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Evil West

Developer
Flying Wild Hog
Publisher
Focus Entertainment
Released
22 November 2022
Age rating
PEGI 18
UK price
£44.99

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One

Genres: shooter , hack and slash beat em up , adventure

A dark menace consumes the Old West. In solo or coop, fight with style in visceral, explosive combat against bloodthirsty monstrosities. Eradicate the vampiric hordes with your lightning-fueled gauntlet and become a Wild West Superhero. In visceral, explosive combat, unleash hell with your firearms, lightning-fueled gauntlet and gadgets. Kill bloodthirsty monstrosities in style as a lone hunter or in co-op with a friend. Explore and fight in a narrative-driven campaign while upgrading your weapons and hunting tools. Unlock new perks to evolve your monster-slaying mastery, crafting your own playstyle to defeat the supernatural hordes.

Best gaming PC for Evil West in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Evil West today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Focus Entertainment on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.

Minimum Recommended
OS Windows 10 (64 bits) Windows 10 (64 bits)
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K (3.3 GHz) / AMD FX-6300 X6 (3.5 GHz) Intel Core i5-10505 (3.2 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (3.2 GHz)
RAM 8 GB 16 GB
GPU 4 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 750 Ti / Radeon RX 460 GeForce GTX 1060 / Radeon RX 590
Storage 40 GB 40 GB
DirectX

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Evil West?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5-10505 (3.2 GHz) / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (3.2 GHz) and your GPU is at or above GeForce GTX 1060 / Radeon RX 590, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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