Adventure · August 10, 2017

West of Loathing (2017)

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Say howdy to West of Loathing -- a single-player slapstick comedy adventure role-playing game set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe. Traverse snake-infested gulches, punch skeletons wearing cowboy hats, grapple with demon cows, and investigate a wide variety of disgusting spittoons. Talk your way out of trouble as a silver-tongued Snake Oiler, plumb the refried mysteries of the cosmos as a wise and subtle Beanslinger, or let your fists do the talking as a fierce Cow Puncher. Explore a vast open world and encounter a colorful cast of characters, some of whom are good, many of whom are bad, and a few of whom are ugly. Features: a sprawling open world, chock full of danger, quests, puzzles, and mysteries lush hand-drawn black and white graphics full stick-figure customization thousands of jokes, gags, and goofs crunchy turn-based combat (but only if you want it) liberal use of the Oxford comma over 50 hats disreputable saloons several gulches a drunk horse NOTE: characters are not literally colorful (the game is in black and white)

Adventure releases from 2017

78 Adventure titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Adventure titles

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Community Tag Signals

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

  • RPG · 278
  • Comedy · 246
  • Funny · 220
  • Western · 217
  • Adventure · 215
  • Singleplayer · 179
  • Indie · 177
  • Story Rich · 153
  • Turn-Based Combat · 149
  • Open World · 147
  • Choices Matter · 145
  • Replay Value · 142
  • Great Soundtrack · 129
  • Turn-Based · 128
  • Puzzle · 127

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume9.8k Steam reviewsTop 24% in Adventure
Positive rating98% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 8%
Metacritic87/100Genre average 77 — top 11% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours12 h averageTop 31% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

98%Overwhelmingly Positive · 9.8k reviews

9.6k positive · 195 negative

Metacritic

87/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.7/10

Curator recommendations

9.4k

Press Quotes

“West of Loathing's goofy stick figures hide a genuinely deep and hilarious game; [The] humor is so warm and clever that it never gets old.” 9/10 – Polygon “I found it damn near impossible to play this game without a stupid grin glued to my face at all times.” 9/10 – Destructoid “West of Loathing is a wonderfully written RPG adventure, both fun and funny from its opening credits to whenever it is you decide you've probably read every last…

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

12h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

7h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

28

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play Together

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 10, 2017
DeveloperAsymmetric
Base price$3.40
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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