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Western Press
Developer Bandit-1
Based on a true story, Western Press is the most historically accurate frontier dueling game available for PC and Mac. Probably. Up to 16 players (or bots) compete in a tournament of 1v1 sprints to press a random string of ten buttons the fastest. From the Steam store page
173 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Jun 24, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
63
Fresh
109 positive · 63 negative
95% range 56–70%
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| Steam reviews | 109 | 63 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
198 of 293 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 173 · most liked firstWestern Press is a one-on-one duel where the faster button-presser shoots the slower. There is literally nothing more to it than that. You and one other player are shown ten random keys, and whoever presses them first wins. Rinse and repeat. One of the blurbs on the store page compares it to Divekick, in that it's a simplified concept taken to the extreme. I guess that's accurate, but what makes divekick interesting is how even in that simplified environment, there's still a great deal of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Follow my Curator page, [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41363546-Fruit-N-Doggie-Reviews/]Fruit N Doggie Reviews, so you can be updated whenever I post a new review. Overall Rating - Painfully Bad ★☆☆☆☆ First Impressions Based on the tepid reviews, I actually tried to trade Western Press (WP) away, but I never found a suitable deal for it. Since the reviews weren't terrible though, I chose to bite the bullet and keep the game. Having earned all the achievements, which required…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PROS: -Very fun and creative game, specially if you can play with friends (locally or online) -It has a lot of fun ideas and inovative features -You can play with your own Custom created character -You can create your own custom background scenery -The Character/background creation process is fairly simple. -Improves your attention and typing speed for sure! CONS: -Takes too long and too much effort to restart a battle when it should be much faster. If you keep losing against a NPC/player it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One-Sentence Summary A highly polished hidden gem oozing style that brings a unique conceptual twist and incredible tension to skill-based 1v1 games. Pros * Narration, music, artwork are all masterfully done * Gameplay is very polished, precise, and smooth * Fun, quirky sense of humor and characters * Updated input options, including a TYPING mode! * Duel format creates great tension * Awesome for local multiplayer * "The duel abides." Cons * Could use more single-player game modes & content…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/JgWVlwjxaA8 Game: Western Press Genre: Western 1v1 Duel Developer: Bandit-1 Publisher: Surprise Attack Copy supplied by PCGN Western Press is a 1v1 western dueling game developed by Bandit-1 and published by Surprise Attack. As a big fan of the western genre, I was really hyped for the release of this game, and I am happy to say that it succeeded my expectations. STORY The cutscene that opens the game parodies Sam Elliot's opening monologue of The Big Lebowski, and it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Over takes Minesweeper for most well optimised game of all-time! Plus it has seemless online and controller support! Wow! I can't wait to make my own characters and take them online. Greatest Australian videogame of all time. No questions asked. EDIT: Seeing as this is the first visible review, let me know if you have any other questions.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Western Press is a typing game, where you are thrown back into the old west where you fight to come out on top. In the game you play as a woman who is killing everyone in her path and you this by typing or pressing button combinations. That's about all I can summarize the game with as it's as simple as it sounds. There's no power ups, nothing, all you do is type and if you're faster than your opponent you win and continue with your journey, you die you go back to the fight and try to win.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short, one-time party game. Fun for maybe 10-15 minutes, and then quickly wears out. Feels like taking a single challenge from a Mario Party game and turning it into a stand-alone game. Furthermore, for a game where the rounds are ~5 seconds long, the waiting time in between rounds is excruciatingly long...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Holy, this is, really, really bad. Its fun for the first 2-3 matches and then you realise, the input for your keyboard is absolute ♥♥♥♥. It takes up to a full second to realise you click one of the letters at times. Not to also mention that the letters themselves are impossible to read. I do alot of online type racing, mostly typeracer and a few others and I consistently hit 70-90+ WPM(words per minute) and I have a really good typing keyboard with nearly no latency, but this is just...bad. I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Western Press is Bandit-1’s first ever game on Steam while it is publisher Surprise Attack’s tenth. This time around they’ve delivered one of the most ingenious games that I have played this year in a gun toting wild west game that will be all over in a matter of seconds. The concept isn’t new it’s the delivery that is. Players – and you can play as a single player against a competitive AI – aim to beat a row of controller presses as quickly as possible. It’s a wild west shoot out as the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A simple pattern minigame that has no story but a nice setting. There's a sequence of 10 