This is a list of computer and video games that are set in the Old West or that are defined by a western style (and even mix between different genres, such as science fiction western).
| Game | Date | Platforms | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 is Better Than 6 | 2015 | Microsoft Windows, Linux | Pinkapp Games | Top-down action video game |
| Alone in the Dark 3 | 1995 | DOS, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows |  Infogrames Interplay | |
| America | 2001 | Microsoft Windows | Data Becker | A real-time Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux game. |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | 1994 | Super NES, PC | Hudson Soft | |
| An American Tail: Fievel's Gold Rush | 2002 | GBA | Conspiracy Entertainment Crave Entertainment | |
| Back to the Future Part III | 1991 | Mega Drive/Genesis, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Master System, ZX Spectrum | Image Works, Mirrorsoft | |
| Back to the Future Part II & III | 1990 | NES | Beam Software, LJN | The Part III portion takes place in the west. |
| Badlands | 1984 | Arcade | Konami | |
| Bakushou Yoshimoto No Shinkigeki | 1994 | PC-Engine Super CD-ROM² | Hudson Soft | Only 1 world has a western theme. |
| Bang! Howdy | 2006 | Java | Three Rings Design | |
| Bank Panic | 1984 | Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 (as West Bank), SG-1000, MSX (ported by Pony Canyon), Master System, ZX Spectrum (as West Bank) | Sega | |
| Big Challenge! Gun Fighter | 1989 | Famicom Disk System | Jaleco | |
| Billy the Kid Returns! | 1993 | DOS | Alive Software | |
| Blood | 1997 | DOS | GT Interactive | Player is a gunslinger from the old west. |
| Blood Bros. | 1990 | Arcade | TAD Corporation US Release: Fabtek | |
| Boot Hill | 1977 | Arcade | Midway Games | |
| Boot Hill Heroes | 2014 | Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation Mobile | Experimental Gamer Studios | RPG set in a spaghetti Western style world. |
| Boot Hill Bounties | 2017 | Windows, Nintendo Switch | Experimental Gamer Studios | Sequel to Boot Hill Heroes |
| Call of Juarez | 2006 | Windows, Xbox 360 | Ubisoft Focus Home Interactive Ascaron | |
| Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood | 2009 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Ubisoft, Techland | A prequel to Call of Juarez. |
| Call of Juarez: The Cartel | 2011 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Ubisoft, Techland | An example of the Neo-Western genre. |
| Call of Juarez: Gunslinger | 2013 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Ubisoft, Techland | |
| Cheyenne | 1984 | Arcade | Exidy | |
| Cowboy Kid | 1991 | NES | Romstar | |
| Custer's Revenge | 1982 | Atari 2600 | Mystique | |
| Darkwatch | 2005 | PlayStation 2, Xbox | A horror game set in western times about a vampire outlaw named Jericho Cross. | |
| Day Dreamin' Davey | 1992 | NES | One of Davey's dream sequences takes place in the Old West. | |
| Dead Man's Hand | 2004 | Microsoft Windows, Xbox | ||
| Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive | 2001 | Microsoft Windows | Atari | |
| Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge | 2006 | Microsoft Windows | Atari | |
| Desperados III | 2020 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | THQ Nordic | A real-time tactics video game |
| Dillon's Rolling Western | 2012 | Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo | |
| Dust: A Tale of the Wired West | 1995 | Microsoft Windows, Mac | Cyberflix, GTE Entertainment | A point and click western adventure game |
| Exoplanet: First Contact | 2016 | Windows | Grab the Games | A space western role-playing game |
| Express Raider | 1985 | Arcade, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Data East, Amstrad CPC, U.S. Gold | |
