Wasteland 3
- Developer
- inXile Entertainment
- Publisher
- inXile Entertainment
- Released
- 27 August 2020
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £30.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC, macOS, Xbox One
Genres: role playing rpg , strategy , turn based strategy tbs , tactical , adventure
As the sole survivor of Team November, a Ranger squad dispatched to the icy Colorado wastes, you find this is a land of buried secrets, lost technology, fearsome lunatics, and deadly factions. No one here has ever heard of the Desert Rangers. Your reputation is yours to build from scratch, and your choices may save this land or doom it. With a renewed focus on macro-reactivity, you'll be picking between warring factions, deciding whether locations are destroyed or saved, and making other far reaching decisions that have a marked impact on the shape of your world.
Best gaming PC for Wasteland 3 in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Wasteland 3 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by inXile Entertainment on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 | Windows 10 |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-3.3 GHz or better, or AMD Equivalent | Intel Core i7-3770 GHz or better, or AMD Equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 760 or AMD Equivalent | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB), or AMD RX 480 (8GB) |
| Storage | 45 GB | 45 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Wasteland 3?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7-3770 GHz and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB),, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.