Evil West
A dark menace consumes the Old West. In solo or coop, fight with style in visceral, explosive combat against bloodthirsty monstrosities. Eradicate the vampiric hordes with your lightning-fueled gauntlet and…
Evil West is an adventure developed by Flying Wild Hog, released 22 November 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It currently starts at $9.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 9.5 hrs to finish.
What Evil West is
Evil West is an adventure game developed by Flying Wild Hog and released in 2022. It was published by Focus Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Evil never sleeps… but it bleeds. A dark menace consumes the American frontier. As one of the last agents in a top-secret vampire-hunting institute, you are the final line between humanity and a deep-rooted terror that now emerges from the shadows. Rise up to become a Wild West Superhero, eradicate the vampire threat and save the United States!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 30 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Evil West holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 2 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 69, across 80 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9.5 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $9.99, that works out to about $1.05 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2500K (3.3 GHz) / AMD FX-6300 X6 (3.5 GHz), 8 GB RAM and 4 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 750 Ti / Radeon RX 460. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 40GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $9.99 at Steam, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Evil West launched on 22 November 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, Pentiment, Marvel's Midnight Suns and Chained Echoes. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, Pentiment, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Evil West yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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