Wasteland 3 similar games & best alternatives

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Wasteland 3

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2020

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Engaging story with meaningful choices
  • Deep tactical turn-based combat
  • Strong character customization and progression
  • Immersive post-apocalyptic world with humor
  • Cooperative multiplayer mode

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and technical issues reported
  • Loading times can be slow
  • Some combat difficulty spikes and balance issues
  • Limited exploration compared to open world rpgs
  • Ui and inventory management could be improved

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Prophecy

  • Dungeon Siege

  • Pillars of Eternity

  • Solasta: Crown of the Magister

  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

  • Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition

More intimate

Games that feels like Wasteland 3 but with more focus on close relationships

  • Gloomhaven

  • Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

  • Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

  • Frosthaven

  • Expeditions: Rome

  • Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked

Less social

Games that feels like Wasteland 3 but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

  • Tower of Time

  • Sword of Convallaria

  • Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

  • The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos

  • Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

  • The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

  • Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™

  • The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

  • Torment: Tides of Numenera

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Wasteland 3. These titles are not in What to play next.

Wasteland 3: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026