What happens in the game is generally decided by the player, such as the class and dialogue choices, but the story remains generally the same. First, the players leaves their family farm and makes their way to a town known as Boring Springs. After obtaining a horse, they then head to a town called Dirtwater, solving problems for the Manifest DestinyRailroad Company to eventually get to the city of Frisco, where they speak to a man named Emperor Norton. If they give him a crown he lets them build the railroad into Frisco, but if they don't, Norton gives the player an "Ant-Eye" virus (a reference to the Norton AntiVirus) and steals the train, forcing the player to fight him. After this, the player settles down in a very narrow house.
In the DLC, Reckonin' at Gun Manor, the player heads to Gun Manor, a house owned by Terri Gun (the supposed creator of the gun). The player then teams up with Flo, a ghost exterminator, to destroy the ghosts in the house. The player can either kill the ghosts or solve their problems peacefully, both paths revealing that Terri is a ghost herself.
West of Loathing was released for Linux, macOS, and Windows on August 10, 2017.[6] An iOS version was once scheduled for a 2017 release.[4] A Nintendo Switch version was released for download on May 31, 2018. It was released for Stadia on July 1, 2020.[7]
The DLC expansion pack, Reckonin' at Gun Manor was released on February 8, 2019, for the PC version of the game.[8] It was released on the Nintendo Switch on January 21, 2020.
West of Loathing received "generally favourable" reviews from professional critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[9]
Writing for Polygon, Noah Caldwell-Gervais lauded West of Loathing's humorous writing, music, and its underlying "surprising intricacy of design," while PC Gamer reviewer Christopher Livingston called the game a "delightfully written RPG absolutely packed with humor,"[14] but criticized its relatively simple combat system. In a review for Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Alec Meer recommended the game and praised its warm and welcoming tone.[16]
West of Loathing was awarded Best Comedy Game and nominated for Best Open World Game in PC Gamer's 2017 Game of the Year Awards,[17][18] and was ranked #16 on Polygon's "50 Best Games of 2017."[19] It was also nominated for "PC Game of the Year" at the Golden Joystick Awards,[20] for "Gamer's Voice (Video Game)" at the SXSW Gaming Gamer's Voice Awards,[21][22] and for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the Independent Games Festival Competition Awards.[23][24]
Soundtrack
The music of West of Loathing was composed by Ryan Ike and gained praise as a "pitch-perfect Spaghetti Western soundtrack."[25] The 20-track soundtrack was licensed and released by video game music label Materia Collective.[26]
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