Wild Bastards
The spiritual successor to the epic strategy-shooter Void Bastards, Wild Bastards is a hybrid FPS/strategy game with heart-pounding tactical combat, detailed management systems, and a roguelike campaign…
Wild Bastards is an indie developed by Blue Manchu, released 12 September 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $4.02 at Fanatical.
What Wild Bastards is
Wild Bastards is an indie game developed by Blue Manchu and released in 2024. It was published by Modus Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The spiritual successor to the epic strategy-shooter Void Bastards, Wild Bastards is a hybrid FPS/strategy game with heart-pounding tactical combat, detailed management systems, and a roguelike campaign. Saddle up and lead the most notorious outlaws in the galaxy.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 27 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Wild Bastards holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 14 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Quad Core 2GHz, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.02 at Fanatical, 89% below its usual price. Across the 3 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $5.25 — a spread of $1.23 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Wild Bastards launched on 12 September 2024, within three weeks of Star Wars Outlaws, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Star Wars Outlaws, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Astro Bot, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Wild Bastards yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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