Wasteland Gunsmith Simulator Announced for PC
The announcement pairs a cozy workshop-management loop with a post-apocalyptic setting, a combination the sources describe as a relaxing junkpunk experience rather than a survival shooter, which may broaden the gunsmith sim genre beyond its typical audience.
Key Facts
- Wasteland Gunsmith Simulator was announced on July 28 by publisher PlayWay S.A. and developer Quest Craft.
- The game is planned for PC via Steam, with a release date undecided and Japanese language support planned.
- The Steam store page is accepting playtest participation requests, with the test date to be announced later.
- Quest Craft previously developed Pizza Slice and Ghost Keeper, the latter holding a Very Positive rating on Steam from 62 user reviews.
- Players can craft handguns, rifles, shotguns, and melee weapons using a modular crafting system with interchangeable parts.
Reporting from 3 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Automaton, Game Spark.
Publisher PlayWay S.A. and developer Quest Craft announced Wasteland Gunsmith Simulator on July 28. The game is a post-apocalyptic gunsmith simulation for PC via Steam, with a release date still undecided. The Steam store page is live and currently accepting playtest participation requests, with the test date to be announced later. The store page also indicates Japanese language support is planned. Players operate a mobile workshop in the back of a camper van, traveling through a wasteland to settlements, trading posts, and lawless ruins. The core loop involves scavenging junk and parts, then using a modular crafting system to assemble handguns, rifles, shotguns, and melee weapons. Each interchangeable part alters a weapon's appearance, value, and performance, allowing for practical survival arms or eccentric junk-built pieces. Players can name and save blueprints, then refine them while unlocking new technologies. Clients include settlers, mercenaries, and gangs who bring weapons for repair, restoration, or custom orders. Work involves cleaning rust and dirt, swapping worn parts, repainting, and negotiating prices. As skill improves, clients become more demanding but rewards increase. Upgrading the camper van with new tools and equipment opens access to more dangerous regions with bigger payoffs.
Quest Craft previously developed the pizzeria management sim Pizza Slice and the strategy game Ghost Keeper, the latter holding a Very Positive rating on Steam based on 62 user reviews with 80 percent positive. For Wasteland Gunsmith Simulator, Quest Craft handles both development and publishing duties, with PlayWay S.A. attached as publisher.
The camper van functions as both a vehicle and a base, serving as home, workshop, and livelihood. Players introduce new tools and equipment to expand their work range, and strengthening the van allows travel into more dangerous territories that offer rare scrap and special requests. The game's modular crafting system lets players freely attach interchangeable parts across weapon categories, with combinations shifting appearance, value, and performance.
Beyond new construction, clients bring weapons needing repair or restoration. The process includes disassembling firearms, washing away accumulated grime, removing surface rust, inspecting worn or damaged parts, and swapping in replacements before repainting. The sources describe the setting as a classic post-apocalyptic atmosphere fused with relaxed gameplay in a junkpunk world.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Denfaminicogamer 終末世界でガラクタから“銃”を作るゲーム『Wasteland Gunsmith Simulator』が面白そう。依頼された銃の作成や掃除、修理、復元、塗装、カスタマイズしながら名声を築いていく“ガンスミス”シミュレーター
- Automaton 癒し系・ガンスミスシム『Wasteland Gunsmith Simulator』発表。キャンピングカーでボロボロの銃を磨き上げ、高値で“ギャングに売りさばく”世紀末スローライフ
- Game Spark 有り合わせの部品でやり繰りする終末世界ガンスミスシム『Wasteland Gunsmith Simulator』発表！ジャンクを漁って手作り感満載の銃を作り上げよう