Wastelanders
Studio Lilac · 2026 · Card Battler, Tactical RPG, RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy
PC
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About Wastelanders
Uncover the Wasteland’s secrets… and find your mom?A catastrophic meteor strike brings civilization to the brink, covering the planet’s surface in an alien substance known as the Waste. The city of New Haven, the sole beacon of humanity, stands alone amidst a desolate Wasteland, held afloat by harnessing the Waste’s extraterrestrial power and defended by an intrepid force of explorers and researchers – the NITES. But all’s not well in the desert, and in the wake of her mother’s disappearance, Jackie, an aspiring NITES soldier, is determined to follow in her footsteps and uncover what’s really out there in the Wasteland. Key FeaturesDual-Deck Synergy: Each weapon deck boasts a unique theme with a powerful identity-defining buff, like the Staff's Flow and the Pistol's Accuracy. Draft skill cards from two weapon decks at once to assemble the combat deck, harnessing their unique buffs to discover devastating synergies within the web of carefully designed tactical possibilities. Selecting the right cards allows you to chain together devastating combos, dish out damage, and prevent your enemies from retaliating during a Clash.Unique Turn-Based Clashes: Meet your opponent’s attacks head-on by countering their moves with your own! Gone are the days of standing idly by as you politely wait for the opponent's attacks before you make your own. Opponents go head-to-head on the battlefield with their attacks, forming Clashes where only the strongest move connects! Consider the order of your actions carefully to sequence buffs, blocks, and combos to ensure enemy attacks never stand a chance at landing. Offense is the best defense! Learn to exploit Clashes and the Waste creatures will never stand a chance against you.Fully hand-drawn pixel art: Wastelanders showcases a modern twist on the classic 8-bit pixel art.Immersive narrative: Experience the story of Jacqueline "Jackie" Page and leave your mark in the pages of New Haven. Adventure into the Wasteland, defeat Waste creatures under overwhelming odds, and find the traces left behind by Jackie's Mom. The Wasteland hides its secrets deep in its alien landscape, but the NITES hide something even more horrifying within the walls of New Haven. Perhaps the two are more entwined than they let on.
What Steam players say
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Despite being sort it was really enjoyable! First time playing a card battler and found it very fun, the visuals were really beautiful (especially the backgrounds) and liked the music a lot!
PEAK The combat has a lot of depth and also muscle mommy with rose tattoo🤤
I played for a little over an hour and I really enjoyed my time with it. The artstyle was rather charming even if it's not as polished as it's inspiration or visual novels but because it's style isn't purely a visual novel it's able to pull of some fun visual tricks that those games either wouldn't or couldn't do. I do wish it were more consistent though. I'm not one to care about character designs staying on model but I think if you're gonna do that you have to emphasize the mood that's attempting to be conveyed. A comforting hug emphasizing a character's softness, the sprites emphasizing their prowess, their dialogue emphasizing their mood or something. I don't mind it but I could see other people knocking the game for it. The story was fun. It does the thing that a few RPGs do where they don't hit you with their encyclopedia to the world and instead kinda starts in media res. It's not quite as well done as it could be but it does it well enough to get you to understand what's happening, what are the protagonists goals, and what are the stakes. I won't pretend to be an expert but I felt the game trying to make up for not introducing the player to the world by introducing us to…
It's a fun deckbuilding experience. You can pick two different decks with different weapons per character to use. My only complaint is that moving the cards to the enemies didn't always work very well-I would drag an ability onto an enemy and sometimes it would stick to them and other times it would go back in my hand and I'd have to try again. Overall, a promising beginning for a game.
i haven't played many card battlers before, but this one is really enjoyable. the combat is simple to learn and very accessible, making it a great entry point for someone new to the genre.
Pretty peak Library of ruina esque gameplay, excited to see more.
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