Games set in the American Wild West

Surprisingly, western is not a common theme in the golden era of PC video games. Sure, there are some good games set in the old West of the United States (and some classics too), but not as many as other games with specific settings like fantasy, horror, sci fi, even cyberpunk games. One of the early classics "wild west" game that comes to mind is Gun Smoke, unfortunately it was never published for a PC.

Most popular western games

The Oregon Trail

simulationDOS

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist

adventureDOS, Windows XP/98/95, Windows 3.x, Mac OS

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3 Skulls of the Toltecs

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.1/5 Revistronic

Alone in the Dark 3

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Infogrames

Billy The Kid

DOS19903.9/5 Level 9 Computing

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

DOS19893/5 Tynesoft Computer Software

Colorado

DOS19903.9/5 Silmarils

Fort Apache

DOS19923.6/5 Impressions Games

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist

DOSWindows XP/98/95Windows 3.xMac OS1993protecteddemo4.2/5 Sierra On-Line

Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist is a humorous point-and-click adventure game from 1993 developed by Sierra On-Line and co-designed by Al Lowe (creator of Leisure Suit Larry) and Josh Mandel. Set in the Old West, Freddy Pharkas is a blend of comedy and Western tropes. The game follows Freddy Pharkas, a former gunslinger who left his gun-sli...