# The Wanderer: Post-Nuclear RPG

> Survive the Unexpected

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1365548683](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1365548683)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1365548683`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jamie Parish
- **Category:** Adventure
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (43,540 ratings)
- **Version:** 9.21
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2018-04-09
- **Size:** 228 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-wanderer-post-nuclear-rpg/id1365548683)
- **Website:** [http://www.parishdigital.biz](http://www.parishdigital.biz/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.jamiepparish.com/privacy-policy](https://www.jamiepparish.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

**The Wanderer: Post-Nuclear RPG** is a free-to-play, pixel-art post-apocalyptic survival RPG for mobile. Explore randomized wasteland maps, search houses, medical shops, and police stations for supplies, battle hostile attackers, manage radiation and infection, and make choices that affect your karma.

Customize your survivor, upgrade stats and equipment, recruit a helpful pet companion, and repair a camper van to travel faster and carry more supplies. With multiple difficulty settings, random events, evolving locations, leaderboards, and high replayability, every journey through the wasteland offers a new survival challenge.

## Rankings

- #7,029 — Overall
- #16 — Survive and Thrive
- #31 — post

## Review summary

Most reviews praise the game’s fun, varied survival gameplay, intuitive controls, and Oregon Trail–like vibe. However, a common gripe is the heavy, intrusive advertising and monetization, plus persistent bugs and stability issues. Inventory and storage frustrations also recur, impacting QoL. Overall sentiment is positive about the core experience, but ad revenue tactics and technical issues significantly dampen it for many players.

### Pros

- Fun, varied gameplay with breadth of content and a solid survival feel
- Intuitive controls and a vibe reminiscent of Oregon Trail
- Simple, session-friendly gameplay that isn’t overly grindy
- Positive atmosphere and engaging world design that many players praise

### Cons

- Excessive, intrusive ads and monetization; removal option is perceived as overpriced
- Bugs and stability issues (crashes, white screens, unreadable UI)
- Inventory/storage QoL frustrations (annoying systems, trouble accepting all items, weight/carrylimitations)
- Occasional pacing and balance concerns related to early tokens and progression

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