Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

Western first-person shooter with two brothers and distinct fighting styles

Techland · Published by Techland Publishing · Released Jul 2, 2009

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Reviews: Very Positive; 87% of 5,116
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 86% of 29 in 30 days
Playing now: 8; right now
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 78/100 (critic reviews)

What is Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood?

A single-player first-person shooter set in the Old West in 1864, as Ray and Thomas McCall seek the Gold of Juarez to save their family. Choose a brother with different weapons and abilities, travel on foot or horseback, and fight with revolvers, rifles, and other guns. Accurate shots build concentration for special shooting modes.

For you if...

+you enjoy choosing between close-range and long-range playstyles
+you like Western family dramas told through shootouts

Not for you if...

−you want online multiplayer or co-op
−you prefer varied encounters to repeated shootouts

What players say

87% of 5,116 reviews are positive · 86% of 29 in the last 30 days

Players praise the brothers’ story and gunplay. Their most common complaint is the frustrating duel system; some also criticize the heavy motion blur and narrow field of view.

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Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows® XP SP2 and SP3/Windows Vista® (only)
Processor: 3.2 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or 2.66 GHz Pentium D/AMD® Athlon™64 3500+
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 10.0/9.0-compliant video card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list*)
Memory: 1024 MB RAM (2 GB recommended)
Storage: 4 GB free