| Fallout: New Vegas | 2010 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Obsidian Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks | Post-apocalyptic action RPG set in the Mojave Desert |
| Far West | 2002 | Microsoft Windows | Greenwood Entertainment, JoWooD Productions | |
| Fast Draw Showdown | 1994 | |||
| Fester Mudd: Curse of the Gold[1] | 2013 | Linux, Mac, Microsoft Windows, Ouya, iOS, Android | Replay Games | Point-and-click adventure game |
| Fiend Hunter[2] | 1993 | |||
| Fistful of Frags | 2007 | Linux, Mac, Microsoft Windows | FoF Dev Team | |
| Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist | 1993 | DOS, Windows, Macintosh | Sierra On-Line | Western-comedy adventure game. |
| God Hand | 2006 | PlayStation 2 | ||
| Gold Rush! | 1988 | |||
| Gun | 2005 | Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PSP PC, Nintendo GameCube | ||
| Gun Fight | 1975 | Arcade, Bally Astrocade, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 |  Taito Midway | |
| Gun.Smoke | 1985 | Arcade, NES | Capcom Romstar | |
| Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James | 2001 | PlayStation | ||
| Gunfighter II: Revenge of Jesse James | 2003 | PlayStation 2 | ||
| Gunfright | 1986 | |||
| Gunman's Proof | 1997 | SFC | ASCII | The game uncannily resembles The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but with an Old West theme. |
| Gunman Clive[3] | 2014 | Microsoft Windows | Hörberg Productions | |
| Hard West | 2015 | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux | ||
| Heated Barrel | 1992 | Arcade | ||
| Helldorado | 2009 | Microsoft Windows | Viva Media | The sequel to the 2006 computer game Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge. |
| High Noon | 1984 | Commodore 64 | Ocean Software | |
| Ironhorse | 1985 | Arcade | Konami | |
| Kane | 1986 | |||
| The Last Bounty Hunter | 1994 | |||
| Law of the West | 1985 | Apple II, Commodore 64 | Accolade | |
| Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West | 2010 | Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 | Paradox Interactive | |
| Lethal Enforcers II: Gunfighters | 1994 | |||
| Live A Live | 1994 | |||
| The Lone Ranger | 1991 | |||
| Lost Dutchman Mine | 1989 | |||
| Lucky Luke | 1998 | |||
| Lucky Luke: The Video Game | 1996 | |||
| Lucky Luke: On the Dalton's Trail | 2000 | |||
| Lucky Luke: Desperado Train | 2000 | |||
| Lucky Luke: Wanted! | 2001 | |||
| Lucky Luke: Western Fever | 2001 | Infogrames | ||
| Lucky Luke: Outlaws | 2006 | J2ME | ||
| Mad Dog McCree | 1990 | |||
| Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold | 1992 | |||
| Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath | 2005 | Xbox, PlayStation 3 | Oddworld Inhabitants | |
| Oregon Trail II | 1996 | Microsoft Windows | MECC, SoftKey Multimedia | |
| The Oregon Trail | 1971 | Apple II, Commodore 64 | MECC, The Learning Company | |
| Outlaw | 1978 | Atari 2600, Arcade | Atari Inc. | |
| Outlaws | 1985 | Commodore 64 | Ultimate | |
| Outlaws | 1997 | PC | LucasArts | |
| Pioneer Lands | 2011 | IOS, PC, Mac, Android | Nevosoft | |
| Priest | ||||
| Pecos Bill | Philips CD-I | Rabbit Ears Productions | An interactive storybook that included games for early childhood development. | |
| Red Dead Revolver | 2004 | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Rockstar Games | |
| Red Dead Redemption | 2010 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Rockstar Games | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2018 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Stadia | Rockstar Games | |
| Rodeo Judge[4] | 2015 | Android, iOS | Rodeo Judge LLC | |
