List of Western video games

This is a list of computer and video games that are set in the Old West or that are defined by a Western style, including those that blend Western elements with other genres, such as Space Westerns.

Traditional Westerns

Title Release date Platform(s) Publisher(s) Notes
12 is Better Than 6 2015 Microsoft Windows, Linux Pinkapp Games Top-down action video game
Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine 2006 Microsoft Windows, Linux, iOS Himalaya Studios 2D point-and-click adventure. 2015 iOS version is discontinued.
America 2001 Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux Data Becker Real-time strategy game
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West 1994 Super NES, PC Hudson Soft
An American Tail: Fievel's Gold Rush 2002 GBA Europe Conspiracy Entertainment
United States Crave Entertainment
Arcade Archives: WILD WESTERN 2019 Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 Hamster Corporation Re-release of 1982/1983 original on arcades & Japanese computers.
Back to the Future Part III 1991 Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Master System, ZX Spectrum Image Works, Mirrorsoft
Back to the Future Part II & III 1990 NES Beam Software, LJN The Part III portion takes place in the Old West
Badlands 1984 Arcade Konami
Bakushou Yoshimoto No Shinkigeki 1994 PC-Engine Super CD-ROM² Hudson Soft One world has a Western theme
Bank Panic 1984 Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 (as West Bank), SG-1000, MSX, Master System, ZX Spectrum (as West Bank) Sega
Big Challenge! Gun Fighter 1989 Famicom Disk System Jaleco
Billy the Kid Returns! 1993 MS-DOS Alive Software
Blood Bros. 1990 Arcade Europe Japan TAD Corporation
United States Fabtek
Boot Hill 1977 Arcade Midway Games
Wild West-themed arcade shooter game
Boot Hill Heroes 2014 Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation Mobile Experimental Gamer Studios Role-playing game set in a Spaghetti Western-style world
Boot Hill Bounties 2017 Windows, Nintendo Switch Experimental Gamer Studios Sequel to Boot Hill Heroes
Call of Juarez 2006 Windows, Xbox 360 Ubisoft
Focus Home Interactive
Ascaron
First-person shooter; first in a four-game series
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood 2009 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Ubisoft, Techland A prequel to Call of Juarez
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 2013 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Ubisoft, Techland
Cheyenne 1984 Arcade Exidy
Cowboy Kid 1991 NES Romstar
Custer's Revenge 1982 Atari 2600 Mystique
Cowboy Life Simulator 2023 (TBA) Microsoft Windows RockGame S.A. 3D 19th-century American sim with survival, farming & FPS elements.
Day Dreamin' Davey 1992 NES HAL Laboratory One of Davey's dream sequences takes place in the Old West
Dead Man's Hand 2004 Microsoft Windows, Xbox Atari SA
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive 2001 Microsoft Windows Infogrames Real-time tactics game
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge 2006 Microsoft Windows Atari
Desperados III 2020 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, macOS, Linux THQ Nordic Real-time tactics video game
Don't Die In The West 2023 Microsoft Windows Funday Games Isometric, cartoony, 3D open-world cowboy sim & RPG with ranch management set in the Old West. Up to 1-4 players.
Dust: A Tale of the Wired West 1995 Microsoft Windows, Mac CyberFlix, GTE Entertainment Point-and-click Western adventure game
Duster (video game) 2023 Microsoft Windows Coldrice Games Top-down American West roguelite with 2D retro graphics, many dangers & random areas.
Express Raider 1986 Arcade, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum Data East, Amstrad CPC, U.S. Gold Aka. Western Express (JP). Includes side-scrolling beat 'em up atop train carriages, and shooting gallery with horse riding.
Far West 2002 Microsoft Windows Greenwood Entertainment, JoWooD Productions Real-time strategy with cattle & town management.
