Game2015

Hard West

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Developer CreativeForge Games

Hard West is a turn-based tactical game developed by CreativeForge Games and published by Gambitious Digital Entertainment. It was released digitally on November 18, 2015, for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux, and was released for the Nintendo Switch on March 7, 2019. A sequel, Hard West 2, was released in August 2022. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

32 reactions from 2 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Jul 2, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works

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  • Matt Forbeck @forbeck.comBluesky · Mar 23, 2026

    Happy to see that Hard West 2 is making the leap from PC to Xbox and PlayStation! I had a great time writing this game with Rafał Sadowski and working with the rest of the crew at Ice Code Games and Good Shepherd Entertainment. Go check it out! youtu.be/DFdpMoQ3b8c?...

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  • Matt Forbeck @forbeck.comBluesky · Jun 16, 2025

    Video gamers! My friends at Ice Code Games (I co-wrote Hard West 2 with them) just launched their latest game into Early Access on Steam. Go check out Nightmare Frontier! store.steampowered.com/app/3310950/...

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  • Ross Burton @rossburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 9, 2025

    Hard West 2 was an enormous success with very positive reviews & around 42k - 134.5k units sold. Unlike its predecessor, in Hard West 2 the experience shifts from the methodical, luck-based encounters of the first game to a faster, more aggressive puzzle-like combat system. #gamedev #indiegamedev

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  • Bathory Holmes @bathoryholmes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2024

    Played a bit of Invisible, Inc. A tactics style game (XCOM, Hard West) but focused on espionage. Stealth.

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  • Bathory Holmes @bathoryholmes.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2023

    i would like a city builder sim, but in the universe of Hard West. I wanna build up the perfect ghost town to attract the devil, demons, and other dark forces. i suppose there could be a game mode where you fight them, but what fun is that?

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  • Leon DarkTech @leondarktech.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    I'm back again I got three new games and I wanna take em out for a spin what we got here is Dicefolk, Inkbound and Hard West 2 let's see if there any good join me as I check these out www.twitch.tv/leondarktech #vtuber #gaming

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  • pressakey.tube @pressakey.tubeBluesky · Mar 23, 2026

    Hard West 2 - Console Announcement Trailer | https://pressakey.tube/135240 #HardWest2 #Indiegame #WildWest #RPG #Strategy

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  • Robot On Coffee @robotoncoffee.tvBluesky · Mar 21, 2026

    The longest running tabletop game I've ever done was a wild weird west campaign, so Hard West was an instant buy. I was also up for a promotion at the time I got it, so unfortunately the old professional life won out. Good to see this one on my list again.

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  • Skelenaut @skelenaut.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2026

    My time gaming in 2025 was spent mostly on: Star Wars Outlaws Death Stranding Final Fantasy XII Zodiac Age Marvel Rivals I also completed: Styx: Shards of Darkness (a game I fell off of ages ago and decided to pick back up) Hard West II Deep Sky Derelicts

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  • 𝕽𝖊𝖜™|DruagaBlackhart™ @druagablackhart.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2025

    Yeah? Gives me more to look forward to. Closest I've played to an XCOM game is the Shadowrun Trilogy, Empire of Sin and Hard West. Got XCOM 2 Collection on sale a while back and am now just hopping into it :3

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  • 🐻Kharu 🌳Guardian spirit of the forest 🍂 @arousedbear.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2024

    With the upcoming comeback on my behalf I was curious what people might wanna see. I have the stuff to play Fire Emblem: Three houses, Hard West 2, or I could play a game called UFO 50 and we mess around with the 50 different retro games it has to offer!. Comment below!

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  • Bathory Holmes @bathoryholmes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2024

    Hard West is $1.99 on Steam until October 7th. Hard West is an XCOM style tactics game set in the Weird West. I dig the style, tone, story, music, gameplay overall. So, yeah, I strongly recommend the game.

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  • Cameron Bear @beariswrit.ingBluesky · Jul 2, 2026

    Hard West, a game about America's violent past, with a little demonology for flavor. Just a little. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e88...

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  • Militant Nerd @militantnerd.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2026

    Play Hard West series. I found "action points refill system" in the second game interesting, and they are generally great games.

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  • gamegeeksnews.bsky.social @gamegeeksnews.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2026

    The Good, the Bad and the Supernatural – Hard West 2 is coming to consoles!: gamegeeksnews.com/the-good-the... #hardwest2 #xbox #playstation5

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  • Roberto N @cyborgosprey.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2026

    Writing up my showgunners review. I really enjoye, and continue to enjoy, playing that one. SMASH T.V and The Running Man in an X-COM inspired stragegy game from the team that made Hard West? Hells yea.

