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Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire

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Developer I-deal Games

Even if the regime is totally inept and corrupt, don't suppose for a moment that you as the liberator will be greeted with open arms.JAGGED ALLIANCE 2: WILDFIRE brings you back to Arulco. The population is being terrorized by a reckless army; in the meantime the main export goods are drugs. From the Steam store page

181 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 1, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works

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1,547 of 1,944 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

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  • Ben Chandler @threeohfour.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    Took my first proper full day off in a while. Mostly played Jagged Alliance 2 Wildfire. :)

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  • Steam user Steam user …1974Steam reviews · May 17, 2026 · 5 h played

    Kept messing with my resolution. Plus it wouldn't go pass the opening title intro.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6656Steam reviews · Jul 12, 2026 · 247 h played

    This game was my childhood games. im remember my brother playing with me now he was rest in peace.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7819Steam reviews · Dec 8, 2024 · 89 h played

    Still haven't gotten to Meduna after like 90 hours 10/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …1766Steam reviews · Feb 3, 2026 · 37 h played

    A deep tactical strategy game with complex missions, diverse characters, and challenging gameplay that keeps players thinking and engaged for hours.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7801Steam reviews · Jan 4, 2026 · 27 h played

    Excellent simulator of Venezuela.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2218Steam reviews · Apr 10, 2025 · 11 h played

    I regret paying for this piece of garbage. It's a re-imagining of the game mechanics of JA2 in the worst possible way. The AI is absurd. You will waste as much time looking for combat as you're in it. This AI model includes cowardice. Enemy models that withdraw, causing you, the player to invest way more time than you want to. JA2 didn't have super graphics, but it was perfectly balanced. This is a piece of something you don't want on your plate. This is actually, in my estimation,…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5413Steam reviews · Sep 21, 2024 · 49 h played

    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jagged Alliance 2 is a timeless classic in the tactical strategy genre. Despite being an old-school game, it feels like Baldur's Gate with guns, full of '80s and '90s action movie clichés that make it a masterpiece in its own right. Even years after its release, it holds up remarkably well due to its depth, complex gameplay mechanics, and strong character-driven narrative. The mix of turn-based combat and squad management is expertly balanced, making every mission feel strategic and…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1027Steam reviews · Jul 31, 2024 · 8 h played

    One of the best tactical squad games of its time.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9758Steam reviews · Dec 16, 2023 · 15 h played

    This game (I am playing the "Classic" JA2, not wildfire) crashes very often on Win 11 (when entering sectors, in fights, when interacting with characters). I tried to run it directly from C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ja2_wildfire\JA2Classic\ja2.exe in different compatibility modes, unfortunately this does not make a difference at all. At this point, there are no benefits to this purchase, it's actually only annoying to have spent time and money fo it. It's not playable. Also I…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9648Steam reviews · Apr 29, 2026 · 70 h played

    can't play on both windows 10/11 and linux platform

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  • Steam user Steam user …9025Steam reviews · Nov 25, 2024 · 7 h played

    The mercs’ banter had me in stitches! 😂 Then I got ambushed and spent 30 minutes plotting revenge. This game doesn’t hold your hand – and I love it for that.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0383Steam reviews · Dec 24, 2023 · 23 h played

    If you like 80s/90s action films and enjoy turn based games. This is the best.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4015Steam reviews · Nov 2, 2023 · 3 h played

    Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire is an ancient game from 2004. It's a whopping 19 years old at the time of this review. The game lacks support for any modern gaming display resolutions (or widescreen monitors), hasn't been modernised or updated to run smoothly on modern gaming PCs. Despite this lack of modernisation, it carries a pretty high price tag for such an ancient game. This seems to have been put on Steam as a nostalgia gouge. JA2 Wildfire is essentially just a paid mod for Jagged…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5884Steam reviews · Nov 1, 2023 · 108 h played

    JA2 Classic: base game, version 1.12 JA2 Gold: base game + Unfinished Business expansion (linear missions unrelated to JA2 storyline) Wildfire: standalone expansion Vanilla: ver 1.12 was the last official patch version released by the devs Stracciatella: updates the game to run on modern systems + fixes a few bugs. No changes to gameplay or content. Ver 1.13: unofficial fanmade patch. Adds a **lot** of gameplay changes, new items, options settings, etc. For players who enjoy a high level…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4314Steam reviews · Dec 8, 2025 · 7 h played

    This is how strategy games should be made. Unforgiving, deep, and rewarding. If you mess up, you die. Simple.‍