Fast Draw: Showdown 1994 Arcade, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii American Laser Games Live-action rail shooter. Modern ports released between 2006 and 2011.
Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold 2013 Linux, Mac, Microsoft Windows, Ouya, iOS, Android Replay Games Point-and-click adventure game
Fistful of Frags 2007 Linux, Mac, Microsoft Windows FoF Dev Team Multiplayer Western-themed mod for Half-Life 2
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist 1993 MS-DOS, Windows, Macintosh Sierra On-Line Western comedy adventure game
Gold Rush! 1988 Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Windows, Macintosh Sierra On-Line Graphic adventure about the California Gold Rush. Windows release in 2014.
GRIT (video game) 2023 (TBA) Microsoft Windows Team GRIT Third-person 3D MP shooter.
Gun 2005 Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PSP
PC, GameCube
Activision
Gun Fight 1975 Arcade, Bally Astrocade, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 Japan Taito
United States Midway
First video game to depict human-to-human combat.
Gun.Smoke 1985 Arcade, NES Japan Capcom
United States Romstar
Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James 2001 PlayStation Ubisoft
Gunfighter II: Revenge of Jesse James 2003 PlayStation 2 Ubisoft
Gunfright 1986 ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX U.S. Gold
Gunman Clive 2014 Microsoft Windows Hörberg Productions
Heated Barrel 1992 Arcade Tad Corporation Overhead side-scrolling shoot 'em up.
Helldorado 2009 Microsoft Windows Viva Media Sequel to the 2006 game Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge
High Noon 1984 Commodore 64 Ocean Software
INSANE WEST/疯狂西部 2019 Microsoft Windows JIGUANGGamestudio 2.5D side-scrolling platformer & behind-shoulders survival mode with minimalist graphics.
Ironhorse 1985 Arcade Konami
Kane 1986 Commodore 64 Mastertronic
The Last Bounty Hunter 1994 Arcade, MS-DOS, 3DO, Philips CD-i, DVD player, Wii, PlayStation 3 American Laser Games Live-action rail shooter. It got 2000's re-releases for DVD, PC, arcade, Wii, then the PS3 in 2013.
Law of the West 1985 Apple II, Commodore 64, NES Accolade
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West 2010 Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Paradox Interactive Multiplayer team-based third-person shooter
Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters 1994 Arcade, Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega CD Konami Light gun arcade shooter
The Lone Ranger 1991 Nintendo Entertainment System Konami
Lost Dutchman Mine 1989 Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS Magnetic Images Simulation game with top down overworld exploration, side-scrolling levels view, & 1st-person view poker game.
Lucky Luke 1998 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Infogrames
Lucky Luke: The Video Game 1996 Philips CD-i Philips Media, SPC Vision B.V.
Lucky Luke: On the Dalton's Trail 1998 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Infogrames
Lucky Luke: Desperado Train 2000 GBC Infogrames
Lucky Luke: Wanted! 2001 GBA Infogrames
Lucky Luke: Western Fever 2001 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Infogrames
Lucky Luke: Outlaws 2006 J2ME MFORMA Group Inc. Shooting gallery game based on the Lucky Luke comics series.
Mad Dog McCree 1990 Arcade American Laser Games Live-action rail shooter
Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold 1992 Arcade, Sega CD, 3DO, Philips CD-i, MS-DOS American Laser Games Live-action rail shooter
Oregon Trail II 1996 Microsoft Windows MECC, SoftKey Multimedia
The Oregon Trail 1971 Mainframe, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Sol-20 MECC, The Learning Company Educational point-and-click adventure game about westward migration on the Oregon Trail. First released for mainframe computers long before the home computer ports.
Outlaw 1978 Atari 2600, Arcade Atari
Outlaws 1985 Commodore 64 Ultimate
Outlaws 1997 PC LucasArts
Pioneer Lands 2011 IOS, PC, Mac, Android Nevosoft
