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West of Dead
Developer Upstream Arcade
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. From the Steam store page
201 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 17, 2026 · last updated Oct 18, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
117 positive · 66 negative
95% range 57–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 117 | 66 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
829 of 1,210 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
65% recommend · 121 yes, 66 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 187 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (1,594 of 2,229 positive).
Players praise the game's stylish art and atmosphere, often comparing it to a Mike Mignola comic. [1][2][3] Many reviewers note that the game suffers from bugs, clunky controls, and a grindy progression system. [1][4][5] Some players find the roguelite mechanics lacking, with slow unlocks and repetitive gameplay. [6][7][8]
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- [5]
It not a bad game all together. i like the overall theme and all. Granted the sound cues are repetitive at times and the camera angle can be annoying but nothing that would warrant a dislike. The real reason this game has been disliking it is due to its bugs. Sometimes they're minor, sometimes they're just straight up game breaking. There's the usual sound cue playing too late or message to late. Perfectly normal …
- [12]
(game not complete and dropped at 7.2 hours of gameplay at time of review, part of my review all my games effort) (short version) This is one that I could flip a coin on. It's a good cover based shooter when the cover doesn't work against you, the voice acting is superb, and the shooting feels good. The problem is that the rogue like mechanics are lacking which I'll talk about in my long version. (not recommended …
- [6]
this is more mixed than it is positive, but I guess leaning more positive than negative. the style is really cool and Ron Perlman adds some flair but the game gets old REALLY fast. repetition is one thing, it's a roguelike after all, but it just isn't very good at being a roguelike. the rate at which you unlock new things to play with is pitifully slow, it makes the game feel more like grindy work than an actually …
- [4]
Although this game is getting a positive rating out of me, I do still have some complaints about it. 1. The game is still littered with bugs. Including some run-ending bugs that are really frustrating to run into. 2. The game has been abandoned by the developer, meaning these bugs are unlikely to be fixed. 3. There is some level of jank to the game, specifically around movement and interaction(s) Now for the …
- [3]
While very flawed, the moment to moment gameplay keeps it entertaining in short sessions. Pros: - Excellent presentation. Looks like a Mike Mignola comic made game. - The combat encounters are fun, and the variety in weapons is decent. Cons: - Very, very grindy. - Long sections of needless walking. - Clunky.
Summarised from 34 of the 205 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked West of Dead talk about excellent art style and atmosphere; those who didn't talk about frequent bugs and glitches. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 201 · most liked firstOverall: 7/10 Story: In West of Dead, you step into the boots of William Mason, a marshal who meets an untimely death at the hands of a shady, corrupt preacher and finds himself stuck in purgatory. What follows is a gritty, supernatural Western revenge tale with you blasting your way through various procedurally generated dungeons to get your shot at justice (or vengeance, depending on how you look at it.) The narrative isn't overly complex, and honestly, it doesn't need to be. It’s a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art, concept and music were all very appealing to me. The atmosphere was really good. On the other hand, there are game-breaking bugs, clunky controls and some bad optimization. Overall, it was enjoyable for me. P.S.: At some point, you might think you lost your progress. Just click on New Game. 🎚️ Difficulty 🔲 My grandma could play it 🔲 Easy ☑️ Normal ☑️ Hard 🔲 A challenge to be reckoned 🔲 In the heat of confrontation, (Only PVP games) 🗺️ Graphics 🔲 MS Paint 🔲 Bad 🔲 Meh 🔲…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing with skullsona/skeletons sorta designs after looking at a Mike Mignola inspired art directed game called West of Dead, have some Fanart and studies!
