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West of Dead cover art

West of Dead

Upstream Arcade · Raw Fury · 2020-06-18

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 26, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 18, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 05, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jun 18, 2020 (Xbox One)

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.

West of Dead is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $3.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 2229 reviews).

5
playing now
72%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
3.87★
PlayStation Store rating (1,389 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

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

Purgatory, Wyoming, 1888. A place of gun smoke and darkness, sin and damnation, wendigos and witches. A shifting, chaotic world that takes its form from the memories, culture or beliefs of the souls who pass through. When a dead man awakens with only the memory of a figure in black, he sets into motion a chain of events that have truly mythic consequences.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 90 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 45k–100k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,229 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$1.68-92%
GameBillet$1.88-91%
Gamesplanet$1.91-90%
WinGameStore$1.99-90%
GOG$3.99-80%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
Microsoft Store$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.64 at GameBillet (2026-03-12) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 117 of 164 observed days · $2.35 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11011020202026Week of 2020-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-09-14 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
663Jun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 66 · peak 168Aug 2020 — avg 12 · peak 53Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 20Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 20Feb 2021 — avg 15 · peak 80Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 35Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2021 — avg 21 · peak 64Dec 2021 — avg 19 · peak 65Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 29Apr 2022 — avg 20 · peak 55Jun 2022 — avg 15 · peak 42Aug 2022 — avg 16 · peak 44Oct 2022 — avg 10 · peak 43Dec 2022 — avg 33 · peak 132Feb 2023 — avg 9 · peak 23Apr 2023 — avg 16 · peak 56Jun 2023 — avg 10 · peak 32Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 40Dec 2023 — avg 16 · peak 49Feb 2024 — avg 11 · peak 38Apr 2024 — avg 9 · peak 30Jun 2024 — avg 9 · peak 31Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2025 — avg 13 · peak 43Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 32Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.592020-06-182026-10-142020-06-18 — best price $17.322020-09-29 — best price $17.882020-10-26 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $14.992021-01-08 — best price $19.992021-02-20 — best price $17.882021-04-05 — best price $19.992021-05-11 — best price $19.992021-06-08 — best price $17.882021-09-17 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992022-01-17 — best price $17.992022-03-21 — best price $7.992022-05-17 — best price $17.882022-08-04 — best price $3.992022-11-18 — best price $19.992023-03-06 — best price $3.992023-06-12 — best price $19.992023-10-13 — best price $19.992024-01-01 — best price $19.992024-03-20 — best price $1.992024-06-28 — best price $4.102024-08-15 — best price $3.992024-09-12 — best price $16.992024-10-20 — best price $3.292024-11-10 — best price $4.002024-12-06 — best price $16.972025-01-12 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-27 — best price $19.992025-08-26 — best price $3.992025-11-14 — best price $17.882026-02-06 — best price $17.792026-04-07 — best price $3.992026-05-23 — best price $2.002026-07-18 — best price $17.882026-08-20 — best price $1.612026-09-09 — best price $3.992026-09-29 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
69.6%
earned "Welcome to Purgatory"
15.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-06-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)7,4162%22
Steam (Steam)4,2943%24
PS4 (PlayStation)2,5003%25
PS4 (PlayStation)1,7987%25
Windows (Xbox)1,3695%22
Switch (Nintendo)260%0

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

ActionHorrorShooterWesternZombiesAdventureDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteReplay Value

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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