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Wasteland Story: Awakening, a pixel post-apocalypse RPG

By Priya Raghavan

Senior reviews editor

Over 200 weapons, from bows and missile launchers to bare hands
Real-time action combat instead of turn-based fights
Episodic story with choices, released in seasons
Base building, crafting, hunger and thirst, and dynamic weather
114 perks, 9 special abilities and 9 companions to build around
Ads and in-app purchases described as optional

What Wasteland Story is and who it suits

Wasteland Story: Awakening is a 2D pixel side-scrolling action RPG set after a nuclear fallout. You explore a poisoned wasteland while working through a secret mission to save humanity. The listing is rated 18+.

The developer pitches it at players who find idle or turn-based RPGs too slow and want fights to happen in real time. Its difficulty is described as easy to start and hard to master, with runs that can end in death.

Real-time combat with over 200 weapons

Combat is real-time, and the listed weapons include WWII relics, energy weapons, bows, dual pistols, missile launchers, miniguns, swords, bats, and bare hands. The listing puts the total at more than 200.

Fights are shaped by random enemy spawns and surprise boss encounters. Loot comes from more than 500 items, and more than 90 enchantments can be applied to gear, with over 100 random prefixes adding further variation.

Building a character with perks and companions

Progression runs through 114 perks and six core attributes. There are nine special abilities, each with 18 perks of its own.

The listing also mentions 41 death cards and nine companions. Together these systems are presented as a way to shape different builds, and the developer says the number of combinations is effectively unlimited.

Surviving with base building, crafting and weather

You build a base, craft gear, and keep hunger and thirst in check. The world moves through day and night cycles and dynamic weather, so conditions change during play.

The listing compares these survival systems to a well-known open world survival game, but restyled in pixel art.

Seasons, endgame and updates

The story is episodic and seasonal, and the listing says choices made during play matter to the outcome. The developer says Season 2 is coming.

After the main content there is an endless endgame and a set of hidden boss raids, including secret bosses. The developer says the 2025 Rework Update reworked every part of the game. The listing says ads and in-app purchases are optional.