Pecos Bill 1991 Philips CD-i Rabbit Ears Productions Interactive storybook that included games for early childhood development. Narrated by Robin Williams & music by Ry Cooder.
Red Dead Revolver 2004 PlayStation 2, Xbox Rockstar Games
Red Dead Redemption 2010 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Rockstar Games Spiritual successor to Red Dead Revolver
Red Dead Redemption 2 2018 PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Stadia Rockstar Games Prequel to Red Dead Redemption
Retro Classix: Express Raider 2021 Microsoft Windows Ziggurat Interactive, 612 Games Re-release of 1986 arcade original.
Rodeo Judge[1] 2015 Android, iOS Rodeo Judge LLC Rodeo-themed card game invented by champion rider, Scott Mendes.
Sheriff 1979 Arcade Nintendo Multidirectional arcade shooter
Shootout at Old Tucson 1994 Arcade American Laser Games Limited release live-action rail shooter with 2-player support. 3DO port was cancelled.
Sierra Madre 2018 Microsoft Windows Broken Dream Studio Open-world Western survival game set in the 1870s
Six-Gun Shootout 1985 Commodore 64 Strategic Simulations
Smokin' Guns 2009 Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS, AmigaOS 4 Smokin' Guns Productions Free Spaghetti Western FPS built on Quake III engine.
Sunset Riders 1991 Arcade, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES Konami Has a layout similar to the games Mystic Warriors (1993) and Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (1992)
The Town with No Name 1992 Amiga CDTV, MS-DOS On-Line Entertainment Ltd., Prism Leisure Corporation Point-and-click adventure with VERY garish graphics.
The Westerner 2003 Microsoft Windows Planeta DeAgostini Graphic adventure game
The Yukon Trail 1994 Microsoft Windows, System 7 MECC Educational point-and-click adventure game about the Klondike Gold Rush
Wanted 1989 Master System Sega
Westerado: Double Barreled 2015 Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS Adult Swim A 2D, third-person, revenge Western action-adventure. Based on 2013 browser game.
Western Games 1987 Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amiga Magic Bytes, DROsoft Pack of 6 mini games against an AI or human player.
Western Outlaw: Wanted Dead or Alive 2003 Microsoft Windows Groove Games Primitive LithTech Talon-powered FPS.
Western Gun 1975 Arcade, Astrocade, Atari 8-bit Taito, Midway Manufacturing Multidirectional arcade shooter & the 1st video game to depict human-to-human combat.
Western Gun Part II (Modified) 1980 Arcade Taito Multidirectional arcade shooter. Modified version of Nintendo's Sheriff.
Westward 2006 iPhone, Palm OS, Symbian, Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile Sandlot Games Real-time strategy similar to the Settlers series.
Westward II: Heroes of the Frontier[2] 2008 macOS, Microsoft Windows Sandlot Games First in series to have full 3D graphics.
Westward III: Gold Rush[3] 2009 macOS, Microsoft Windows Sandlot Games
Westward IV: All Aboard[4] 2009 macOS, Microsoft Windows Sandlot Games Has a railroads focus.
Wild Gunman 1974 Arcade, Famicom, NES Nintendo A 1984 light gun shooter adapted from a 1974 EM arcade game.
Wild West Builder 2023 (TBA) Microsoft Windows G11 S.A. 3D Old West city-builder with railroads.
Wild West Dynasty 2023 Microsoft Windows Toplitz Productions 3D city-builder & survival sim in 19th century American West.
Wild West Guns 2008 Wii, iOS, Mobile phone Gameloft Light gun/shooting gallery game.
Wild West Guns (Mobile) 2011 Mobile phone Gameloft From the same publisher but different to the 2008/2009 versions. 2011 mobile port was a 2D top-down action-adventure.
Wild West Online[5] 2018 Microsoft Windows 612 Games Stunning but badly reviewed MMO.
Wild West Online: Gunfighter 2008 Microsoft Windows, Mac Tenderfoot Games Free-to-play multiplayer online dueling game. Spun off from Wild West Online MMO.
Wild Western 1982 Arcade, FM-7, PC-88, Sharp X1 Taito Top-down shooter. On horseback, must prevent 3 bandits from boarding the train.
Wyatt Earp's Old West 1994 Windows 3.x, Mac Grolier Educational adventure game with an arcade shooter mode & digitized visuals.

