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Hard West

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Hard West
Hard West cover
Developers
CreativeForge Games
Publishers
Gambitious Digital Entertainment
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows November 18, 2015
macOS (OS X) November 18, 2015
Linux November 18, 2015
Reception
Metacritic 73
OpenCritic 71
IGDB 70
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Genres TBS
Themes Supernatural, Western, North America
Series Hard West
Hard West on HowLongToBeat
Hard West on IGDB
Hard West on MobyGames
Hard West on Wikipedia
Hard West
Hard West 2015
Hard West 2 2022

Hard West is a singleplayer bird's-eye view TBS game in the Hard West series.

General information

Official wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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GOG.com key
Collector's Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Collector's Edition, Complete Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Collector's Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Collector's Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Collector's Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Collector's Edition, Complete Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Scars of Freedom
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files[3]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Movies.
  2. Delete or rename intro.bytes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\HardWest\<user-id>\keys.ini
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\HardWest\<user-id>\options.ini
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/Documents/HardWest/<user-id>/keys.ini
$HOME/Documents/HardWest/<user-id>/options.ini
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\HardWest\<user-id>\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME/Documents/HardWest/<user-id>/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Gameplay is Hor+; Cinematics are Vert-.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
On/off toggle.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Input settings
Input settings
Gamepad controls
Gamepad controls

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings
General settings
General settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Speech, Ambient, Sound Effects, Interface, Cinematic
Surround sound
Stereo[4]
Subtitles
Cinematic subtitles can be toggled on/off. Other subtitles are always on.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Fan translation, download.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.6 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 4670
Nvidia GeForce GT 430
512 MB (ATI), 1 GB (Nvidia) of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.9.6, 10.10, 10.11
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2520M 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 6630M
256 MB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.6 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 4670
Nvidia GeForce GT 430
512 MB (ATI), 1 GB (Nvidia) of VRAM


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.2.1p4[1][2]

References

  1. Game engine? :: Hard West General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  2. Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-05-12
  3. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-17
  4. Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-08-24
    Tested with Special K.