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.Forty-Five
A perfect mix of card game, rogue-lite, and pure wild west mayhem. Explore an ever-changing map, collect cards, and battle enemies. Cards are Bullets and are loaded into the revolver to gun down enemies. Experience .Forty-Five's innovative gameplay for free!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “engaging card combinations” (21 of 79 reviews) and “free game praised” (18); the most common complaint is “unbalanced or incomplete combat” (9). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-30 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
21 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“Could not believe that this game is free to play. Its a very interesting deck-builder game, also allowing you to carry over cards over deaths by placing them in your backup. The desck-building aspect is also well…”
18 of the 79 reviews raise this.
“This game was surprisingly pretty good plus you cant complain with a free game”
“Could not believe that this game is free to play. Its a very interesting deck-builder game, also allowing you to carry over cards over deaths by placing them in your backup. The desck-building aspect is also well…”
9 of the 79 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“A deck building, roguelite with a western setting and unique six-shooter mechanic. It has great art and music. It showed great promise and whilst it is playable its so clunky and janky at times, that it starts getting…”
“I see the vision. I like the gameplay. The game just needs some polishing and touching up. UI and graphics are a bit weak. To put my armchair game designer hat on, I would love to see a greater variety of enemy types,…”
8 of the 79 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is very fun, FOSS at it's best. It does have a few bugs, for example if you click both mouse buttons at the same time the game crashes, and development seems to have basically stopped. But It really is a fun…”
“I wonder when the devs will return after they left us. I really, truly wonder. And now there's Slay the Spire 2 which plays near identically to this. Are there really coincidences? This is a joke by the way.”
“A deck building, roguelite with a western setting and unique six-shooter mechanic. It has great art and music. It showed great promise and whilst it is playable its so clunky and janky at times, that it starts getting…”
7 of the 79 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“extremly difficult but fun”
6 of the 79 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is very fun, FOSS at it's best. It does have a few bugs, for example if you click both mouse buttons at the same time the game crashes, and development seems to have basically stopped. But It really is a fun…”
4 of the 79 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 79 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“.Forty-Five currently has fantastic roots. The gameplay is fun, the strategy complex, and the deckbuilding options are engaging. The game still has plenty of room for bug fixing and optimization (Having to click to draw a card is a little clunky, and the game crashes whenever I…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Mom: We have red dead redemption at home :)”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Surprisingly great. I just wish the developers will come back to update the game. With enough marketing from streamers, this game could be huge. Youtube brought me here.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
.Forty-Five: Reloaded, a new frontier
Howdy Outlaws, long time no see! We thank you for your patience over the past year while weʼve been figuring out where to take Forty-Five. We know youʼve all been waiting for an update from us, and wh
Community Bullet Update
Howdy Outlaws! About a month and a half ago, we started the Community Bullet Contest. Now, after lots of suggesting, picking out, drawing and programming, we present: the Community Bullet Contest Winn
Community Bullet Contest
Community Bullet Contest Howdy Outlaws! It’s now been a few months since Forty-Five was released. Many of you have been playing the game daily, and some of you have even taken to making your own conte
.FORTY-FIVE Bullet-in 2
Howdy Outlaws! On the new Update We have good news, we are in fact not dead! Over the past few months we have been busy working on a new major update for the game. Sadly, this update will remain in de
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Roguelike Deckbuilder · Western · Free to Play · Card Game · Rogue-lite · Rogue-like · Deckbuilding · Trading Card Game · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Combat · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://www.forty-five.at/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 10/11