Action · April 8, 2010

Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West (2010)

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Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West is a third-person shooter that delivers an intense team-based multiplayer experience. Relive the violent era of the Wild West with adrenaline-fueled action and fast-paced gunfights. Engage in gritty battles in beautifully rendered classic Western settings. Players will test their mettle in genre-specific game modes and levels tailor-made for satisfying team play. Lead and Gold features the unique synergy system, which provides power-ups to encourage co-operation and team tactics. This system accentuates the frantic shooter and objective-oriented gameplay by rewarding players who focus on cooperation and play as a team. Four playable characters with different strengths and weaknesses, adding depth and variety A multitude of different game modes and settings, all with a distinct feeling of the Old West, providing increased longevity Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West uses the synergy system to reward players that play as a team Game modes and mechanics are designed to be easy to understand

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Western · 159
  • Action · 132
  • PvP · 116
  • Multiplayer · 115
  • Third-Person Shooter · 113
  • Team-Based · 103
  • Co-op · 100
  • Shooter · 97
  • Class-Based · 92
  • Third Person · 89
  • Funny · 84
  • Indie · 83
  • 3D · 80
  • Atmospheric · 67
  • Singleplayer · 50

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.2k Steam reviewsTop 94% in Action
Positive rating72% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 84%
Metacritic70/100Genre average 77 — top 82% of Action titles
Engagement hours5 h averageTop 75% for session depth among Action

Reception Metrics

Steam community

72%Mostly Positive · 2.2k reviews

1.6k positive · 613 negative

Metacritic

70/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.2/10

Curator recommendations

894

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Stats
  • Steam Leaderboards

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

5h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

1h

Typical completion time

Achievements

81

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 8, 2010
DeveloperFatshark
Base price$0.99 -90%
Required age17+
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · [email protected]

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Spanish - Spain

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