Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Wasteland 2: Director's Cut (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Wasteland 3, which made by the same studio, inXile Entertainment.
- Wasteland 2: Director's Cut is tagged RPG, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-Based, Strategy, Tactical, Isometric, Adventure, CRPG by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are from the same studio: Wasteland 3.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Wasteland 3
Why it matched: made by the same studio, inXile Entertainment; both post-apocalyptic, open world, science fiction and strategy; shares 8 player tags including CRPG, Post-apocalyptic and RPG.
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 3 at a glance Released 2020 Studio inXile Entertainment Player sentiment 85% positive of 22,363 Price $39.99 CRPGPost-apocalypticRPGIsometricTurn-BasedStrategySci-fiTactical
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Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world, science fiction, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Post-apocalyptic and Isometric; released around the same time (2015).
You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game at a glance Released 2015 Studio Interplay Inc. Player sentiment 94% positive of 25,164 Price $9.99 RPGPost-apocalypticIsometricTurn-BasedSci-fiCRPGExplorationTactical
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Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Why it matched: both science fiction, atmospheric and strategy; shares 10 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Isometric; released around the same time (2014).
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut at a glance Released 2014 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 89% positive of 6,570 Price $14.99 RPGTurn-BasedIsometricStrategySci-fiTacticalCRPGIndie
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, RPG and Post-apocalyptic; released around the same time (2018).
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden at a glance Released 2018 Studio The Bearded Ladies Player sentiment 90% positive of 20,534 Price $34.99 StrategyRPGPost-apocalypticTacticalTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategySurvivalExploration
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Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy; released around the same time (2014).
Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.
Divinity: Original Sin (Classic) at a glance Released 2014 Studio Larian Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 11,898 Price Not listed RPGTurn-BasedStrategyIsometricCRPGKickstarterIndieTurn-Based Strategy
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Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
Why it matched: both science fiction, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Isometric; released around the same time (2015).
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 87% positive of 4,839 Price $19.99 RPGTurn-BasedIsometricStrategyIndieCRPGSci-fiKickstarter
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Fallout: New Vegas
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world, survival, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Post-apocalyptic and Exploration; released around the same time (2010).
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Fallout: New Vegas at a glance Released 2010 Studio Obsidian Entertainment Player sentiment 96% positive of 261,194 Price $9.99 RPGPost-apocalypticExplorationSci-fiAction RPGSurvival
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Fallout 4
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world, survival, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Post-apocalyptic, Exploration and RPG; released around the same time (2015).
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.
Fallout 4 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 81% positive of 428,604 Price $19.99 Post-apocalypticExplorationRPGSci-fiAction RPGSurvival
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The Riftbreaker
Why it matched: both survival, science fiction, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Survival, Strategy and Sci-fi.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
The Riftbreaker at a glance Released 2021 Studio EXOR Studios Player sentiment 90% positive of 24,729 Price $8.99 SurvivalStrategySci-fiExplorationAction RPGRPGIsometric
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Satellite Reign
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Sci-fi and Indie; released around the same time (2015).
Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.
Satellite Reign at a glance Released 2015 Studio 5 Lives Studios Player sentiment 71% positive of 5,369 Price $29.99 StrategySci-fiIndieTacticalIsometricRPGKickstarter
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Xenonauts
Why it matched: both science fiction, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy and Tactical; released around the same time (2014).
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.
Xenonauts at a glance Released 2014 Studio Goldhawk Interactive Player sentiment 87% positive of 5,069 Price $24.99 Turn-Based StrategyStrategyTacticalSci-fiIndieIsometricTurn-BasedKickstarter
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Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Post-apocalyptic and Isometric.
Fallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game at a glance Released 2009 Studio Black Isle Studios Player sentiment 94% positive of 17,454 Price $9.99 RPGPost-apocalypticIsometricTurn-BasedSci-fiCRPGExploration
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ENDLESS Space 2
Why it matched: both open world, science fiction, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Sci-fi and Turn-Based Strategy; released around the same time (2017).
ENDLESS Space™ 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS Universe™. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?
ENDLESS Space 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio AMPLITUDE Studios Player sentiment 83% positive of 23,056 Price $7.99 StrategySci-fiTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedRPGIndie
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world, survival, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Post-apocalyptic, Survival and Exploration.
Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land. Evolving with every update, now overhauled and crowned with UPDATE 2.0.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl at a glance Released 2024 Studio GSC Game World Player sentiment 80% positive of 138,669 Price $41.99 Post-apocalypticSurvivalExplorationRPGSci-fi
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IXION
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, survival, science fiction, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Strategy, Survival and Exploration.
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
IXION at a glance Released 2022 Studio Bulwark Studios Player sentiment 79% positive of 17,614 Price $10.49 StrategySurvivalExplorationPost-apocalypticIndie
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Into the Breach
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and Indie; released around the same time (2018).
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Into the Breach at a glance Released 2018 Studio Subset Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 22,246 Price $14.99 StrategyTurn-Based StrategyIndieTurn-BasedSci-fiTacticalIsometricRPG
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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Why it matched: both science fiction, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Sci-fi and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2018).
MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus at a glance Released 2018 Studio Bulwark Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 14,603 Price $29.99 StrategySci-fiTurn-BasedTacticalTurn-Based StrategyIndieRPG
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The Banner Saga
Why it matched: both atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy; released around the same time (2014).
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.
The Banner Saga at a glance Released 2014 Studio Stoic Player sentiment 89% positive of 15,950 Price $24.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyIndieTacticalTurn-Based StrategyKickstarterCrowdfunded
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Planetbase
Why it matched: both open world, survival, science fiction, atmospheric and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Strategy, Survival and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2015).
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Planetbase at a glance Released 2015 Studio Madruga Works Player sentiment 80% positive of 10,438 Price $7.49 StrategySurvivalSci-fiIndie
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Wartales
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based Strategy and Strategy.
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Wartales at a glance Released 2023 Studio Shiro Games Player sentiment 86% positive of 35,569 Price $34.99 RPGTurn-Based StrategyStrategyExplorationSurvivalTurn-BasedIndie
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ZERO Sievert
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Survival, Post-apocalyptic and Indie.
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
ZERO Sievert at a glance Released 2024 Studio CABO Studio Player sentiment 85% positive of 15,428 Price $19.99 SurvivalPost-apocalypticIndieExplorationStrategy
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Chernobylite Complete Edition
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, survival, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Post-apocalyptic, Survival and RPG.
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Chernobylite Complete Edition at a glance Released 2021 Studio The Farm 51 Player sentiment 82% positive of 15,553 Price $29.99 Post-apocalypticSurvivalRPGExplorationSci-fiIndie
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Tom Clancy’s The Division
Why it matched: both post-apocalyptic, open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 4 player tags including RPG, Post-apocalyptic and Survival; released around the same time (2016).
A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.
Tom Clancy’s The Division at a glance Released 2016 Studio Massive Entertainment Player sentiment 71% positive of 96,713 Price $29.99 RPGPost-apocalypticSurvivalTactical
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Starbound
Why it matched: both open world, survival, science fiction and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Survival, Exploration and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Starbound at a glance Released 2016 Studio Chucklefish Player sentiment 90% positive of 123,280 Price $14.99 SurvivalExplorationIndieRPGSci-fi
Common questions
What game is most like Wasteland 2: Director's Cut?
Wasteland 3, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, inXile Entertainment. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Wasteland 2: Director's Cut" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Wasteland 2: Director's Cut. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Wasteland 2: Director's Cut do?
Wasteland 3 is also from inXile Entertainment, and appears in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.