Wasteland 3 is a squad-based role playing game set in the frozen wastelands of post-nuclear Colorado, where survival demands sacrifice and moral certainty is a luxury no one can afford.
You command a squad of Desert Rangers, the lawmen and women who have spent generations trying to rebuild civilization from the ashes of the old world. Your home in Arizona is dying, resources dwindling, hope fading. Then a radio transmission arrives from the self-proclaimed Patriarch of Colorado, a man who promises aid in exchange for a task only outsiders can handle. His three children have turned against him, each one bloodthirsty and ambitious, tearing the state apart in their bid for power. You're sent from scorching desert to snow-covered mountains to do what needs doing.
Starting from nothing in this hostile land means building a new base of operations, finding vehicles that can handle the brutal terrain, and recruiting fresh Rangers to fill out your ranks. The tactical combat unfolds in challenging turn-based encounters where positioning, environmental hazards and your squad's abilities all factor into whether you walk away or get buried in the snow. You can customize up to six Rangers with dozens of skills, perks and quirks that shape how they fight and how they interact with the world around them. Your battle truck becomes a mobile arsenal, upgradable into a weapon-bristling war machine that can turn the tide when negotiations fail.
Colorado is a land of warring factions, crazed cultists, cutthroat gangs and bitter family rivalries. The choices you make ripple outward, opening some paths while closing others permanently. Trust is currency here, spent carefully or squandered foolishly, and the reputation you build determines whether you become this frozen wasteland's salvation or its newest nightmare. Full voice acting brings every conversation to life through a dynamic dialogue system that lets you shape your role in this unfolding drama. You can experience the entire journey alone or bring a friend along in cooperative play, where your combined decisions carve out a story unique to how you choose to navigate the corruption and intrigue that defines this shattered corner of America.
The savage cold of Colorado offers no guarantees of happy endings, only the promise that every decision carries weight.