Nostalgic timeless classic
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“After 25 years, still a great game to play.”
Steam review · 17.2 h played ↗
Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 80%Mostly Positive · 80%I-deal Games2012Turn-Based Tactics · Strategy · RPG
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A deep, brutally hard tactical turn-based mercenary game; Wildfire adds more enemies, guns and mercs. Skip it if you want stability on modern PCs or the vanilla JA2 feel.
Great for
JA2 veterans and turn-based tactics fans who want a very hard, deep, replayable mercenary campaign
Main risk
May not run on modern Windows, Linux or Mac, is bug-prone and brutally hard
What players love
Memorable mercs with personality and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“recruiting mercenaries with personalities makes you care when they die. rip fidel.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Wildfire adds guns, harder AI and redesigned maps
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“It keeps the spirit of JA2 but ramps up the challenge.”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
High replayability and freedom of approach
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The non-linear gameplay means every playthrough is unique. Go anywhere, do anything.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
Deep tactical and strategic gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I've played this for 20 years and I'm still learning new tactics. Incredible depth.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
Weapons, ballistics and item variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The sheer variety of ammo types allows for strategic choices.”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Buggy, crashes and corrupted saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“in the final map with Deidranna I had to ALT/TAB out of the game and close the game about 20 times because it kept getting stuck on the civilian's turn”
Steam review · 21.7 h played ↗
Won't run or misbehaves on modern OSes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Doesn't work with windows 11. Changed my resolution and only displays 3/4 of the screen with no way to change the settings.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Worse than original JA2 or 1.13 mod
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“wildfire itself is garbage, the original ja2 is rock solid”
Steam review · 103.4 h played ↗
Brutally unfair difficulty and cheating AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“double enemy troops; double difficulty; double the chance to miss you shot; double the chance to get hit.”
Steam review · 37.4 h played ↗
Clumsy UI, steep learning curve, no guidance
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The UI, controls, general visibility when in combat, etc. etc. is all just confusing and janky to the max.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Mercs walk backwards and other control bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“they turn then look 180 degrees from where I just told them to go look, so they move backwards.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported1.5 GB
Minimum
OSXP / Vista / 7 / 8
ProcessorIntel or AMD Singlecore CPU
Memory512 MB RAM
Graphics3D Graphics card with DirectX support and 64 MB RAM
Storage1.5 GB HD space
Recommended
OSXP / Vista / 7 / 8
ProcessorIntel or AMD Singlecore CPU
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphics3D Graphics card with DirectX support and 128 MB RAM
Storage2 GB HD space
OSXP / Vista / 7 / 8
ProcessorIntel or AMD Singlecore CPU
Memory512 MB RAM
Graphics3D Graphics card with DirectX support and 64 MB RAM
Storage1.5 GB HD space
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