The Waste Land
A retro action-platformer about a king restoring nature's balance
Fledermaus · Published by Digital Tribe · Released Sep 16, 2014
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 50% of 98
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 10 years ago
- Jun 21, 2016
What is The Waste Land?
The Waste Land is a single-player, 2D metroidvania set across seven continents, where King Zyron III must undo the damage caused by his hunting trip. You explore an open world, visit towns, fight mutated creatures with swords and arrows, and search for hidden upgrades while hunting five giant beasts.
For you if...
- +you enjoy exploring freely with little guidance
Not for you if...
- −you prefer platforming puzzles to frequent combat
What players say
50% of 98 reviews are positive
Players praise the pixel art and retro atmosphere. Common complaints concern long stretches of uneventful travel, while recent negative reviews also criticize the controls.
Screenshots and trailer
The Waste Land system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 1 GB RAM, 0.1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Waste Land?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista 7/8
- Processor
- 1.2GHz processor
- Graphics
- DirectX 9.0 compliant
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 50 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- 1.4GHz processor or faster
- Graphics
- DirectX 9.0 compliant
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 50 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Does The Waste Land have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Waste Land run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 30
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, Italian, German, Russian.
Does The Waste Land use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- Jun 8, 2016 · A new important update!
- Jun 8, 2016 · A new important update!
- Oct 13, 2014 · An interesting update
- Oct 13, 2014 · An interesting update
- Oct 1, 2014 · Two more fixes on the way!