neutral · AI labelView post →this is more mixed than it is positive, but I guess leaning more positive than negative. the style is really cool and Ron Perlman adds some flair but the game gets old REALLY fast. repetition is one thing, it's a roguelike after all, but it just isn't very good at being a roguelike. the rate at which you unlock new things to play with is pitifully slow, it makes the game feel more like grindy work than an actually fun game that I want to experiment with. when it has its moments, they…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Man, does this game try to give itself a bad rep. I enjoyed my time in West of Dead. The gameplay tries something new with the cover mechanic; sometimes it's great, other times it's unbearable. They could have given more freedom to the player by allowing them to crouch instead of automatically getting into cover when it's possible. But the shooting felt good, enemies felt fair, and there's some variety of them, as there are of weapons and abilities. The art direction and the atmosphere it's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I agree with many of the complains negative reviews have posted. While I do like this game, it has absolutely no respect for your time, there is so many long and annoying dialogues that you have to skip through if you wanna get back to actually playing. and it’s roguelike mechanics are heavily lacking. It’s got many fun systems but the player’s strength doesn’t change all that much when compared to the increasing difficulty, and it takes so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ long to actually complete a run. I have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(game not complete and dropped at 7.2 hours of gameplay at time of review, part of my review all my games effort) (short version) This is one that I could flip a coin on. It's a good cover based shooter when the cover doesn't work against you, the voice acting is superb, and the shooting feels good. The problem is that the rogue like mechanics are lacking which I'll talk about in my long version. (not recommended based upon 'tails' on a coin flip) (long version) A western style shooter…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm giving this game a not recommended as of right now, so when I can say I've done it when 100%ing it, I can give it a more honest review, but as of right now, even on a sale it doesn't seem worth it to purchase. TLDR: I find the narration, setting and style very charming, but gameplay feels lacking and linear. There are unaddressed bugs that impact the game just enough to be frustrating, and above all, I found it hard to stay engaged. 1) Most recent update was in July 2021, meaning updates…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game because it has good ideas, but between graphical errors and game-breaking glitches, it is not worth the time or money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the coolest games I've played in years. It might not be for everyone, but I loved it. Really scratches an itch for me like Remnant and Souls games do. The art and Music are amazing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It not a bad game all together. i like the overall theme and all. Granted the sound cues are repetitive at times and the camera angle can be annoying but nothing that would warrant a dislike. The real reason this game has been disliking it is due to its bugs. Sometimes they're minor, sometimes they're just straight up game breaking. There's the usual sound cue playing too late or message to late. Perfectly normal for me. Then theres slightly worse stuff like character's ai just ceasing with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I 100% this game, so what can I say I decided to forgo my usual style of writing and I guess, Imma just ramble straight outta my heart, so bare with me. I reaaaaally gave this game my fullest attention, experimented, paid attention to the story and tried to appreciate all of the content (even DLC) as much as I could, but if I could put the game in a single shorter paragraph; West of Dead is literally like it's protagonist. Cool-looking ghost in a cowboy hat — stylish, moody, but mostly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A surpsingly good roguelite game flying under the radar. The shooting feels satisfying and intentional, the enemies are nicely varied and there's a bunch of interesting guns. It doesn't invent anything new, but it does the basic gameplay really well, with barely any missteps. The biggest thing this game lacks is some sort of more interesting/involved meta progression system. I'm probably spoiled by Hades, but the lack of side stuff to unlock is very noticeable. Obviously this is a much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hate to dislike because the vibe and style are perfect, but the gameplay is just too janky and slow.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is really cool but I got bored
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm getting so close to the platinum in West of Dead. I hoped I would like this game but I'm enjoying it so much more than I expected!