letters/buttons you have to press before your opponent, wrong inputs usually add a time penalty. You can play with either controller or keyboard (and for keyboard, choose words or random letters). Single player campaign (called 'Skill Tester') is a just series of 9 duels with increasingly fast AI. The bulk of your play time should be with online friends or split-screen multiplayer. The single player…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very under-rated IMO. It's games like this that make me never loose faith in the indie gaming community. Pros: +Gameplay is simple and fun, but chalinging +Spritework is beautiful +Music and sound design are great +Online play +Controller support +Workshop Support (Custom Character and Levels) +Very easy to make your own characters and enviroments +Skeleton Cowboys Cons: -As I said, this game is very under-rated, so what's currently in the workshop as of now isn't anything to ride home about…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Essentially cr4p where you shoot people and who's first to type specific key combination wins. Visuals are ok though but gameplay is not.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Could have been a pretty fun game, I like the core concepts, but the font they chose to use is abysmal. I get that they were going for a pixel look, but in a game which is about split-second reaction it is incredibly frustrating to be unable to tell an R from an A. Also, having the letters appear vertically just makes it more difficult to read as well. These aren't "fun" challenges, they're irritating handicaps.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Western Press is a fast typing duel game, where you are pitted against bots or players to see who types a long word fastest. On paper, this is a good idea and I love typing games, but once you figure out it's actually NOT a typing game, here lies the problem: PROS: 1) Nice pixelart 2) Cool idea 3) Low price CONS: 1) The words are shown vertically rather than horizonally, which turns the game into a QTE button masher. (which explains why a controller is supported) 2) No one plays online (tried…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A small indie game developed by Bandit-1 studios, Western Press delivers an interesting and challenging experience where you duel various different people in the Wild West, from Native American Indians to cowboys and even priests with shotguns. It’s a very simple game with pixelated graphics and only one gameplay style: duel enemies in a difficulty curve that resembles a shuttle flight pattern because this game is only big enough for one of you. Read more at:…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game because of Heavy Weapons Guy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →say good reason for buy this?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Western Press checks all the boxes for a polished single/multi-player game: -Fun gameplay -Authentic western-themed narrator -Bots -Overall polished feeling My only gripes are the lengthy round transitions and lack of online players (luckily bots and local multiplayer make up for this). ---Update--- Here's how I got the 20 button combo achievement: -Connected an Xbox controller. -Played the game in windowed mode. -Had notepad visible and set as the next thing cycled to via Alt+Tab. -Played…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun duel minigame but I don't see why you'd pay for just that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The font and word orientation makes this game more of a strugglefest than it needs to be. Maybe I'll hook up a 360 controller and see if that makes it more playable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fun! However, it quickly changes from doable to impossible after about 10 minutes of play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun quick party game with great support for custom characters, as long as you have a decent software you can create them in. The game is simple and fun, it's exactly what it says it was. I recommend playing with friends.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is great, it's music is not 8 bit or anything like that, so it's not a retro experience entirely, but as a modern party game it's still really fun. Anyone can just pick it up and play it. There are some neat unlockable characters, good humour, and the sound and animations are great. The game features keyboard, controller, and Dance mat support. It has 2 game modes, one about pressing the right buttons fastest, and one about pressing buttons off memory. You can cheat in the memory…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game about typing words very quickly. Writes them side ways so you can't read them. Guess I gotta tilt my entire monitor around to play this one boys.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Same as whats been said already multiple times in the reviews. Cool concept thats fun for a bit, but gets old quickly. Online is dead, tourny mode is just boring with only bots since the majority of it is just skipping through and theres only 9 levels to the skill tester [campaign i guess]. Wouldve probably gone up in popularity if it was free. Couldve added micros for characters as an income generator Mabey a leveling system for online.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has some interesting things going on, but it's a one-trick pony, and the pony is on death's door by the time you get to it. Replayability is a negative number. It takes way too long to get a single round rolling due to the meandering nature of all the unnecessary animations scattered throughout the game, that seem to exist solely to keep you from getting to the part where you actually play. The 'insults' thrown by the characters are obnoxious and never land correctly; they're almost invariably…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m truly baffled by all the positive reviews this game has gotten because it sucks so hard. It’s incredibly shallow and thin on content; was bored of it within half an hour. Plus, by the sixth duel the difficulty spiked in ridiculous fashion. The CPU opponent was completing his commands in 2.6 seconds. Seriously, WTF is up with that? I could go on with the negatives, but I feel I’ve wasted enough of my time on this title. Refund requested.