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Don't Shoot First!

Face off in Don't Shoot First, a Wild West duel where timing is everything. Draw too soon, you lose. Wait too long… it’s over. Do you have the nerves to hold back and the reflexes to strike at the perfect…

26 March 2025

Don't Shoot First! is an arcade, released 26 March 2025 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Don't Shoot First! is

Don't Shoot First! was released in 2025. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Face off in Don't Shoot First, a Wild West duel where timing is everything. Draw too soon, you lose. Wait too long… it’s over. Do you have the nerves to hold back and the reflexes to strike at the perfect moment?
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Don't Shoot First! launched on 26 March 2025, within three weeks of Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction and Blue Prince. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction, Blue Prince.

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When did Don't Shoot First! come out?
Don't Shoot First! was released on 26 March 2025 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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