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  • Steam user Steam user …5205Steam reviews · Jun 20, 2025 · 2 h played

    The game has extremely stylish and probably a masterpiece. Still it gets a thumbs down for being to clumsy to control. It really needs a loyal remake with the same soul and spirit. Not the kind of soul and spirit that JA3 has, but one that keeps even the graphics. What it needs is UI improvements. As of now one cannot even de-select the characters. Scrolling is clumsy and the resolutions are old. The interface to control the mercenaries needs upgrades. It could learn a lot from Close Combat…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7532Steam reviews · Jun 3, 2025 · 168 h played

    Its one of the best games ever, but on steam its broken. dont buy

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  • Steam user Steam user …5728Steam reviews · Feb 20, 2025 · 3 h played

    Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire is an okay older turn-based tactics game. Get it super cheap or in a bundle

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  • Steam user Steam user …9381Steam reviews · Dec 12, 2023 · 46 h played

    Excellent , but keep save often ! Frequents bugs : 1 - Freeze while opponent turn . 2 - Reverse moon walk (all your character walk in reverse mode, and you can not explore the map. 3 - Invisible ennemy (last even if you save, you can only "heard" ennemy , but still same thing for speaking npc (non interactive npc are still visible) if you are stuck like this, make explose a door or a wall... and prepare for a fought fight because all ennemy will be surrounded you. (I use 12 mercs highly armed…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1714Steam reviews · Nov 16, 2023 · 16 h played

    when it comes to turned based rpg, this game was one of the best

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  • Steam user Steam user …7600Steam reviews · Jan 4, 2026 · 110 h played

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  • Steam user Steam user …8684Steam reviews · Dec 8, 2025 · 7 h played

    jamming guns in the middle of a firefight. pure panic.‍

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  • Steam user Steam user …0138Steam reviews · Oct 7, 2025 · 27 h played

    awesome old school game

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  • Steam user Steam user …9229Steam reviews · Sep 1, 2025 · 4 h played

    Jagged Alliance, at least the originals, were some fantastic Strategy RPGs with characters you cared about.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2292Steam reviews · Aug 24, 2025 · 2 h played

    I bought this game on sale because I liked the first game in the series but doubt that I will finish it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8834Steam reviews · Aug 20, 2025 · 13 h played

    Great for those that liked JA2 basic game. A lot more challenging that other JA titles, so not the best one to start adventure with.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5992Steam reviews · Dec 21, 2024

    I dont know where i got that game

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  • Steam user Steam user …7421Steam reviews · Oct 26, 2024 · 13 h played

    Great game with nice plot. Lots of incredible characters and locations and wide range of game styles.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0949Steam reviews · Sep 7, 2024 · 3 h played

    A lot of bugs a bit of nostalgia.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6513Steam reviews · Apr 5, 2024 · 113 h played

    Suddenly not working anymore and no support at all

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  • Steam user Steam user …5643Steam reviews · Feb 6, 2024 · 113 h played

    play classic unless you're a masochist

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  • Steam user Steam user …0752Steam reviews · Oct 1, 2026 · 1 h played

    This is a very good game. Not easy and you can play it over and over again.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1626Steam reviews · Aug 23, 2026 · 4 h played

    Even if the regime is totally inept and corrupt, don't suppose for a moment that you as the liberator will be greeted with open arms.JAGGED ALLIANCE 2: WILDFIRE brings you back to Arulco. The population is being terrorized by a reckless army; in the meantime the main export goods are drugs.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2758Steam reviews · Jul 15, 2026 · 4267 h played

    The game is different every time you play it but save often because its very buggy and hangs up often and needs to be restarted

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  • Steam user Steam user …0970Steam reviews · Jun 28, 2026 · 62 h played

    Good tactical RTS but has compatibility issues on Windows 11

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  • Steam user Steam user …6116Steam reviews · Mar 30, 2026 · 180 h played

    great game 1 of best ever but buggy

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  • Steam user Steam user …0659Steam reviews · Feb 5, 2026 · 36 h played

    This game had bugs and are known. So it is ashame we can buy this. I lost 36h playing, starting all over cause I was constantly blocked due to those bug. DO NOT BUY Wildfire. I am starting now with JA3

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  • Steam user Steam user …7609Steam reviews · Dec 14, 2025 · 7 h played

    I've played this for 20 years and I'm still learning new tactics. Incredible depth.‍