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent premise, but with no storyline, this game is entertaining for about 15 minutes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Installed. Typed a word wrong. Got shot and killed. 10/10 would type again. Not so much a game as a single word at a time typing lesson. The premise of the game is easy. You square off in a duel against a bot or another player. After a countdown a word will appear on the screen. Whoever spells it first correctly wins the duel. There is also a memory mode where you need to remember a string of increasing commands. I wish there were more to the game but thats about it. The online is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As someone who played typing flash games in competitions against my family growing up, this game was such a great treat for me. It's a dueling sudden death game in which you must type a word faster than your opponent. If you aren't much of a typist, the game supports controllers, as well (I've heard it's better with a controller, but I don't have one to test it out on). It's cheap, and I'm sure it's even cheaper when it goes on sale, so pick it up sometime and give it a try!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The devs are incredibly involved, fixing all problems I had with this game within a week of me mentioning them. It's also a really good game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cannot believe how much fun this game is! Music, retro graphics, narrator's voice are all perfect and gameplay is intuitive and challenging. Bring it on.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Western press is the best game ever! The only con would be that you can't stop playing it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Western Press is a reaction based typing game, where you need to input the correct string of characters or memorize it in order to win a life and death western duel. The game has an all right idea for a typing game, nothing too serious, but it makes the basic game interesting. The story teller's lines are pretty good, but sadly there is not many of them. You can play the game in online or local multiplayer, easy to get into and host it. The retro graphics are all right in general. You can make…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another Simon Says game, where the entire point of the game is boiled down to twitch reflexes. The twist this time around is that you can either make it harder or easier on you by choosing the input method. So you can either do it via controller or if you, like me, are a proficient typist who averages around 100 words or 500+ keystrokes per minute, you can completely dominate the game by typing out predefined words. The single-player is limited only to a handful of AI enemies and seem more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's boring. the pixel graphics are fun, but the gameplay is fun for like 15 minutes. That's it. The words you have to type aren't even nice words. They don't fit the style etc. If you're looking for a game that uses typing / button input to play, don't buy this. There are better ones out there.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ready, aim, press. Western Press is a dueling battle game where players must race through pressing a series of 10 randomized buttons. Whoever finishes first wins. The duels last just a few seconds, testing your reaction skills at blazing speeds. The gameplay is simple but can be challenging if you don’t have nimble fingers. You can duel in a Skill Tester mode against AI opponents, starting with a stack of cans. The difficulty gets more intense each level, and you unlock characters as you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My review of Western Press Pros: Cool design, Good character design, Incredibly simple, Local/online multiplayer, Good sound design, Controller support, You can create your own characters and backgrounds, Good if you like pressing buttons. Cons: Incredibly simple, Playing against the computer is a little unfair, Takes too long to restart a match if you lose, Bad if you dont like pressing buttons. Rating: 6.5/10-Decent. If you're a fan of Gunslingers, Duels, The Old West and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Press X,Y, A,B fast Now press up down x, a, right fast Now press x, a, b, y, up, a, right, left fast ^ thats the game....that's it... now add some animations and colors. I thought there was more, but there isn't....maybe some character unlocks... that's about it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is no story, just duels. A duel consists of 30 seconds of navigating menus and 4 seconds of key pressing gameplay. We can then repeat! Why would you repeat? Only to feel like it was money well spent.