We can expect open-world survival, crafting, building, and management from The Breach Studios and Radical Theory’s game.

Forge your legacy in the Westlands. Survive in a Wild West open world teeming with riches and fraught with perils. Brave unforgiving landscapes alone or with friends and conquer the wilds from your customizable mobile base: the wagon. But don’t just survive-thrive! Lay the foundations for bustling outposts and settlements, recruit loyal companions, and establish a robust economic network to tame the wilderness and build your legacy. Imagine a rich, atmospheric open world reminiscent of The Revenant, where you craft your own story. Now, add the base-building and crafting of Medieval Dynasty, the unforgiving wilderness of Ark: Survival Evolved, and the sandbox freedom of Palworld. These inspirations shaped the developers’ ambition with Westlanders. They set out to put a fresh spin on the familiar survival formula by placing it in the Wild West fantasy. Whether you play solo or with up to four other players in cooperative mode, you’ll carve out a life in a land that feels both legendary and dangerously alive. You’ll explore, fight, gather resources, craft tools, climb skill trees, and build a network of settlements to bring prosperity to the Valley.

Within minutes of starting the game, you’ll repair your wagon and set off on the open road. The concept of a horse-drawn mobile base of operations truly sets this game apart. The developers wanted to eliminate the frustration commonly experienced in traditional survival games, where exploration is limited by small inventories and base-building occurs too late. In Westlanders, you’ll dive straight into the Wild West aboard your own custom wagon. Your wagon is more than just transportation; it’s your home, your workshop, and your progression hub. Explore a vast, untamed world without constraints. Upgrade and expand your mobile camp with new tools and enhancements to conquer the wilderness. Your journey isn’t just about discovery; it’s shaped by your choices. Scout the perfect location to establish your base camp place where you can harness the land’s riches while living in harmony with nature. From a humble camp, you can grow into a thriving settlement and extend your reach. Weave a vital economic network between your outposts to ensure they flourish. Attract and recruit other wanderers, each with unique skills and professions. Recruit the talent you need-from master craftsmen to steadfast guards-to help you build a prosperous settlement in the wilderness.

Explore a dynamic, living open world teeming with vibrant flora, fierce fauna, and intriguing inhabitants. Every day is a challenge, and every night is a test. You’ll face everything from soaring temperatures to frostbite. Each biome has its own dangers for the player to face. From waterborne diseases to bleeding bites and suffocating mines, every corner may hide new dangers! Fight bandits, wild beasts, and anyone who dares to challenge you. Explore and tame the land from your customizable wagon, your mobile and upgradeable base of operations. As you travel across these vast, uncharted landscapes, your home adapts to every challenge. Saddle the best horses for the job from those you have raised. Equip attachments to the side of the wagon to enhance its capabilities, and customize your deployable campsite with workstations and utilities.

Design, decorate, and personalize sprawling settlements. Transform barren land into bustling hubs that reflect your vision and ambition. Unlock and build various buildings and decorations, then place them as you wish to create your dream settlement in the Western frontier. Plan and build roads to connect your territories, and watch the land evolve as you play. Venture deep into the Westlands to uncover vital resources, encounter fascinating characters, and discover lost secrets. The frontier holds endless opportunities for the bold. Uncover the stories of those who didn’t survive these lands, and meet other survivors in these perilous territories.

From basic tools to advanced structures, you must craft, build, and innovate to survive. Your hands will shape your destiny. Progress from basic bushcraft and improvised weapons to iron-forged tools and firearms based on late 1800s technology. Advance through a massive tech tree featuring over a hundred unlocks at launch, including powerful new tools, weapons, and essential blueprints that will elevate your survival to prosperity. Buildings, tools, and wagon improvements will all improve your chances of survival and help you tame these treacherous lands.

The Westlands are rich in biome diversity, and each zone offers plenty of unique resources. Explore the land to find the best spots to harvest resources. Establish robust production lines through mining outposts, lumberyard operations, animal ranching, and more. The land’s resources are yours to harvest. Streamline your operations with factory-like precision. Hire specialized workers, manage their assignments, and oversee their wages to automate resource production, maximize efficiency, and dominate the economic landscape. Each worker comes with a unique set of perks and flaws that make them suitable for different roles. As they work, their proficiency with different jobs will improve, increasing your resource production and their salary demands!

Build roads to connect your growing outposts and settlements across the valley and establish logistics networks to create a powerful trade empire that will ensure your people thrive. The road system enables you to establish routes between your various bases. Hire workers to patrol these routes and transport resources from one base to another. Watch the valley evolve as you expand. Defend against relentless bandits, ferocious wild animals, and the myriad lurking threats that challenge your hold on the Westlands. As you explore, the Events system will alter the territory’s status quo. For example, a bandit raid or a pack of wild wolves may wreak havoc on one of your outposts, halting its production until you fend off the invaders.

“We want to create a game that evolves thanks to those who play it. Kickstarter and Early Access allow us to work hand in hand with motivated, invested, and passionate players. We will carefully listen to this community, which shares our love of rich and satisfying game mechanics, to refine the experience before the console release. That is why working with Radical Theory as a strategic partner felt natural. They understand and support studios with their experience, deep expertise, and genuine transparency,” said The Breach Studios CEO Ferran Punti in a press release.

“It is a pleasure to collaborate with the team at The Breach Studios – developers who are passionate, friendly, and talented. Westlanders won us over in the first few minutes of gameplay because the Western setting is rarely explored in the survival-crafting genre. We have a true sandbox experience here that will allow players from all backgrounds to experiment with rich, deep mechanics. The idea is to have a blast with friends. We want players to dive into building, fighting, and resource management in co-op as quickly as possible,” added Radical Theory CEO Luc Heninger.

Westlanders is coming to the PlayStation 5, the Xbox Series, and PC. It will initially be available via early access on PC only, though the exact date is not yet known. A Kickstarter campaign will precede this release and begin in early 2026.

Source: Gematsu