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West of Dead
Descend into the grim and gritty world of Purgatory in this cover-based shooter which combines the fluidity of twin-stick controls and tactical cover usage. Dodge behind cover as you try to outgun your enemies in the unknown procedurally generated hunting grounds.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Man, does this game try to give itself a bad rep. I enjoyed my time in West of Dead. The gameplay tries something new with the cover mechanic; sometimes it's great, other times it's unbearable. They could have given more freedom to the player by allowing them to crouch instead…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“A surpsingly good roguelite game flying under the radar. The shooting feels satisfying and intentional, the enemies are nicely varied and there's a bunch of interesting guns. It doesn't invent anything new, but it does the basic gameplay really well, with barely any missteps.…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“[h1]All The Good Things[/h1] The list of things I really liked about the game is pretty short. Easily the strongest component is the presentation. The entire game oozed a cool wild west vibe and the story narrated by Ron Perlman was awesome. He did justice to our main character…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Replay Value · Rogue-like · Western · Rogue-lite · Horror · Difficult · Zombies · Twin Stick Shooter · Action · Action Roguelike · Adventure · Top-Down Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 24 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://westofdead.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5-4460 CPU / AMD FX-8350 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1030 / Radeon RX 550 Storage: 1 GB available space