Evil West

Linear third-person action mixing vampire hunting, gunplay, and melee

Flying Wild Hog · Published by Focus Entertainment · Released Nov 21, 2022

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 74% of 14K
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 72% of 157 in 30 days
Playing now: 43; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 3 years ago; Dec 21, 2022

What is Evil West?

A third-person action game set in a supernatural American frontier. As an agent of a secret vampire-hunting institute, you fight through a linear story campaign using firearms, an electric gauntlet, and gadgets, with weapon upgrades and perks. The campaign supports solo play and online co-op.

For you if...

+you want fast combat that mixes firearms and melee
+you prefer linear campaigns over open-world exploration
+you want to hunt vampires with a friend

Not for you if...

−you dislike repeated enemies and increasingly durable foes
−you want deep exploration or an open world

What players say

74% of 13,632 reviews are positive · 72% of 157 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the responsive combat, weapon and perk variety, and supernatural Western setting. Common complaints include repetitive enemies, inflated enemy health later in the campaign, stuttering, and bugs; co-op players also report connection problems and crashes.

Screenshots and trailer

Evil West system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 (64 bits)
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K (3.3 GHz) / AMD FX-6300 X6 (3.5 GHz)
Graphics: 4 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 750 Ti / Radeon RX 460
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 40 GB available space
Notes: 30 FPS, 1920x1080 in medium

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 30
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Age rating: 17+

Steam Deck: Playable

Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Czech.