positive · AI labelView post →Although this game is getting a positive rating out of me, I do still have some complaints about it. 1. The game is still littered with bugs. Including some run-ending bugs that are really frustrating to run into. 2. The game has been abandoned by the developer, meaning these bugs are unlikely to be fixed. 3. There is some level of jank to the game, specifically around movement and interaction(s) Now for the positives, the game has a pretty compelling art style similar to a Hellboy comic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played 3-4 hours and each death I feel I was robbed. I started with mouse and keyboard and then I changed to controller, the outcome is the same. The cover system is so infuriating that it is insane. How many times have I tried to run and the character just sticks to the nearest box and either eats bullets or a melee attack. You can't even see how many more hits your cover can take before crumbling and oftentimes you end up with an arena where every cover is damaged with enemies that can…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →West of Dead, developed by Upstream Arcade and published by Raw Fury, is a roguelike twin-stick shooter that carves out its identity through atmosphere and restraint rather than sheer speed or complexity. Set in a bleak, purgatorial vision of the American frontier, the game places players in the boots of William Mason, a deceased gunslinger with a burning skull, wandering through a shifting underworld in search of answers about his past. The narrative is intentionally fragmented, delivered…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not for me I guess. I love Dark Western concepts with Death and all the Folklore, but the gameplay is too clunky, slow and janky for me. Good roguelike concept but for some reason I felt like I was playing a phone game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While very flawed, the moment to moment gameplay keeps it entertaining in short sessions. Pros: - Excellent presentation. Looks like a Mike Mignola comic made game. - The combat encounters are fun, and the variety in weapons is decent. Cons: - Very, very grindy. - Long sections of needless walking. - Clunky.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simply: Great Game I love roguelites and this is one with a great distinct art style and story telling. I could yap but if you're scrolling through reviews you just want a quick jist so here it goes... Pros: - Distinctive Art style; Makes it feel like I am in the underworld of the wild west - Story telling; Unique as you pick up pieces of your past while you play the game and the game incentives you to replay the game to learn more about the deputy you play - Mechanics; Enjoyable - just like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The style of the game is gorgeously done, but the gameplay and a bunch of critical bugs ruin the whole experience. Horrible camera, main character falling under textures. 3 times I got to the final boss with a perfect full set, but stupid bugs ruined the whole experience, getting stuck in the texture, falling through the edge. And you get restored to the boss arena UNDER ARENA and ... DIE! HORRIBLE developers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎮 Gameplay 🔲 Excellent 🔲 Good ✅ Average 🔲 Poor 🔲 Staring at Walls is better 🌄 Graphics 🔲 Beautiful ✅ Good 🔲 Decent 🔲 Bad 🔲 Paint.exe 🎵 Audio 🔲 Eargasm 🔲 Amazing ✅ Good 🔲 Not too Bad 🔲 Bad 📖 Story 🔲 No story 🔲 Text or Audio Floating Around ✅ Average 🔲 Good 🔲 It will replace your life 🛡️ Difficulty 🔲 Just press "A" 🔲 Easy ✅ Average 🔲 Easy to Learn / Hard to Master 🔲 Difficult 🔁 Replayability 🔲 No replay value ✅ Maybe Once 🔲 A few times 🔲 Many Times 🔲…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's very stylish, Ron Perlman is an amazing narrator, but I just can't get get used to the clunky controls on mouse and keyboard. Cover-based western roguelikes aren't exactly common so if that sounds like your thing go for it. To anyone considering buying this, I do recommended it but maybe try playing with a controller, perhaps it works better.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was a satisfying bit of time playing this, but not enough to fully complete it. It's a good time just enjoying the atmosphere and look of the game, and satisfying to gun down enemies. But so many items feel very weak that I regret unlocking them and adding them to the itempool, and it feels like such a waste to keep walking through long empty hallways and taking like 10 seconds to teleport back to warp-points. It can be a bit buggy too, and I decided to quit when after beating a miniboss the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Careful pausing. Most games, the top option from the pause menu is "Continue". Here, it's "new run" yay wipe out all your progress after alt-tabbing for 2 seconds.