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game reminded me the good old "Wild Gunman" from NES days. The only difference here is that you shoot not with a gun, but with your quick typing skills. It's pretty well done little game. You can setup local tournaments up to 16 players (bots or real people) and have a good time competing for the "badassiest typer in a room" award ^^. Too bad that nobody plays it online, but that's understandable. People don't play these kind of games daily or even weekly. The only thing I didn't like is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why there is so many positive reviews for this game? It isn't innovative, addictive or even enjoyable at all. I think I played something similar on my mobile phone. Western Press is just a mini game with 4,99 euro price tag which, in matter of fact, could be a free browser game as well. Single player lasts for 10 minutes to an hour tops, depends on your skills. Online is dead so it only qualifies as a party game also for an hour or so. Then, you can just forget about it. I truly don't recommend…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite what the Steam store page says, there is no single-player mode to this game aside from the "skill tester" which you play once for 5 minutes. If you're looking for the next Typing of the Dead, this isn't it. Also - making your catchphrase a cheap, unfunny pop culture reference ... -10 points.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple but fun party game. Love the ability to create players.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only just getting started with Western Press single player but already loving it. The mood that the game sets right from launch gets you right into it. It's a suprisingly challenging game that would be even better against friends, especially with the stress pauses of not knowing if you've won a duel when you finish your moves just miliseconds apart from your oponent. Definitely worth the price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A typing and memory game set in the wild west. It is definitively a lot more fun playing against real people and not bots, but sadly there is no one playing it online. But even against bots it is ok for a while. They should really tone it down with the animations and dialog, there is way too much of that between gameplay. Works fine on Linux with Proton (Proton 4.2-1).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PROS: -Unique Game play -Nice Art Style - Impressive Cut Scenes -Very Cheap (During A Sale Its Practically Free) -Fun Local Play CONS: -Game Play Can Get Repetitive/Boring Quickly -Online Is Dead -Can Be VERY Frustrating At Times (For Me At least Final Thoughts: Western Press Isint A Bad Game By Any Means However If The Game Was Free And Received More Content Updates, This Would Be Much More Popular And Fun To Play Worth it if you have some spare cash sitting around or want a cheap local…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Western Press got me very im-press-ed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's like one of those typing game you play online where you press the letter corresponding to the one on screen, but you're using a controller instead. gets boring real quick.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Font is hard to read (and trust me this game is mostly reading) Not sure why there isn't a place to practice. Why bother giving a preview of the last buttons first... just show them all at once. Typing games should go horizontal... not vertical.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Something I decided to play on a whim, Western Press turned out to be a simple enough game to grasp, but like it tends to be the case with such games when there's some degree of manual dexterity involved it just means game pushes it to the extreme. What does that mean? To win these old Western style duels, narrative even frames them as simply being the method through which problems are resolved and everyone's always itching to draw iron for the most minute of matters, you input commands lined…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Western Press is a retro pixel speed typing game. Type the word before your enemy can type his, and you will shoot them (or be shot). That's all there is to the game. Ugly retro pixel graphics (the game was released in 2016, there's no excuse for pixel graphics, hire an artist if you have no talent yourself) accompany next-to-no meaningful gameplay. There's nothing here that warrants the extreme $7.50 price tag for a typing game. The developers decided to insult PC gamers by having a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very hard to play with paws.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A novel idea, but not deserving of its price, sale or not. The character designs are fun, and the actual gameplay is entertaining, but it's simply not worth it. I finished the singleplayer in twenty minutes, and that was it. With barely anyone online at any given time, your experience will pretty much entirely be single player. The charming and polished little game had me excited, but alas, the polish and shine is much ado about nothing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good fast typing game set in western america, with awesome sound effects and music, and with multiplayer too
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's too bad that such an impressive visual style and a nifty well-executed theme was wasted just to peddle a 'game' where you just have to do extremely brief QTEs over and over. It got old after about ten seconds.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great idea but when the game itself lasts ten minutes tops, just can't recommend. Should have been five words per round minimum, plenty more challenges.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool pixel art and quick reflex button presses. It's pretty fun, but I couldn't find anyone to play online.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A speed typing game where you type 1 word at a time. No really, that's it. It has a great narrator and beautiful sprites, I'll give it that, but there's no content here. I beat the skill tester in under 5 minutes and realized that's it. That was the whole game. There's nothing else. I don't have anything else to say about Western Press other than this: It's overpriced. If this game cost $0.50 I'd consider it a steal. Instead, this game normally costs $5 and $1.50 on sale for 15 minutes…
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