Western Rye

Western Rye is a survival game set in the golden era of the Wild West, among the red rock canyons of Monument Valley. In the wake of the mysterious Rye Fever, you rise from a desperate outlaw in a fragile settlement to a lasting legend, while uncovering a frontier mystery. Explore a world with wildlife, a bustling town, deep caves and abandoned settlements, and contend with dynamic weather, from blinding sandstorms to torrential rainstorms.

The frontier and its mysteries

Trade with local NPCs and navigate dynamically reactive factions as you carve out your own story. A Marshal carries a secret, and the Sheriff knew the truth before anyone believed her. Children from the Native tribe are disappearing, while a Priest seeks help uncovering the secrets of a cannibalistic cult. Somewhere in the wilderness, a man with a broken face is pursuing a long game.

Build your homestead

Start with nothing and construct a home plank by plank, placing foundations, walls, roofs and doors. Set up a farm, install a water well and cook at your Homestead Stove. You can shape the look of your homestead and build something worth defending.

Gather and make

Chop trees for wood, gather herbs and cactus, and mine raw ore to smelt into ingots. Craft tools and structures, build a smelter, forge weapons and repair your equipment. You also plant crops in a crop planter, where they grow through four stages from sprout to harvest.

Live off the land

Farm corn, wheat, beans and barley; raise chickens, cattle and pigs; hunt bison in the fields; and fish at the lake. Brew whiskey and moonshine, and cook meals over a campfire or at your Homestead Stove. Meals provide practical benefits.

Combat and factions

Choose from revolvers, shotguns and rifles, and upgrade the weapons you carry. You face Husk, infected human remnants affected by Rye Fever who are blind, sound-sensitive and relentless. Other threats include outlaw bandit raiding parties that control supply routes and ambush travelers, cannibal cultists lurking in the valley, and a ruthless gang of banished Native renegades who are arsonists and leave fire and ash in their wake.

Co-op for four players

Up to four players can share the same frontier. Build homesteads side by side, share resources and cover one another in combat. You can face the night together or sleep through it and wake at dawn; missions, bounties and nights can be played together. You can also survive alone.