Anarchy: Wolf's law

Worth buying? What 269 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 269 Steam reviews actually say.

Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%2023

−80%~~$9.99~~$1.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A cheap, janky Stalker/Tarkov-lite shooter about capturing and upgrading bases. It's fun for a few hours, but it's repetitive and abandoned, so skip it if you want depth or updates.

Great for

Budget buyers who want a short solo Stalker/DayZ-flavored shooter with base capture, bought on sale

Main risk

Content runs out after a few hours and the developer has abandoned the game

What players love

Territory capture and economy loop

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“Great concept (control zones, develop them, acquire money to reinvest, etc)”
Steam review · 223.8 h played ↗

“I especially liked how the businesses are connected to each other.”
Steam review · translated · 7.4 h played ↗

“Interesting mechanics of capturing territories with their further upgrade.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗

Cheap for what you get

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“For an INDIE game of this price, this is actually surprisingly good.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

“good game, costs one dollar, stuck to it for a couple of hours”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗

“An insanely cheap game with an insanely interesting idea.”
Steam review · translated · 5.4 h played ↗

Fun gunplay and big weapon variety

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“the recoil, reload animation and sound feels semi-realistic, and there is ALSO BULLET TRAVEL TIME”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

“The game has a lot of different weapons.”
Steam review · translated · 9.6 h played ↗

Good as a short time-killer

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“it's a good way to kill a few hours roaming around and killing bandits.”
Steam review · 8.9 h played ↗

“A decent game, perfect for sinking into at the weekend.”
Steam review · translated · 8.8 h played ↗

Atmospheric post-Soviet setting

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews

“The plus that outweighs everything is the wild-field atmosphere.”
Steam review · translated · 6.7 h played ↗

“A good shooter with atmospheric post-Soviet locations.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗

Runs on weak PCs

Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews

“a pretty good option for a weak PC/laptop”
Steam review · translated · 3.8 h played ↗

“Low system requirements will allow almost anyone to run it.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗

What players complain about

Repetitive, runs out of content quickly

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“it gets boring and repetetive quite fast. There really is no reason to play more than a couple of hours”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗

“A game for 2 hours, then boredom.”
Steam review · translated · 8.1 h played ↗

“The game is only interesting for the first 2 hours, while you capture the points.”
Steam review · translated · 16.2 h played ↗

Abandoned by the developer

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Last UPDATE FROM DEV WAS SEPT 2024.”
Steam review · 15.5 h played ↗

“The game is about nothing. I played in 2024 and came back now with no updates. The game is abandoned.”
Steam review · translated · 2.7 h played ↗

“Game was abandoned. Don't bother to buy, game is incomplete.”
Steam review · 14.4 h played ↗

Bad, cheating-feeling enemy AI

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“the bots are idiots with super vision, they see through walls from a kilometer away”
Steam review · translated · 2.5 h played ↗

“Would be fun if the AI didn't always know where you are”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗

Crashes, freezes and FPS drops

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Video memory fills up completely on any card, it's a matter of time (8GB in an hour). Terrible FPS drops start.”
Steam review · translated · 8.7 h played ↗

“constantly crashes every 30 minutes to 1 hour”
Steam review · translated · 12.7 h played ↗

Dated, ugly graphics and janky feel

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“it feels like it came out a decade ago with these graphics”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

“Graphics suck, gameplay feels janky, UI is janky”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗

Asset flip, same assets as developer's other games

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“same assets even the main menu..”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

“All assets (from sounds to models) are taken from the game SURVIVAL Postapocalypse Now.”
Steam review · translated · 3.2 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows 7/8/10 64-bit

ProcessorIntel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or faster

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce T600 or AMD Radeon R9 290 series card or higher

Storage8 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 7/8/10 64-bit

ProcessorIntel or AMD processor, 3.0 GHz or faster

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 970 GTX or AMD Radeon 570 HD series card or higher

Storage8 GB available space

OSWindows 7/8/10 64-bit

ProcessorIntel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or faster

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce T600 or AMD Radeon R9 290 series card or higher

Storage8 GB available space

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