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 |
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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 | ![]() ![]() |
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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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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 | ![]() ![]() |
First video game to depict human-to-human combat. |
Gun.Smoke | 1985 | Arcade, NES | ![]() ![]() |
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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 |
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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 | ![]() ![]() |
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 | ![]() ![]() |
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 |
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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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