West of Loathing Download PC

West of Loathing is a comedy adventure role-playing video game developed by Asymmetric Publications and released on August 10, 2017.

The game takes place in the universe of Asymmetric's Kingdom of Loathing, in a Weird Western themed frontier setting. The player character leaves the family farm and heads west to seek their fortune on a trek to the city of Frisco. The game was well-received by critics, with Rolling Stone describing it as "one of the year's best games."

Gameplay

West of Loathing is a single-player role-playing video game with turn-based combat. The game's art is made up of stick figure drawings.

Development and release

West of Loathing was developed by Asymmetric Publications. The game was announced in May 2016 as a follow-up to the browser-based multiplayer online role-playing game Kingdom of Loathing (2003). West of Loathing was submitted to the Greenlight community voting system on digital distribution service Steam.

West of Loathing was released for Linux, macOS, and Windows on August 10, 2017. An iOS version once was scheduled for a 2017 release.

Reception

West of Loathing received "generally favourable" reviews from professional critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic.

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