Posted on: May 5, 2025
dquinard
Verified ownerGames: 64 Reviews: 7
excellent game
very funny game, simple to use
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West of Loathing
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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.
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.
- 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
Copyright 2017 by Asymmetric Publications, LLC
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7.5 hMain
12 h Main + Sides
20.5 h Completionist
11.5 h All Styles
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PC Gamer
88/100
The turn-based combat isn't the best, but it's a delightfully written RPG absolutely packed with humor.
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9/10
Asymmetric
Then there's the lore. West of Loathing takes place after a major magical disaster: the Day the Cows Came Home. Portals to hell turned the cows demonic, and great darkness spread across the West. West of Loathing elicits this powerful emotional connection with stick figures. It bonds you to its world with nothing more than doodling and dialogue. There's a pretty good turn-based adventure game there, under the hood, but West of Loathing's many strengths are all personal: connections made between developer and player when you both laugh at the same time. Absurdism aside, there's something fundamentally human and direct baked into the game's whole design from aesthetic to script. On top of it, you can dunk your hand into a spittoon of caustic toxins to pull out an enchanted sword. That's the kind of player choice I didn't even know I wanted in a Western RPG.
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95%
One of the funniest RPGs ever made, West of Loathing combines a unique visual presentation with outstanding roleplaying.
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Posted on: May 8, 2025
locustluna
Verified ownerGames: 5 Reviews: 1
must play imo
really like the humor and style in this.
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Posted on: June 14, 2025
Sunatic
Games: 20 Reviews: 4
Son I'm amused
Good, fun, could be a bit longer.
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Posted on: December 22, 2017
lostjohnny
Verified ownerGames: 90 Reviews: 1
Challenging & hillarious
Thoroughly entertaining. Challenging, absurdly funny, & very addictive. I was skeptical at 1st, especially in light of the graphics, but once I started playing it was very hard to stop. I've played thru it 4 times now. Great game. My only criticism, & it doesn't detract from my enjoyment of the game, is that the ending is a little anti-climatic. But not enough to keep me from playing thru it again later on. Would love to see a follow up game to this. I'd by it for sure.
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Posted on: February 24, 2018
Death_And_Taxes1
Verified ownerGames: 205 Reviews: 1
The funniest game ever
Really funny. Made me laugh more than most of my life. Tons of little secrets and all choices matter.
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