Video games set in the Old West or that are defined by a Western style have a long, varied history, existing since the beginning of the medium. The earliest of these included The Oregon Trail (1971), and established microprocessors in arcade cabinets (Gun Fight) and the shooter genre in general (Boot Hill). As Game Informer explained the category's enduring appeal, "Gun-toting bad asses and video games go together like a horse and carriage - as long as that carriage is on fire and being pursued by murderous outlaws."
Traditional Westerns TitleRelease datePlatform(s)Developer(s)/Publisher(s)Notes 3 Skulls of the Toltecs Windows, MS-DOS Revistronic Point-and-click game. 12 is Better Than 6 Windows, Linux Pinkapp Games Top-down action video game. Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine Windows, Linux, iOS Himalaya Studios 2D point-and-click adventure. 2015 iOS version is discontinued. America Windows, OS X, Linux Data Becker Real-time strategy game. Back to the Future Part III 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 NES Beam Software, LJN The Part III portion takes place in the Old West. Badlands Arcade Konami Bakushou Yoshimoto No Shinkigeki PC-Engine Super CD-ROM² Hudson Soft One world has a Western theme. Bank Panic Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 (as West Bank), SG-1000, MSX, Master System, ZX Spectrum (as West Bank) Sega Big Challenge! Gun Fighter Famicom Disk System Jaleco Billy the Kid Returns! MS-DOSAlive Software Blood Bros. Arcade TAD Corporation Fabtek Boot Hill Arcade Midway Games Wild West-themed arcade shooter game. Boot Hill Heroes Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation Mobile Experimental Gamer Studios Role-playing game set in a Spaghetti Western-style world. Boot Hill Bounties Windows, Nintendo Switch Experimental Gamer Studios Sequel to Boot Hill Heroes. Call of Juarez Windows, Xbox 360 UbisoftFocus Home InteractiveAscaron First-person shooter; first in a four-game series. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Ubisoft, Techland A prequel to Call of Juarez. Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Ubisoft, Techland Cheyenne Arcade Exidy Cowboy Kid NES Romstar Custer's Revenge Atari 2600 Mystique Cowboy Life Simulator Windows Odd Qubit, RockGame S.A. 3D 19th-century American sim with survival, farming & FPS elements. Day Dreamin' Davey NES HAL Laboratory One of Davey's dream sequences takes place in the Old West. Dead Man's Hand Windows, Xbox Atari SA Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive Windows Infogrames Real-time tactics game. Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge Windows Atari Desperados III Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, macOS, Linux Mimimi Games, THQ Nordic Real-time tactics video game. Don't Die In The West 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 Windows, Mac CyberFlix, GTE Entertainment Point-and-click Western adventure game. Duster (video game) Windows Coldrice Games Top-down American West roguelite with 2D retro graphics, many dangers & random areas. Express Raider 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 Windows Greenwood Entertainment, JoWooD Productions Real-time strategy with cattle & town management. Fast Draw: Showdown Arcade, Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii American Laser Games Live-action rail shooter. Modern ports released between 2006 and 2011. Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold Linux, Mac, Windows, Ouya, iOS, Android Replay Games Point-and-click adventure game. Fistful of Frags Linux, Mac, Windows FoF Dev Team Multiplayer Western-themed mod for Half-Life 2. Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist MS-DOS, Windows, Mac Sierra On-Line Western comedy adventure game. Gold Rush! Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Windows, Mac Sierra On-Line Graphic adventure about the California Gold Rush. Windows release in 2014. GRIT (video game) Windows Team GRIT Third-person NFT, 3D MP shooter. Gun Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PSPPC, GameCube Activision Gun Fight Arcade, Bally Astrocade, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 Taito Midway First video game to depict human-to-human combat. Gun.Smoke Arcade, NES Capcom Romstar Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James PlayStation Ubisoft Gunfighter II: Revenge of Jesse James PlayStation 2 Ubisoft Gunfright 1986 ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX U.S. Gold Gunman Clive Windows Hörberg Productions Heated Barrel Arcade Tad Corporation Overhead side-scrolling shoot 'em up. Helldorado Windows Viva Media Sequel to the 2006 game Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge. High Noon Commodore 64 Ocean Software INSANE WEST Windows JIGUANGGamestudio 2.5D side-scrolling platformer & behind-shoulders survival mode with minimalist graphics. Ironhorse Arcade Konami Jewels of the Wild West Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, PC G5 Entertainment Wild West-themed game that combines match-3 gameplay with city building. Kane Commodore 64 Mastertronic The Last Bounty Hunter Arcade, MS-DOS, 3DO, 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 Apple II, Commodore 64, NES Accolade Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Paradox Interactive Multiplayer team-based third-person shooter. Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters Arcade, Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega CD Konami Light gun arcade shooter. The Lone Ranger Nintendo Entertainment System Konami Lost Dutchman Mine 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 Windows, PlayStation Infogrames Lucky Luke: The Video Game CD-i Philips Media, SPC Vision B.V. Lucky Luke: On the Dalton's Trail Windows, PlayStation Infogrames Lucky Luke: Desperado Train GBC Infogrames Lucky Luke: Wanted! GBA Infogrames Lucky Luke: Western Fever Windows, PlayStation Infogrames Lucky Luke: Outlaws J2ME MFORMA Group Inc. Shooting gallery game based on the Lucky Luke comics series. Mad Dog McCree Arcade American Laser Games Live-action rail shooter. Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold Arcade, Sega CD, 3DO, CD-i, MS-DOS American Laser Games Live-action rail shooter. The Oregon Trail Mainframe, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Sol-20 MECC, The Learning Company First released for mainframe computers long before the home computer ports. The Oregon Trail Apple II, Mac, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows MECC Oregon Trail II Mac OS, Microsoft Windows MECC, SoftKey Multimedia The Oregon Trail 3rd Edition Mac OS 7.5, Windows 95 The Learning Company (TLC Properties Inc.) The Oregon Trail 4th Edition Mac OS 7.5, Windows 95 The Learning Company (TLC Properties Inc.) (Riverdeep, Inc.), Selectsoft (Selectsoft Publishing) The Oregon Trail 5th Edition Mac OS 8.6, Windows 98 Broderbund (Riverdeep, Inc., LLC), The Learning Company (Riverdeep, Inc., LLC), Selectsoft (Selectsoft Publishing) The Oregon Trail Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Java ME, Nintendo DSi, Windows Mobile Gameloft Shanghai, Gameloft New York, Gameloft The Oregon Trail: American Settler fireOS, iOS Gameloft The Oregon Trail Apple Arcade, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Gameloft Brisbane, Gameloft Outlaw Arcade Atari, Inc. Outlaw Atari 2600 Atari, Inc. Outlaws Commodore 64 Ultimate Outlaws PC LucasArts Pioneer Lands IOS, PC, Mac, Android Nevosoft Pecos Bill 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 PlayStation 2, Xbox Rockstar Games Red Dead Redemption PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Rockstar Games Spiritual successor to Red Dead Revolver. Red Dead Redemption 2 PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Stadia Rockstar Games Prequel to Red Dead Redemption. Retro Classix: Express Raider Windows Ziggurat Interactive, 612 Games Re-release of 1986 arcade original. Rodeo Judge Android, iOS Rodeo Judge LLC Rodeo-themed card game invented by champion rider, Scott Mendes. Sheriff Arcade Nintendo Multidirectional arcade shooter. Shootout at Old Tucson Arcade American Laser Games Limited release live-action rail shooter with 2-player support. 3DO port was cancelled. Sierra Madre 2018 Windows Broken Dream Studio Open-world Western survival game set in the 1870s. Six-Gun Shootout Commodore 64 Strategic Simulations Smokin' Guns Linux, Windows, macOS, AmigaOS 4 Smokin' Guns Productions Free Spaghetti Western FPS built on Quake III engine. Sunset Riders 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 Tin Star1983ArcadeTaitoMultidirectional shooter. The Town with No Name Amiga CDTV, MS-DOS On-Line Entertainment Ltd., Prism Leisure Corporation Point-and-click adventure with garish graphics. The Westerner Windows Planeta DeAgostini Graphic adventure game. The Yukon Trail Windows, System 7 MECC Educational point-and-click adventure game about the Klondike Gold Rush. Wanted Arcade Sigma Enterprises Third-person gallery shooter. 1-2 players support. Wanted Master System Sega Westerado: Double Barreled Xbox One, Windows, Mac OS Adult Swim Games 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 Windows Groove Games Primitive LithTech Talon-powered FPS. Western Gun 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) Arcade Taito Multidirectional arcade shooter. Modified version of Nintendo's Sheriff. Westlanders Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S The Breach Studios, Radical Theory Westward iPhone, Palm OS, Symbian, Windows, Windows Mobile Sandlot Games Real-time strategy similar to the Settlers series. Westward II: Heroes of the Frontier macOS, Windows Sandlot Games First in series to have full 3D graphics. Westward III: Gold Rush macOS, Windows Sandlot Games Westward IV: All Aboard macOS, Windows Sandlot Games Has a railroads focus. Wild Gunman Arcade, Famicom, NES Nintendo A 1984 light gun shooter adapted from a 1974 EM arcade game. Wild West Builder (TBA) Windows G11 S.A. 3D Old West city-builder with railroads. Wild West Dynasty Windows Moon Punch Studio, Toplitz Productions 3D city-builder & survival sim in 19th century American West. Wild West Guns Wii, iOS, Mobile phone Gameloft Light gun/shooting gallery game. Wild West Guns (Mobile) 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: Gunfighter Windows, Mac Tenderfoot Games Free-to-play multiplayer online dueling game. Spun off from Wild West Online MMO. Wild Western Arcade, FM-7, PC-88, Sharp X1 Taito Top-down shooter. On horseback, must prevent 3 bandits from boarding the train. Wild West Pioneers Microsoft Windows EmpireCraft Studios, Toplitz Productions Wild Wild West: The Steel Assassin Windows SouthPeak Interactive An action-adventure game sequel to Wild Wild West, set in 1870. Wyatt Earp's Old West Windows 3.x, Mac Grolier Educational adventure game with an arcade shooter mode & digitized visuals.
Non-traditional Westerns