Games like Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
If Wasteland 2: Director's Cut is your kind of game, the closest matches are Torment: Tides of Numenera, Shadowrun Returns and Fallen: A2P Protocol — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its character progression feels earned, choices matter deeply and bleak. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Wasteland 2: Director's Cut is a post-apocalyptic CRPG developed by inXile Entertainment and released in 2014. Players build characters with deliberate flaws, navigate faction politics, and engage in turn-based tactical combat using a wide range of weaponry and grenade tactics. Skill-based progression governs options like lockpicking, while faction relationships evolve based on player choices. Reviewers highlight that the game offers massive content spanning over 80 hours, and players describe the experience as bleak and dark while finding the character progression deeply earned. The game holds an 81% positive rating from over 3,000 Steam reviews and a Metacritic score of 87.
About Wasteland 2: Director's Cut: 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.
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Torment: Tides of Numenera
WHY THIS
Top pick for Wasteland 2: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.
Shadowrun Returns
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Wasteland 2: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.
Fallen: A2P Protocol
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Third-strongest match for Wasteland 2: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.
Dead State: Reanimated
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Ranked #4 for Wasteland 2: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
ATOM RPG Trudograd
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Ranked #5 for Wasteland 2: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.
The Banner Saga
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Ranked #6 for Wasteland 2: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Expeditions: Conquistador
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Ranked #7 for Wasteland 2: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Ranked #8 for Wasteland 2: Director's Cut fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
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Wasteland Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Reviewers of Wasteland 2: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
The RPG classic rises from the nuclear ashes! Wasteland Remastered is an overhaul of the 1988 title that brought the post-apocalypse to video games. See where the Wasteland series began and experience the character and world the sequels are built on.
Wasteland 3
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics, turn based combat and a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Reviewers of Wasteland 2: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
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.
Mad Max
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Wasteland 2: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.
RAGE
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Wasteland 2: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!
ELEX
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Reviewers of Wasteland 2: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.
X-COM: UFO Defense
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Reviewers of Wasteland 2: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Reviewers of Wasteland 2: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
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.
Fallout 4
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Reviewers of Wasteland 2: Director's Cut cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wasteland 2: Director's Cut at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Wasteland 2: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Wasteland 2: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wasteland 2: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Wasteland 2: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Wasteland 2: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Wasteland 2: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Wasteland 2: Director's Cut on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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More from inXile Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by inXile Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Wasteland 3
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics, turn based combat and a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind Wasteland 2: Director's Cut. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
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.
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind Wasteland 2: Director's Cut. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
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.
Torment: Tides of Numenera
WHY THIS
Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind Wasteland 2: Director's Cut. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.
The Bard's Tale Trilogy
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind Wasteland 2: Director's Cut. Shares RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
The Bard's Tale Trilogy is a complete remaster of the iconic series that helped define the RPG genre. Featuring updated graphics and optional quality of life gameplay features, this is the ideal way to experience the dungeon crawling challenge that made the original games beloved classics.
Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind Wasteland 2: Director's Cut. Shares Adventure with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
It will take the combined efforts of two great warriors to explore menacing dungeons, overgrown ruins, and downtrodden towns … and discover the secrets of the Demon’s Forge.
The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled
WHY THIS
Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind Wasteland 2: Director's Cut. Shares Adventure and RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind Wasteland 2: Director's Cut. Shares RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.
The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an immersive mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Another title from inXile Entertainment, the studio behind Wasteland 2: Director's Cut. Shares RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ATOM RPG Trudograd
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.
The Banner Saga
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a dark mood with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
Frequently asked about Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
- How much does Wasteland 2: Director's Cut cost?
- Wasteland 2: Director's Cut is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wasteland 2: Director's Cut are Torment: Tides of Numenera, Shadowrun Returns, Fallen: A2P Protocol.
- Who developed Wasteland 2: Director's Cut?
- Wasteland 2: Director's Cut was developed by inXile Entertainment.
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