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Hard West 2

Ice Code Games · Good Shepherd Entertainment · 2022-08-04

SteamGOG

ActionRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 04, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation 5), TBD (Xbox Series X|S)

Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.

Hard West 2 is an Action RPG Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 3220 reviews).

16
playing now
82%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Hard West 2 is a 2022 tactical role-playing game developed by Ice Code Games and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment for Windows. It is the sequel to Hard West.

Trailer

Hard West 2 trailer thumbnail

Hard West 2 - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 173 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,078 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 64k–145k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,220 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-75%
GOG$7.49-75%
Gamesplanet$7.63-75%
Humble Store$8.99-70%
GamersGate$9.00-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-02-05) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 110 of 149 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
77477420222026Week of 2022-08-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4052026-09-15 14:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 21 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 21 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 35 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 34 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
70611Aug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 706 · peak 3,038Oct 2022 — avg 105 · peak 299Dec 2022 — avg 63 · peak 190Feb 2023 — avg 78 · peak 314Apr 2023 — avg 38 · peak 120Jun 2023 — avg 22 · peak 54Aug 2023 — avg 18 · peak 45Oct 2023 — avg 19 · peak 77Dec 2023 — avg 24 · peak 60Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 38Apr 2024 — avg 25 · peak 61Jun 2024 — avg 20 · peak 71Aug 2024 — avg 19 · peak 44Oct 2024 — avg 35 · peak 112Dec 2024 — avg 27 · peak 65Feb 2025 — avg 16 · peak 37Apr 2025 — avg 23 · peak 56Jun 2025 — avg 22 · peak 55Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 56Oct 2025 — avg 18 · peak 42Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Feb 2026 — avg 53 · peak 165Apr 2026 — avg 45 · peak 99Jun 2026 — avg 25 · peak 54Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$5.992022-07-012026-10-142022-07-01 — best price $99.992022-09-08 — best price $29.992022-10-31 — best price $29.992022-12-19 — best price $23.822023-02-19 — best price $14.992023-04-01 — best price $29.992023-05-23 — best price $13.472023-07-16 — best price $29.992023-08-30 — best price $15.002023-11-17 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-02-14 — best price $29.992024-03-17 — best price $13.502024-04-16 — best price $11.992024-05-21 — best price $29.992024-07-04 — best price $29.992024-08-05 — best price $8.392024-09-18 — best price $29.992024-10-28 — best price $8.612024-11-30 — best price $12.002025-01-13 — best price $22.042025-03-01 — best price $29.992025-04-29 — best price $29.992025-06-27 — best price $8.992025-08-26 — best price $8.992025-10-16 — best price $29.992025-12-08 — best price $22.492026-01-30 — best price $29.992026-03-14 — best price $22.042026-04-24 — best price $29.992026-06-04 — best price $8.992026-08-13 — best price $7.492026-09-02 — best price $7.492026-09-17 — best price $7.492026-10-02 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4352026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 18 pageviews2026-06-10 — 15 pageviews2026-06-14 — 22 pageviews2026-06-18 — 18 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 13 pageviews2026-06-30 — 19 pageviews2026-07-04 — 11 pageviews2026-07-08 — 14 pageviews2026-07-12 — 20 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 19 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 21 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 18 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 9 pageviews2026-08-25 — 10 pageviews2026-08-29 — 17 pageviews2026-09-02 — 12 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 17 pageviews2026-09-14 — 18 pageviews2026-09-18 — 17 pageviews2026-09-22 — 13 pageviews2026-09-26 — 15 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 14 pageviews2026-10-08 — 23 pageviews2026-10-12 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
43.8%
earned "Is That All You've Got?"
10.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5963%38
Steam (Steam)12919%4

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGActionWesternStrategyTacticalTop-DownIsometricStory RichTurn-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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