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The War for the West

Hosted Games · 2019-11-14

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Nov 14, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 14, 2019 (iOS), Nov 14, 2019 (Android)

Rule the land as you see fit, using alliances, intrigue or warfare to establish your House as a dominant force in the realm's politics.

82%
positive of 76 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$7.99
steam price (US)

As the ruler of a province in the Western Peninsula, it will be expected of you to hold court and make yourself available to petitioners, settling disputes and delivering justice to the land and its inhabitants. The War for the West is a grimdark 485,000 word interactive medieval fantasy novel by Lucas Zaper. Among your duties will be to administer the money collected from taxes and see that it is well spent, be it in improvements to the local infrastructure or in purchasing personal objects and services. You will also need to manage your relationship with other powers and arrange a proper s(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 28,023 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 76 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$4.892019-11-142021-02-152019-11-14 — best price $4.892019-11-21 — best price $6.992020-06-25 — best price $4.892020-07-09 — best price $6.992021-02-11 — best price $4.892021-02-15 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieViolentAdventureText-BasedSexual ContentChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

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

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