About This Demo

A week in Cactus Flats

A broken railway bridge leaves you stranded in a frontier town that’s seen better days. Ol’ Jim offers you a spare bed and a share of the harvest in exchange for a hand on the farm. It sounds like an honest way to pass the time—until the town’s troubles become your own.

Experience an in-game week of farming, town life, exploration, and pistol combat in this story demo of Cactus Flats, a top-down pixel-art Western action-adventure.

Work the land

Earn your keep on Ol’ Jim’s farm. Plant seeds, water growing crops, and bring in the harvest, then take your produce into town to sell.

There’s a field to tend and work to be done between trips into town and adventures beyond it.

Give the town a hand

Get to know the locals through conversations and requests from the community board. Help with everyday problems, visit the shops, and meet the people trying to keep Cactus Flats going.

You arrived looking for a way to pass the time. You might find a few reasons to care about what happens here.

Every town has its troubles

Learn to handle your pistol and help the sheriff deal with an outlaw threatening the town. Aim your shots, dodge out of danger, and put your practice to work when the trouble turns serious.

But bringing an outlaw to justice won’t solve everything that’s wrong with Cactus Flats.

Some only come out at night

Strange reports suggest there’s more to fear than the local outlaws. Follow clues beyond town, investigate what the locals have seen, and prepare for a dangerous encounter after dark.

Not every threat in Cactus Flats can be put behind bars.