Non-traditional Westerns

This section is for Western games that have non-traditional themes or hybrid genres such as Space Western, Sci-fi West, Fantasy Western, Hybrid Western (e.g. Horror Western, Film noir, Martial arts (genre), anthropomorphic animal characters), neo-Western (Contemporary settings/times), Post-apocalyptic West, Weird West (Also can have supernatural, steampunk, superhero themes), among many others. It is probably okay to leave 'spaghetti westerns' and some other mixed genres in the traditional section.
See this List of Western subgenres for a comprehensive rundown on numerous types of alternate Westerns.

Title Release date Platform(s) Publisher(s) Notes
Above Snakes 2023 (TBA) Microsoft Windows Crytivo Old West-inspired polygonal, isometric, sandbox, survival base-builder with zombies.
Alone in the Dark 3 1995 DOS, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, PC-98 Europe Infogrames
United States Interplay
Third-person Wild West survival horror with zombies.
Bang! Howdy 2006 Java Three Rings Design Strategy game with Western, steampunk, and Native American mythology.
Blood 1997 MS-DOS GT Interactive Player is a gunslinger from the Old West. Has occult & horror themes.
Blood West 2023 Microsoft Windows, Linux Hyperstrange S.A. Unity-powered retro 3D, sandbox stealth FPS set in dark levels with a jumbled mess of supernatural horror and Wild West themes.
Call of Juarez: The Cartel 2011 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Ubisoft, Techland An example of the neo-Western genre.
Darkwatch 2005 PlayStation 2, Xbox Capcom Horror game set in the Old West about a vampire outlaw named Jericho Cross.
Dillon's Rolling Western 2012 Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Player controls an anthropomorphic armadillo fighting against rock-like monsters.
DRAKE (video game) 2023 (TBA) Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux Solarsuit Games Unity-powered 3D futuristic, Sci-fi/Space Western, top-down action RPG set on an arid exoplanet.
Evil West 2022 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S Focus Entertainment Non-traditional Western third-person shooter.
ExeKiller 2023 (TBA) Microsoft Windows Paradark Studio UE4-powered retro-futuristic, post-apocalyptic, Western FPS with driveable vehicles.
Exoplanet: First Contact 2016 Windows Grab the Games Space western role-playing game.
Fallout: New Vegas 2010 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Obsidian Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks Post-apocalyptic action RPG set in the Mojave Desert.
Fiend Hunter[6] 1993 PC-Engine Super CD-ROM Right Stuff Corp. Non-traditional Western, side-scrolling action RPG.
God Hand 2006 PlayStation 2 Capcom A 3D beat 'em up with Martial arts Western, Japanese-style comedy and demons.
Gunman's Proof 1997 SFC ASCII The game uncannily resembles The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but with an Sci-fi West theme.
Hard West 2015 Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Nintendo Switch Gambitious Digital Entertainment Turn-based tactics game with a supernatural western theme and isometric perspective.
Hard West 2 2022 Microsoft Windows Good Shepherd Entertainment Same publisher as Hard West 1 but with a new name. Windows only.
Live A Live 1994 SFC Square One of the game's chapters is set in the Wild West.
Live A Live (Remake) 2022 Nintendo Switch Square Enix Remake with new graphics and different camera view. First official localisation for worldwide markets.
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath 2005 Xbox, PlayStation 3 Oddworld Inhabitants A 3D action-adventure starring a bounty-hunting oviparous anthropoid.
Rabbids Hollywood 2018 Arcade Adrenaline Amusements Light gun arcade game in the Rabbids franchise for 1-4 players. Set in 3 movie sets: Wild West, Zombie and Sci-Fi, with 3 levels each.
