Boot Hill Bounties

Boot Hill Bounties is a 2D retro RPG set in the Wild West and the second game in a saga. It follows Kid, Doc, Moon and Rosy as they try to stop a conspiracy that threatens to start a war between the western settlers and the Chepakwik. To save their homes, they must hunt down five feared outlaws: Creed Little, Stampede Sally, Tuco Delgado, Scorpion Saint and Burning Crow. The story can be played without having played the first game, and Kid’s responses in scenes are chosen from multiple options.

Explore Bronco County

You explore sprawling towns and other locations, including forests, caves, deserts and a traveling circus. The county has 350 named residents, each with a unique sprite, as well as hundreds of unique NPCs. The game’s chapters can be played in any order, letting you choose which paths to follow first. Its story takes around 20–30 hours, with secrets, easter eggs and mysteries to uncover.

The newspaper reports on events in Bronco County, lists jobs and side quests, teaches recipes and provides puzzles. New side quests appear with each chapter and can be tracked there. Newspaper riddles and tips around town also lead to combination lockboxes and coupons for deals in shops, while schoolchildren pose dozens of other riddles.

Fight in real time

Combat uses a fast, real-time system rather than turn-based battles, keeping all players active. Enemies appear on the map before you engage them; defeated enemies remember you and flee. Sneaking up on an enemy gives you the initiative, while performance earns combat grades for extra experience and battle bonuses such as Perfect Dodge and Status Master. Battles also have character-specific introductions, and puzzle bosses call for a solution rather than strength.

You face 250 types of enemies, including outlaws and animals. Weapons can be customized with effects that inflict status conditions, fire multiple shots or set enemies alight. Job Hats teach nearly 200 battle abilities, and trinkets add further ways to customize your characters. Battles can leave persistent frontier wounds such as gunshots, fractured limbs and dysentery; you can treat these at camp with learned Wild West cures.

Co-op and camp

The game supports single-player play and local co-op for up to four players. Friends can join or leave during play and take control of a character. The four characters can be assigned across players, or one player can control all four.

At camp, you can talk with your party around the fire, cook food from ingredients to gain battle perks and take part in other activities. You can also start a farm to raise livestock and grow crops for ingredients. Restaurants serve over 50 kinds of food with perks that help in battle, and the Chuckwagon Chief cooking competition challenges you to prepare a dish using a themed ingredient for a panel of judges. Enemies drop treasures that you can sell for money, and tutorial challenges award extra items and other rewards.

Characters and equipment

The game includes hand-drawn profiles for 20 major characters and profiles for each of the 34 Job Hats, from the Stetson to the Careta. You can also collect cards, with achievements for completing the deck. If you have save data from Boot Hill Heroes, you can import it and begin with your previous levels, equipment and skills.