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  • Steam user Steam user …5631Steam reviews · Dec 14, 2025 · 7 h played

    prone position gives best accuracy. lay down and shoot.‍

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  • Steam user Steam user …7488Steam reviews · Dec 13, 2025 · 7 h played

    hit percentage lies. 10% hits, 99% misses. rng gods are cruel.‍

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  • Steam user Steam user …1877Steam reviews · Dec 12, 2025 · 189 h played

    An overhaul of JA2 improving on it's features and difficulty, a more modern approach to the game wil lead you to JA 2 : 1.13 rather than Wildfire (although not incompatible if you look it up). Wildfire is vanilla with some quality of life improvments, (questionable) alterations, and will suffer the same flaws as the base game. The game is great at keeping the spirit of JA 2 classic but can be an harsh experience on badly advised players ... I mean look at the reviews, half of them were…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4883Steam reviews · Jul 3, 2025 · 26 h played

    Tough game , you really need tactics ...

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  • Steam user Steam user …0234Steam reviews · Jun 11, 2025 · 32 h played

    One of the best turn based games of its time but you have to save a lot because its janky lol. Night ops and getting good at hitting towns at night helps make smg's more useful until you can get weapons with better range, don't forget to use the break lights by throwing them at the enemies. This game has a steep learning curve but is every bit as awesome as I remember it from launch.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8974Steam reviews · Apr 22, 2025 · 13 h played

    My friend who i play CS:GO with said if i post a review on this game and it gets 200 likes and 200 awards that he will buy me a RTX 3060 and 2 kilos of canned ham. So i'm just gonna leave this here. Help a brotha

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  • Steam user Steam user …1272Steam reviews · Jan 26, 2025 · 31 h played

    Elliot! You idiot! is what I would say to the dev if his name was Elliot

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  • Pamela Howard @fannyslam.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2025

    Reminds me of Jagged Alliance 2:Wildfire. Played that as a kid and loved it. Loved being able to shoot in different positions.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5909Steam reviews · Nov 25, 2024 · 6 h played

    Proper tactical brilliance! 🤓 Brutal, unforgiving, but oh-so-satisfying when you execute the perfect plan. Few games make you swear this much... in a good way. 😏

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  • Steam user Steam user …3404Steam reviews · Nov 10, 2024 · 7 h played

    Absolute disgrace. Playing on a seconf difficulty. The enemies can hit heads with pistols on a range the top mercs in the game hit 1/20 tries.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3930Steam reviews · Nov 1, 2024 · 8 h played

    An absolute classic, glad to get the chance for Raven to save my life many times once again.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1408Steam reviews · Aug 24, 2024 · 32 h played

    It wont load at the begining

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  • Steam user Steam user …3168Steam reviews · Jul 10, 2024 · 52 h played

    Wildfire is my first Jagged Alliance series that I played and boy, did I choose the wrong one to start with. It was cheap and it was turn-based so I bought it without doing research. It turns out that this game is JA2 vanilla with Steroids. Initially, I chose Experienced mode (because I think I'm a seasoned turn-based player?) but instead, my whole team of mercenaries (all prone) got wiped out on the first landing on enemy territory. My mercs are behaving like stormtroopers. They just love to…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0778Steam reviews · Jun 15, 2024 · 404 h played

    Great tactical game

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  • Steam user Steam user …2764Steam reviews · Apr 28, 2024 · 3 h played

    Just as hard as I remembered as a kid

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  • Steam user Steam user …1149Steam reviews · Apr 28, 2024 · 5 h played

    Why did the mercenary team choose Jagged Alliance: Wildfire 2? Because they heard it was the perfect game to "blaze" through tactical challenges and ignite a fire of strategic brilliance! 🔥🎮💥

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  • Steam user Steam user …7056Steam reviews · Aug 22, 2026 · 192 h played

    Good game but very hard to play. Good guns are hard to find in very beginning so Highly suggest you grab Reaper, Monk even if its for one day so you have the ammo and rifles they come with.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3747Steam reviews · Jul 25, 2026 · 17 h played

    video driver issues

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  • Steam user Steam user …4527Steam reviews · Jun 9, 2026 · 17 h played

    After 25 years, still a great game to play.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5654Steam reviews · Jun 6, 2026 · 7 h played

    This game kept me entertained much longer than I expected. Fun gameplay and a good amount of replay value.‍

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  • Steam user Steam user …0542Steam reviews · May 23, 2026

    Doesn't work with windows 11. Changed my resolution and only displays 3/4 of the screen with no way to change the settings.

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