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West of Loathing cover art

West of Loathing

Asymmetric · 2017-08-10

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: May 31, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 10, 2017 (Linux), Aug 10, 2017 (Mac), Aug 10, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 01, 2020 (Google Stadia)

West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.

West of Loathing is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2017, priced at $3.73, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 10312 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

26
playing now
98%
positive of 10k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (46 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (391 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.73
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

West of Loathing is a comedy adventure role-playing video game developed and released by Asymmetric Publications on August 10, 2017.

Trailer

West of Loathing trailer thumbnail

West of Loathing Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈379,605 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 325 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~41/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 258k–619k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,312 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.99
Microsoft Store$10.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.40 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 30 of 69 observed days · $7.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27427420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

79142026-09-15 12:00 — 28 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 52 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 41 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 74 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 59 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 32 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 56 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 32 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 36 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 56 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 50 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 76 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 51 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 59 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 79 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 45 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 45 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 71 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 58 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9601Jul 2017Aug 2026Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2017 — avg 147 · peak 402Jan 2018 — avg 170 · peak 569Apr 2018 — avg 85 · peak 169Jul 2018 — avg 148 · peak 307Oct 2018 — avg 67 · peak 140Jan 2019 — avg 97 · peak 242Apr 2019 — avg 86 · peak 265Jul 2019 — avg 99 · peak 248Oct 2019 — avg 48 · peak 92Jan 2020 — avg 82 · peak 191Apr 2020 — avg 70 · peak 126Jul 2020 — avg 95 · peak 213Oct 2020 — avg 63 · peak 136Jan 2021 — avg 79 · peak 177Apr 2021 — avg 68 · peak 133Jul 2021 — avg 87 · peak 164Oct 2021 — avg 56 · peak 125Jan 2022 — avg 78 · peak 171Apr 2022 — avg 67 · peak 173Jul 2022 — avg 76 · peak 137Oct 2022 — avg 75 · peak 167Jan 2023 — avg 156 · peak 498Apr 2023 — avg 53 · peak 97Jul 2023 — avg 76 · peak 151Oct 2023 — avg 43 · peak 102Jan 2024 — avg 66 · peak 146Apr 2024 — avg 44 · peak 106Jul 2024 — avg 67 · peak 136Oct 2024 — avg 69 · peak 205Jan 2025 — avg 63 · peak 147Apr 2025 — avg 47 · peak 105Jul 2025 — avg 60 · peak 125Oct 2025 — avg 46 · peak 127Jan 2026 — avg 53 · peak 118Apr 2026 — avg 38 · peak 75Jul 2026 — avg 90 · peak 247Aug 2026 — avg 55 · peak 136
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.99$3.402017-08-112026-10-152017-08-11 — best price $9.892018-02-15 — best price $8.792018-06-21 — best price $8.242018-11-28 — best price $10.992019-05-30 — best price $7.692019-11-01 — best price $10.992020-01-06 — best price $7.692020-02-28 — best price $10.992020-06-15 — best price $10.992020-11-07 — best price $10.992021-02-10 — best price $7.692021-04-05 — best price $10.992021-07-12 — best price $10.992021-11-03 — best price $10.992021-12-22 — best price $6.042022-02-28 — best price $6.042022-06-06 — best price $6.042022-10-05 — best price $5.492023-01-31 — best price $10.992023-06-30 — best price $5.492023-11-21 — best price $5.492024-01-09 — best price $5.492024-03-08 — best price $5.492024-04-24 — best price $10.992024-08-26 — best price $4.172024-11-26 — best price $4.392025-01-23 — best price $10.992025-03-13 — best price $3.512025-05-16 — best price $10.992025-09-25 — best price $4.392025-11-10 — best price $10.992026-03-11 — best price $10.992026-08-27 — best price $3.732026-09-04 — best price $10.992026-09-12 — best price $10.992026-09-20 — best price $10.992026-09-28 — best price $4.392026-10-06 — best price $4.392026-10-14 — best price $10.992026-10-15 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

277272026-06-02 — 44 pageviews2026-06-06 — 27 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-14 — 30 pageviews2026-06-18 — 49 pageviews2026-06-22 — 57 pageviews2026-06-26 — 91 pageviews2026-06-30 — 52 pageviews2026-07-04 — 48 pageviews2026-07-08 — 39 pageviews2026-07-12 — 277 pageviews2026-07-16 — 74 pageviews2026-07-20 — 64 pageviews2026-07-24 — 56 pageviews2026-07-28 — 56 pageviews2026-08-01 — 57 pageviews2026-08-05 — 66 pageviews2026-08-09 — 59 pageviews2026-08-13 — 43 pageviews2026-08-17 — 43 pageviews2026-08-21 — 43 pageviews2026-08-25 — 49 pageviews2026-08-29 — 50 pageviews2026-09-02 — 43 pageviews2026-09-06 — 50 pageviews2026-09-10 — 44 pageviews2026-09-14 — 36 pageviews2026-09-18 — 47 pageviews2026-09-22 — 38 pageviews2026-09-26 — 41 pageviews2026-09-30 — 61 pageviews2026-10-04 — 62 pageviews2026-10-08 — 54 pageviews2026-10-12 — 60 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
57.6%
earned "In a Row?"
9.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-08-17, latest 2019-02-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,6743%28
Switch (Nintendo)1810%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

RPGFunnyIndieComedyPuzzleWesternAdventureOpen WorldStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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