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  • Río Robayo @ MIGW/PAX @riorobayo.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 28, 2025

    Playing thru more Hard West 2 and while I enjoy the combat, it is downright impressive how much the game goes out of its way to make the story and characters as uninteresting as possible. Stick to what you're good at I guess, but man just a *little bit* of investment would do wonders

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  • RW Scott @rrwscott.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 10, 2025

    playing THE LAMPLIGHTER'S LEAGUE- underrated game. mixes live stealth & turn-based combat (like Mutant Year Zero) but rewards reckless abandon (like Hard West), fitting it's 1930s high adventure theme. crush the techno-fascist cult! 👍 #thelamplightersleague #strategy #1930s #adventure

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  • Rupert @deckard-red.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2025

    That Cold West game sounded amazing, closest I’ve seen to a game like that was Hard West - for some reason Deadlands Weird West doesn’t seem to get much love, even in cinema it’s outings have done only ok.

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  • Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2023

    If you like turn-based ranged tactical games, Hard West 2 is lots o fun! Even better than 1! Has a cool bravado mechanic where killing an enemy with a shot restores your character's action points so one can chain shots together. Attractive graphics and good voice acting + sillyfun Western + Magic

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  • Jons Mostovojs @[email protected]Mastodon · Mar 21, 2023

    @tivasyk playing dwarf fortress feels a bit like doing BOTH of my day jobs at the same time: running a company *and* programming. I recommend #ElastoMania 2! Re: #HardWest... I really prefer realism or pacifism in games :D I think I'd rather play #JaggedAliance for the first time. But yeah, for me, I'm searching for some games that I can play on a laptop while chilling after an intense day.

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  • Tacty @grasleif.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 20, 2026

    Hard West is on Ps4???? It's such an old and obsure game no way we are talking about the same game. The yeehaw Xcom game

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  • VaStarEX @vastarextend.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 22, 2026

    2. Evil West Now, this Game Seems to be much more like a Special Kind of Unique Third Person Shooter, I always kinda get mixed up with Weird West (which I also own) as well as Hard West (That I own too), and there's Blood West (I own that too might play it too) Basically all the X West Games there

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  • Spooky Boogie @somnisoftcatte.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2025

    Quick additional thoughts: The corkboard was *terrible* on Switch (slow, connections often didn’t register) Also bought their previous game Hard West but it isn’t clicking with me, probably because I’ve played some of its more interesting sequel I keep accidentally calling it Phantom Brigade

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  • Melted Kitten @candycrab.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2025

    The game I played most so far this year is Hard West. It's an... okay to good tactical RPG. Def lacking in the readability department (I'd like to know where my characters are in direct sunlight before I moved them), but the two scenarios I played had an interesting plot #transcrabplays

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  • Yawaru @yawaru.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2024

    Freecell Solitare Deluxe Geki Yaba Runner Anniversary Edition GhoulBoy Grave Keeper Green Game Hard West Heavy Burger Hiragana Pixel Party Hollow Human: Fall Flat I am Setsuna I am the Hero Jonny Turbo’s Arcade Caveman Ninja Just Shapes and Beats Kadobat Wars! Koloro Mana Spark Mecho Tales Membrane

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  • NPCeelie🦋🔀 Shapeshifting Vtuber @npceelie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2024

    38. Hard West 2 Continuing my obsession with tactics RPGs, this game is a wild time set in one of my favorite setting types of all time. Play as a ragtag group of outcasts, undead, marked men, and magicians as you play with some of the most enjoyable mechanics I've experienced in a tactics rpg.

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  • Martin Smith @transmithim.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2024

    Some surprisingly interesting games up as freebies on Prime Gaming this week: Hard West 2 (Cowboy X-Com-alike I've never heard of), En Garde (a fun looking swashbuckling game, also never heard of) and Stray Gods (musical Greek god RPG). Can my aging desktop run any of them though?

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  • Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2023

    Certainly a historical game more under the broader definitions but nevertheless an awesome turn-based tactical shooter I'm playing: Hard West 2. If you like X-Com and Phoenix Point games, you'll probably love this!

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  • Glynn Stewart @[email protected]Mastodon · Dec 19, 2022

    Re last boost. I adored #HardWest and even based a #Deadlands game I ran on it. #HardWest2 was a "release reviews are good" purchase for me and those are rare these days. I haven't managed to actually play it yet (looking at my nth playthrough of #Stellaris) but I expect a good time when I get to it.

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  • AllSaints' Eve❎ @udell_gamesMastodon · Dec 13, 2019

    I'll be live on #twitch at 7:00 PM (in 1.5 hours) playing #HardWest! 🤠👿 Rootin' Tootin' Satan Shootin' 🤠👿 >>> https://twitch.tv/hiscursedness <<<

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  • Tak! @[email protected]Mastodon · Oct 4, 2018

    Hard West is an American Old West-themed RPG with xcom-style tactical combat. How is that spooky? The story quickly dives into the supernatural, and the player finds herself being manipulated by dark forces beyond comprehension. It's a criminally underrated gem with unique gameplay elements and storytelling mechanics. My long steam review: https://steamcommunity.com/id/evilTak/recommended/307670 #gameing #VideoGames #spooky #HardWest

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