Rockstar, which we’d guess is because it’s going to make us wait an extra year or two before a delayed PC release—or it’ll never come to PC, like the last one, and we can all go jump in a lake. A lake of other games. That are on PC. That we can play right now. So take that. We’re in a western mood anyway, as we’ve been watching HBO’s Westworld and trailers for the remake of The Magnificent Seven (followed by the original Magnificent Seven, at home), so we’ve collected some of our favorite gunslinging games and mods here. Prev Page 1 of 13 Next Prev Page 1 of 13 Next Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. The original Call of Juarez is alright, too, but we’ll recommend the sequel, if you only plan to play one. (Just don’t make the one you play. That one was bad.) Call of Juarez is no Red Dead, but the straightforward 2009 action game isn’t chopped liver, either. The graphics are worn, but if you like games like Medal of Honor: Allied Assault then your 10 bucks won’t go to waste here. ![]() It’s simple—move to objective marker, shoot all the dudes on the way—with a somewhat awkward mouse-controlled cover system, but it’s a fun, bloodsoaked treasure hunt nonetheless. Prev Page 2 of 13 Next Prev Page 2 of 13 Next Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. Diverging a bit from the other Call of Juarez games, is an arcade-style cover-to-cover shooting gallery that throws out points for headshots and combos. It’s set in a still-attractive comic book-ish looking west and tells a tall tale that involves run-ins with the frontier's most infamous shooters—but mostly in voiceover that doesn’t get in the way of shooting. It’s got a slow-mo bullet time mode as well, which isn’t radical or anything, but throws an assist to the larger-than-life gunplay the game nails. Prev Page 3 of 13 Next Prev Page 3 of 13 Next Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath. Just as Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp's animated Rango is one of the most underrated western movies of the past decade, is an overlooked western game that infuses the genre with Oddworld's delightful brand of weird. The outskirts setting is filled with dusty shantytowns and anthropomorphized redneck chickens. Stranger's a great Eastwood stand in as a growly bounty hunter (capturing enemies alive or dead is a great western touch). And unlike most western games, which attempt to slavishly recreate 19th century guns, Stranger's living ammo types are wildly creative. Stunkz send your enemies into vomiting fits, Stinbees home in on your targets, and Chippunks distract them by incessantly mouthing off. Not your typical western, but great all the same. Prev Page 4 of 13 Next Prev Page 4 of 13 Next A Fistful of Gun. A twin-stick shooter that’s best with friends—co-op story and arcade or versus— pits you against bandits in mild bullethell (bulletheck?) arenas. ![]() InnoGames' online role-playing game The West sees you start as a greenhorn facing the dangers of the Wild West. Create your own avatar and collect experience by completing tasks and doing jobs. Become a gunslinger by challenging other players to duels. Prove your skills in adventures or just storm forts. Compete with. What makes it special are its 11 characters, each with unique weapons and control schemes (some of which are improved by a controller). One of our favorites is Tao, who lays down fused rockets which go off on a timer and can be relit if he runs back over them, but can be destroyed by other projectiles. It takes a while for the fuses to burn, so Tao typically starts a game by circle-strafing the map laying chains of small and large rocket launchers pointing at the center—it’s a nice spectacle when they all go off in order, but still a real challenge to hit anything. Prev Page 5 of 13 Next Prev Page 5 of 13 Next Luckslinger. A brutal sidescroller with and a cute ‘luck’ system. Collect luck to encourage fortunate events, like a shot missing you or a miraculous platform saving you from a failed jump, but deplete too much luck and stuff might fall on you. Like windmills, say, which is one of the first things that happened to us when playing. Requires the patience of classic sidescrollers like Mega Man, where redoing bits, and then redoing them again, and then again a few more times because you keep forgetting to dodge roll after jumping over that one damn gap, is just the way it’s played. Prev Page 6 of 13 Next Prev Page 6 of 13 Next Fistful of Frags. This rootin’, tootin’, lots-of-shootin’ mod for Half-Life 2 is now. It’s fast and frantic western deathmatch and team deathmatch, and features tons of guns, from