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting Roguelite action RPG but in a field with so much and some very tough competition, I don't think it does enough. The art style is nice but often just just serves to make see harder then it should be. The cover mechanic is okay but also frustrates as much as it helps. The auto aim misses probably more then it actually targets the enemy 2 ft away from you then it should (also tutorial mentions melee for enemies to close to shoot...I was inside some enemies and still shooting). Feels…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short and sweet, a simple art style that looks PHENOMENAL with nvidia HDR, good sound design,combat is slower and deliberate, the game has flaws, and is clunky on the odd occasion, but this was oddly refreshing after a streak of awful games clearing out the backlog. TL;DR -- Imagine Hades but its a cover shooter, roguelike elements are massively reduced, its more about the gunplay with small buffs (except those perks, those are mandatory)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game looks cool, but no amount of watching gameplay footage can prepare you for how awkward and clunky it feels.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a slower paced roguelite, which many people may find antithetical to the genre, but I really do enjoy it. It can get a little repetitive quickly after the first few runs due to weapon variety not generally changing strategy. No matter what your setup is, you're going to be weaving from cover to cover and shooting during an opening. That said, the weapons are generally very satisfying to use. There are very few cases where you're only dealing chip damage. They are slow and brutal, perfect…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →West of Dead is a beautiful game, clearly made with love, that sadly didn’t get the care it needed. Let’s start with what works. The art direction is stunning, and what feels frustrating at first quickly reveals itself as part of the gameplay once you learn to work with shadows instead of fighting them. The soundtrack fits the mood and level design really well, and Ron Perlman does a great job setting the tone with his narration. The story itself isn’t particularly interesting, but that’s not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 West of Dead has an amazingly unique art style that I really enjoyed. The art style - along with the music, writing, and voice acting - also excellently lends itself to creating a very strong atmosphere. It's a dark, gritty, evil western shoot-em style of game with a few roguelike elements. Unfortunately, I think that is the weakest part of the game. The roguelite elements at first provide meaningful progression (unlocking the healing potion, runes, etc), but soon it turns into just…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Purgatory has a sheriff Welcome to Wyoming, lord’s year 1888, a place and a year of little consequence, since you are dead and currently taking the very first steps into saloon called afterlife. Hell, the year probably meant to convey where the stylish poncho and revolver at protagonist’s hip are coming from, namely the setting of the game is Western-themed. However pardner, as you will soon find out, the purgatory is little rough around the edges like that. Perhaps even not so little. We will…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If I could give this game a mixed review I would, but it leans more toward not recommended, unfortunately. The art style is chunky and high-contrast, but in a unique and very striking way, with some great voice acting. The main character has a fantastic design that works really well in this art style. As much as I want to like the game, there are so many issues that they can't possibly be overlooked. The cover system is probably the worst complaint that I have; the cover is so sticky that it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A rather mediocre roguelike. Great atmosphere and sound design, but I didnt like the art style as it was too difficult to see the map or enemies. The gameplay is very very clunky. With so many better games around, hard to justify spending time on this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gameplay is really clunky, could be so good with a few tweaks, the dodging and shooting just feels slow.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I *think* these are all on Switch, apologies for anything not. Battle Chef Brigade Card Shark Potionomics Iconoclasts The Messenger Sea of Stars Wandersong West of Dead Katana Zero Death's Door Loop Hero Centum Lil Gator Game Unsighted Cyber Shadow Timespinner Wizard of Legend Black Book Rain World
neutral · AI labelView post →a fairly competent roguelike, the controls are not that great on PC, the combat does feel really nice, albeit a bit slow.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun take on rogue-likes with an old western vibe and a ghost rider looking protagonist
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mediocre game with clunky controls and inability to handle multi-monitor setup properly
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok, just for you Ron,(Perlman) i'll give it another go!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is very boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 - these outlaws are mostly annoying
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has a lot of charm and a banger OST, fun game but has some flaws, like for a roguelike it it has little build variety and some parts of the game feel extremely unfair, some clunkyness in the menus. But overall a fun game that unfortunately feels incomplete
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →incredibly pretty game, and incredibly fun combat! do not go in expecting "real" action combat, it's more like realtime tactics with your paced attacks and the enemies attacking every now and then, treating it like an action game is a death sentence for enjoyment, as cover is really important for attacking sooner ah but the bosses can bug out. one was stuck on cover and i just shot him without any effort