| Red Steel 2 | 2010 | Wii | Ubisoft | Mix between western and samouraï genres, with some modern architecture. |
| Rising Zan: The Samurai Gunman | 1999 | PlayStation | Agetec | Mix between western and samouraï genres. |
| Samurai Western | 2005 | PlayStation 2 | ||
| Sheriff | 1979 | Arcade | Nintendo | |
| Shootout at Old Tucson | 1994 | Arcade | ||
| Sierra Madre | December 2018 | Microsoft Windows | Broken Dream Studio | An upcoming open world western, survival game set in the 1870s. Early Access release in December 2018.[5] |
| SilverLoad | 1996 | PC, PlayStation | ||
| Six-Gun Shootout | 1985 | Commodore 64 | Strategic Simulations | |
| Six Guns | 2011 | iOS | Gameloft | |
| Smokin' Guns | 2009 | Linux, Microsoft Windows | Smokin' Guns Productions | |
| SteamWorld Dig[6] | 2013 | Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch | Image & Form | |
| SteamWorld Dig 2[7] | 2017 | Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS | Image & Form | |
| SteamWorld Tower Defense | 2010 | DSiWare | Image & Form | |
| Sunset Riders | 1991 | Arcade, Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES | Konami | Has a layout similar to the games Mystic Warriors (1993) and Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (1992). |
| Tengai Makyo: The Apocalypse IV | 1997 | Sega Saturn, PlayStation Portable | Hudson Soft | |
| Tengai Makyo: The Apocalypse IV | 1997 | Sega Saturn, PlayStation Portable | Hudson Soft | |
| The Town with No Name | 1992 | Amiga CDTV | ||
| The Westerner | 2003 | Microsoft Windows | Planeta DeAgostini | |
| Tin Star | 1994 | Super NES | ||
| Trigun: The Planet Gunsmoke | Cancelled | Sega | ||
| Wanted | 1989 | Master System | Sega | |
| Westerado: Double Barreled[8] | 2015 | Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS | Adult Swim | |
| Western Games | ||||
| Western Outlaw: Wanted Dead or Alive | 2003 | Microsoft Windows | Groove Games | |
| Western Gun | 1975 | Arcade | Taito | |
| Western Gun Part II | 1980 | Arcade | Taito | |
| West of Dead | 2020 | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | Raw Fury | |
| West of Loathing | 2017 | |||
| Westward | 2006 | |||
| Westward II : Heroes of the Frontier[9] | 2008 | Microsoft Windows | ||
| Westward III : Gold Rush[10] | 2009 | Microsoft Windows | ||
| Westward IV : All Aboard[11] | 2009 | Microsoft Windows | ||
| Wild Arms | 1996 | PlayStation, PlayStation 2 | Agetec, Sony | |
| Wild Arms 2 | 1999 | PlayStation | Sony | |
| Wild Arms 3 | 2002 | PlayStation 2 | Sony, Ubisoft | |
| Wild Arms 4 | 2005 | PlayStation 2 | 505 Game Street, SCEI, Xseed Games | Turn of the century Western theme. |
| Wild Arms 5 | 2006 | PlayStation 2 | 505 Games, SCEI, Xseed Games | |
| Wild Arms Alter Code: F | 2003 | PlayStation 2 | Sony, Agetec | |
| Wild Arms Mobile | 2006 | Adobe Flash | ||
| Wild Arms XF | 2007 | PlayStation Portable | 505 Games, SCEI, Xseed Games | |
| Wild Gunman | 1974 | Arcade | Nintendo | |
| Wild Gunman | 1984 | Arcade, NES | Nintendo | |
| Wild Guns | 1994 | Super NES, Wii, Wii U | Natsume | |
| Wild West Guns | 2008 | iOS, Wii | Gameloft | |
| Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa | 1992 | Arcade | Konami | A cow-themed wild west shooter. It is based on the TV series of the same name. |
| Wild West Online[12] | 2017 | Microsoft Windows | 612 Games | |
| Wild West Online: Gunfighter | 2008 | Microsoft Windows, Mac | Tenderfoot Games | A free to play multiplayer online dueling game. |
| Wild Western | 1982 | Arcade | Taito | |
| Wyatt Earp's Old West | 1994 | Microsoft Windows, Mac | Grolier | |
| The Yukon Trail | 1994 | Microsoft Windows, System 7 | MECC | |
| The Gunstringer | 2011 | Xbox 360 | Twisted Pixel Games | Kinect third-person rail shooter |
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