-08-13 — best price $29.992021-09-29 — best price $29.992021-11-19 — best price $19.992021-12-23 — best price $39.992022-02-01 — best price $11.192022-03-12 — best price $21.822022-04-23 — best price $11.332022-06-11 — best price $10.992022-07-19 — best price $10.802022-09-12 — best price $10.792022-11-24 — best price $11.992023-01-19 — best price $11.992023-03-10 — best price $39.992023-04-21 — best price $39.992023-06-29 — best price $7.992023-08-07 — best price $10.792023-11-02 — best price $39.992024-01-05 — best price $10.792024-02-19 — best price $10.792024-04-18 — best price $7.992024-06-16 — best price $39.992024-08-05 — best price $7.192024-10-01 — best price $7.992024-11-21 — best price $7.992025-01-03 — best price $39.992025-04-03 — best price $25.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992026-02-01 — best price $39.992026-04-09 — best price $11.992026-06-15 — best price $39.992026-08-18 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8881162026-05-29 — 175 pageviews2026-06-01 — 138 pageviews2026-06-04 — 153 pageviews2026-06-07 — 888 pageviews2026-06-10 — 320 pageviews2026-06-13 — 169 pageviews2026-06-16 — 311 pageviews2026-06-19 — 164 pageviews2026-06-22 — 167 pageviews2026-06-25 — 119 pageviews2026-06-28 — 171 pageviews2026-07-01 — 173 pageviews2026-07-04 — 131 pageviews2026-07-07 — 227 pageviews2026-07-10 — 200 pageviews2026-07-13 — 228 pageviews2026-07-16 — 172 pageviews2026-07-19 — 224 pageviews2026-07-22 — 167 pageviews2026-07-25 — 158 pageviews2026-07-28 — 143 pageviews2026-07-31 — 223 pageviews2026-08-03 — 208 pageviews2026-08-06 — 159 pageviews2026-08-09 — 156 pageviews2026-08-12 — 176 pageviews2026-08-15 — 146 pageviews2026-08-18 — 144 pageviews2026-08-21 — 144 pageviews2026-08-24 — 136 pageviews2026-08-26 — 157 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8802026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 29 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
83.8%
earned "On Your Own"
20.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing4 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,4181%86
Windows (Xbox)6,4270%86
PS4 (PlayStation)4,7813%87

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGViolentStrategyIsometricStory RichTurn-BasedTactical RPGChoices MatterSexual Content

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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