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this so cheap that makes me feel bad for not recommending it, but that's that. The game's incredibly clunky and suffers from an aggravating input lag on tutorials and chat boxes, pretty irritating. Also, the tutorial and chat always repeat on subsequent runs, just adding on frustration. The gameplay is fine, but you always feel weak no matter what because the progression system is busted. The game does not respect your time and unlike most roguelikes (the good ones) you basically…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →dude, i accidentally clicked new game and it didnt even asked if i was sure or not. i had so many weapons unlocked and powers
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've come to enjoy this a lot. I wish movement and such was faster all around, but it's a delightfully dark progression of story, with excellent voice acting. Give it a try!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first glance, the game looks pretty good, but throughout the time I played, I had problems with the controls. It feels clunky and not smooth at all. The game is basically a copy of Dead Cells but in a different style and universe. The art style is just majestic, I really like it. That’s actually the main thing that caught my attention. The gameplay is good, except for the bad controls. The style is badass, but the gun diversity is not good at all — all the guns feel the same and there…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →West of Dead with all DLC included, only $5.24 on PSN. Excellent twinstick shooter roguelite. This was the game that turned me on to the roguelite format. With voiceover by Ron Perlman and an EXCELLENT western-style soundtrack.
positive · AI labelView post →i really love this game. it's one of my favorites, easily top 3. the gameplay is smooth anf dun, no complaints there ever. the music and abiance is phenominal, it's such such such a good time. i love love love this game, please buy it now now now. also fun to cosplay the main guy imoimo.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's good but it also is very clearly the predecsor to the hellboy game to the point i have a lot of teh same things to say about this game about that so tl;dr rouge elments are shallow, controlls well, loks awesome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →first of all game is great . gameplay is not that hard in may third run i arrive the church . but in my fifth run game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up . I see my screen full of colorful lines and its so much that i couldn't see enemys . So restart game but its still ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up .
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hmm. This is basically a 'Hades' like but not recommended due to sameyness. 'Hades' had better variety in scenery, music, characters, weaponry, tactics, and a much better story. Looping in 'Hades' didn't feel much like looping. Looping in 'West of Dead' feels like, 'Oh, not this all over again!'. Also apparently to reliably get the true ending you have to actually do a run through where you unlock just about everything so you can get some RNG NPCs (lost souls) to turn up in reachable…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the style. Incredibly ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ buggy. Can't go a single run without falling under the map or have the outlaw get stuck on something in the intro making me quit and restart.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't write many reviews these days, but I feel the need to here, because they're asking $20 for this game. I have a few broad issues with this game. First, the visuals. The game looks striking and effective, but that same visual style is used to cripple the player from Square One. You interact with lamps in the shootout stages to see more of the arena, and to very briefly stun enemies. This sounds cool, except the lamp mechanic is _essential_ to be able to even target the enemies. This is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →15. Ys III for PC Engine CD has my favorite game soundtrack of all time. But Katana Zero, West of Dead, No Man's Sky, and inFamous Second Son come really damn close.
neutral · AI labelView post →Overall about a 6/10, passable rogue-like with some stand-out moments. I'm just shy of 100%ing the game, maybe by the time you read this I will have gotten those last two achievements. - Art-style & graphics: Cool, comic book-esque style, however with limited graphical settings can look pretty bad at times. Similar in style to Curse of the Dead gods, but doesn't look as good. Main character looks cool, though we all knew Ghost-rider looks cool. - Gameplay: An interesting idea executed…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In West of Dead, I had a bug where after beating a boss one time, it didn't finish the stage and borked the run. That's in a rogue-lite, where I could just start a new short run. People will defend game-ending bugs in massive Bethesda projects though. Skyrim got away with too much, now its 'normal'
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