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Is War of the Barrenlands worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Survival-game players who want both machine threats and player-versus-player encounters
- Multiplayer groups interested in scavenging supplies and building forts
- Post-apocalyptic setting fans who prefer third-person combat
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a narrative-led campaign may find the stated focus on survival, scavenging, and combat limited.
- Those wanting varied modes or a broad set of activities may find the described loop narrow, centered on gathering resources, fighting, and building forts.
- Players looking for a single-player experience may not want a multiplayer survival game.
Our take on War of the Barrenlands
Rather than framing survival as a struggle against the environment alone, the game places both machines and other players among the threats. Its stated structure also pairs resource scavenging with fort building in a multiplayer wasteland.
What is War of the Barrenlands?
Set in 2063 after an AI revolt, this multiplayer survival game places players in a devastated wasteland where humans compete for scarce supplies.
Machines and rival players pose threats across a broad post-apocalyptic map containing abandoned settlements. Gathering weapons, ammunition, food, and construction materials is central to the experience, while fort building provides another activity. Encounters between players use a third-person perspective. The setting follows scattered human survivors living in isolated areas after civilization’s collapse, with conflicts arising over limited resources.
How War of the Barrenlands plays
- 01Scavenged supplies
- Weapons, ammunition, food, and materials for construction are among the resources players can collect.
- 02Fort construction
- Collected building materials can be used to put together forts.
- 03Machine threats
- Survival involves confronting machines as well as other players.
- 04Wasteland map
- The large environment includes settlements left behind after civilization collapsed.
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War of the Barrenlands: platforms & release
Is War of the Barrenlands worth it?
It is worth it if: survival-game players who want both machine threats and player-versus-player encounters. Skip it if: players seeking a narrative-led campaign may find the stated focus on survival, scavenging, and combat limited.
Where can I download War of the Barrenlands?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens War of the Barrenlands's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is War of the Barrenlands on?
Windows only.
