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Western Rye
Western Rye is an open world survival crafting adventure game set in the old west American Frontier. Create your dream outlaw! Survive the the wild west, farm, build your ranch, endure the weather, fight and forge your legend with friends or alone. In Western Rye, the wild west just got wilder!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Western Rye — The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Early Access Review in Progress — 2.7 Hours Western Rye is being developed by two brothers without external funding, and there is no mistaking that this is Early Access. I am keeping that firmly in mind, but Early Access does not mean…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Take my early thoughts with a grain of salt, I am an overly positive person when it comes to early access! I will try to be honest without being brutal, because I like the foundation a lot here! So already played a couple hours, and actually did release a video for it on youtube…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I know that I tag this as not recommended, but game Devs please dont take this as discouragement. To be blunt: this is NOT a game. It is a concept with working art. The idea is good. There is not a lot of options for western survival with co op. I really, really do hope this…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Western Rye Roadmap: What's Next & The Trail Ahead!
We're using a Now / Next / Later format instead of fixed dates for all items. Early Access development rarely moves in a straight line, and we'd rather be honest with you than promise a date we might
Day 5 Update/Patches.
* Fixed collision blocking mission item in Mission 11 "What the Earth Remembers". * Fixed Water canteen disappearing from player's inventory after drinking. * Added combat soundtracks to some location
The Fixes Continues: Western Rye Day 4 Updates and Patches.
Hey folks, we wanna say thank you again and again and again! This past few days you guys have continue to rally around Western Rye, We are so humbled by the love, kindness and support you have continu
Day 4 update, patch and hotfix
Day 4 Hotfix Details Thank you all so much for your amazing support and feedback! We will keep building together, going strong, and pushing to make the game better every single day. We are fully commi
Western Rye; Not Done Walking This Road.
Hey Folks! We know it's been a rough launch, but you guys showed up for us when it matters the most. This past few days, we've been making frantic efforts fixing bugs and making improvements from all
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Western · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Base Building · Online Co-Op · Open World · Sandbox · Action · Adventure · Multiplayer (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://nixalonstudios.wixsite.com/nixalon |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB / Intel Arc A750 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 60 GB available space Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device Additional Notes: SSD (Preferred), Internet Connection Required for Multiplayer (Excluding LAN), Low Quality Setting. The above specifications were tested with DLSS/FSR/XeSS enabled.