Derringers to sawed-off shotties, and even bows and arrows. Your old timey guns take a while to reload, though, so don’t forget the old standby and kick a few cowboys to death (or chuck one of your empty guns at them). Nicely, you can choose which hand to hold your gun in, and dual wield any two guns you want. There’s even an offline mode for practice with bots.. Prev Page 7 of 13 Next Prev Page 7 of 13 Next Westerado: Double Barreled. Don’t let the cute pixel graphics fool you: is a sprawling open world Western with plenty of gunslinging, exploration, side-missions, and a grim tale of revenge at its core. As you attempt to track down the man who murdered your family, you piece together a portrait of him though conversations and interrogations. The best parts of Westerado: at any point you can pull out your gun and accuse someone of being the murderer, you’re free to shoot absolutely anyone at any time (though there will be consequences), and when you start a new game, the man you’re hunting is randomized, meaning it’s a different experience every time you play. Prev Page 8 of 13 Next Prev Page 8 of 13 Next Hard West. A hefty reworking of Doom’s graphics sets the whole thing in western-themed maps, with saloons, lurking vultures, and looping reprises from the Good the Bad and the Ugly theme. It’s a standard keycard hunt within fun little old west towns, and it can be pretty damn hard. The effort that’s gone into this WAD makes it a must play for anyone who enjoys exploring Doom's creative scene. If you’re new to Doom WADs and have Doom II on Steam, here’s a quick way to play A Fistful of Doom. Extract the zip to the Doom 2 ‘base’ folder in your Steam folder (eg C: Program Files (x86) Steam steamapps common Doom 2 base). Next, create a shortcut to dosbox.exe in that folder. Open the shortcut properties and append the following line to the target field, quotes included: 'fistful.bat' -fullscreen -exit If you want to use the modern WASD + mouse controls, backup DEFAULT.CFG and replace it with MOUSE.CFG. Then just run your dosbox shortcut. If you’re using a different version of Doom and play WADs regularly, we'll assume you've got this all figured out. Prev Page 10 of 13 Next Prev Page 10 of 13 Next 1860s Old America (Mount & Blade: Warband mod). The edges are rough—some of the medieval language still shows through—but a lot of love has been put into recreating the old west in Mount & Blade. We’ve mostly played around in custom battles, and while they tend to devolve into a sloppy mess, there’s at least a good afternoon of fun in running 100 v 100 battles between the 1860 Federal Government and western outlaws., and install it by unzipping the folder into Mount and Blade’s ‘modules’ folder. Then just select it in the game launcher. Prev Page 11 of 13 Next Prev Page 11 of 13 Next Outlaws. LucasArts released its western FPS back in 1997, built on the modified game engine they used for Star Wars: Dark Forces. As a retired U.S. Marshall, you return home to find your wife dying and your daughter missing, and embark on a mission of rescue and revenge. The shooting is great (or was, for the 90's), the soundtrack is fantastic, and the story is told between levels—each ending with a tough-as-hell bulletsponge boss—via stylish animated cutscenes., bundled with a small expansion pack containing additional missions. Prev Page 12 of 13 Next Prev Page 12 of 13 Next Secret Ponchos and Lead and Gold. A couple of honorable mentions here. Is a competent third-person shooter, and is an isometric PvP fighter with great style, but both are primarily multiplayer games and struggle to find players, which makes it hard to recommend either—there's no fun in empty servers. Lead and Gold still looks great after six years of aging, and we did find one low population server today—though with only four other players online when we checked, you’d probably want to get some friends together if you’re going to play it. Meanwhile, there are, so it might be best to try it out then. Prev Page 13 of 13 Next Prev Page 13 of 13 Next • • • • • •. Fire your six shooter, crack your whip, and giddy up partna’! Join as we countdown our picks for the Top 10 Western Video Games. Check us out at, and. Also, check out our interactive Suggestion Tool at:) Special Thanks to our users 'Andy Roehl' 'Oliver Swen' & 'Jayvee Evangelio' for suggesting this topic on our website Watchmojo.com/suggest Check out the voting page here, If you want to suggest an idea for a WatchMojo video, check out our interactive Suggestion Tool at:) We have T-Shirts! Be sure to check out for more info. 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