Red Steel 2 2010 Wii Ubisoft Mix between western and samouraï genres, with some modern architecture.
Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman 1999 PlayStation Agetec Mix between western and samouraï genres.
Samurai Western 2005 PlayStation 2 Acquire Games Mix between western and samouraï genres. Title from the Way of the Samurai series.
Silverload 1995 PC, PlayStation Europe Psygnosis
United States Vic Tokai
Graphic adventure game with horror elements.
Six-Guns 2011 iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8 Gameloft Third-person, open-world action-adventure with supernatural themes.
SteamWorld Dig 2013 Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch Image & Form A 2D side-scrolling, Metroidvania platformer with steam-powered robots.
SteamWorld Dig 2 2017 Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS Image & Form A 2D side-scrolling, Metroidvania platformer with steam-powered robots.
SteamWorld Tower Defense 2010 DSiWare Image & Form Cartoonish, isometric tower defense game set in a Western mining town with steam-powered robots; & the 1st SteamWorld series title.
Tengai Makyo: The Apocalypse IV 1997 Sega Saturn, PlayStation Portable Hudson Soft Top-down, supernatural horror JRPG set in a fictionalized and anachronized version of 1890s America. PSP version first released in 2006.
The Gunstringer 2011 Xbox 360 Twisted Pixel Games, Microsoft Studios Kinect third-person rail shooter starring an undead marionette sheriff. Set in Old West, with some modern and fantasy aspects.
Tin Star 1994 Super NES Nintendo Shoot 'em up-style science-fiction Western with anthropomorphic robot characters.
Weird West (video game) 2022 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Devolver Digital Non-traditional Western, action role-playing game with isometric perspective. Designed by Arkane Studios founder Raphaël Colantonio (With a different studio).
West of Dead 2020 Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Raw Fury A non-traditional & roguelike, twin-stick shooter in isometric view with dark, Mike Mignola's comics-style visuals.
West of Loathing 2017 Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows Apps, Nintendo Switch, Stadia Asymmetric Publications Comedy adventure role-playing game with hand-drawn B&W side-scrolling visuals. Set in a Fantasy Western frontier with magic & monsters.
Wild Arms 1996 PlayStation, PlayStation 2 Agetec, Sony Fantasy & supernatural Western JRPG with steampunk tech & magic. Draws from western-themed manga like Trigun.
Wild Arms 2 1999 PlayStation Sony Sequel adds more sci-fi tech, fantasy & steampunk themes.
Wild Arms 3 2002 PlayStation 2 Sony, Ubisoft First fully 3D Wild Arms game with cel-shaded visuals.
Wild Arms 4 2005 PlayStation 2 505 Game Street, SCEI, Xseed Games Turn-of-the-century Western theme. More action-heavy than predecessors.
Wild Arms 5 2006 PlayStation 2 505 Games, SCEI, Xseed Games Game story has ancient robot giants.
Wild Arms Alter Code: F 2003 PlayStation 2 Sony, Agetec Fully 3D enhanced remake of the 1st Wild Arms.
Wild Arms Mobile 2006 Adobe Flash Yahoo! Keitai, I-Mode, and EZWeb Series of flash-based mobile games.
Wild Arms XF 2007 PlayStation Portable 505 Games, SCEI, Xseed Games SRPG.
Wild Guns 1994 Super NES, Wii, Wii U Natsume Space western shooting gallery game with steampunk influences.
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa 1992 Arcade Konami Cow-themed & 4-player, side-scrolling shooter based on the namesake animated TV series.

Cancelled games

Title Release date Platform(s) Publisher(s) Notes
Priest Cancelled (2003 or after) Microsoft Windows JC Entertainment A Korean MMORPG, based on a popular, namesake Korean comic book, that mixed horror and Wild West themes.
Trigun: The Planet Gunsmoke Cancelled (After 2002) PlayStation 2 Sega Third-person shooter based on the Trigun manga. Slightly similar to same dev's Gungrave.[7][8]

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