Brace yourself & steel your soul – get ready to enter purgatory.


"All stories have an end.
For the living, it's death.
For the dead, it's moving on - East or West.
As for me? What's say we start at the beginning... after I died for the first time."


Step into a dark, underworld maze filled of shadows and danger. The grim cover-based, twin-stick action game with roguelike elements, WEST OF DEAD, has launched today



In the Western-stylized visuals of the underworld, evil souls linger. Walk bravely into the shadows of a procedurally generated maze that changes every time you enter. The deeper you get into Purgatory, the more challenging the horrors become.

Who said dying was easy? WEST OF DEAD stars the exceptional voice work of Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Sons of Anarchy) as the main protagonist William Mason. He is a dead man who awakes in purgatory, bound to resurrect with no memory of who he once was. Fight hard to vanquish evil spirits that are hellbent to hunt you down while piecing together the mystery of your own past. Get ready to enter and then re-enter purgatory again. And again. And again.

In a world of light and shadow, ignite lanterns to shatter the darkness and thereby blind your enemies in order to take them down. Count every bullet and act tactical, you need quick reflexes to dodge, slide behind covers, reload and reassess. Find your flow to take down those evil spirits or you won’t survive long in the underworld.

So, what you waiting for, play it now!

If you are a beta player looking for the 15% discount - please read this.

If you need to troubleshoot the game - read this.

If you have bought the game and not received the discount please contact Valve. here:
https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpCompletePackagePurchase?appid=1016790


This discount (as long as you played the open beta) is guaranteed - so please know that it will be honoured.


We are in contact with Valve right now to get this issue rectified and it will be sorted as soon as possible. This discount is applied in the Valve end of things so there is little we can do from a dev side, but please know, the discount will be honoured and we are doing all we can.

We apologise for the inconvenience.


UPDATE

The issue has been fixed.

If you purchased the game and you have less than 2 hours gameplay, please request a refund and then purchase again - the discount will show up now! You can do that here: https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithPurchase



And if you have more than 2 hours gameplay - create a support ticket here and Steam support will sort it out for you. They are ready and willing to sort this out.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpCompletePackagePurchase?appid=1016790

Also, as some people have been asking - yes the discount will apply to the bundle as well :)

Players can always contact the awesome Raw Fury Quality field for support by using this form: Player Support Form

Please go through these steps first as this guide is intended to be used before contacting the helpdesk.
Removing game save data

If a player perhaps just wants to restart on a clean slate or is experiencing a game-breaking issue it will help to remove all the game save data.

PC:

IMPORTANT:
Remember to turn off steam cloud saves before doing this! Otherwise Steam will just get the data again. This can be turned off in the game properties under the Update tab.

Hold down the Windows key and press R
Type in %appdata% and hit enter
This should open up the roaming folder. Hit back once so you end up in the AppData folder.
Enter the folder named locallow
Locate and delete the folder named Upstream arcade
Restart the game

XB1:

Make sure the game is off
Click on the Xbox button on your controller to bring up the sidebar menu
Navigate to West of Dead and click the “OPTIONS/START” button to open the menu
Select game save data & add-ons
Go down to save game data
On the right, navigate to your Gamertag
Select your Gamertag and when prompted, select the option “Remove everywhere”

If the game isn’t starting or is crashing upon startup the player should update the graphics drivers:


Nvidia:
Go to Nvidia site and locate your graphics card and download your latest drivers.
Alternatively use their Nvidia experience software to update them.

AMD:
https://www.amd.com/en/support
Make sure you have no other software running in the background. Such as remote desktop and weird anti-virus software (however never turn off the Microsoft Defender!!) As these can cause the game to not function properly or crash.

If no error can be found please then attach the game logs and send it to the Raw Fury helpdesk

Retrieving log files & save data:

Hold down the Windows key and press R
Type in %appdata% and hit enter
This should open the roaming folder, go back one time and then head to the locallow folder
Locate the folder named "upstream arcade" zip it down and send it to Raw Fury support helpdesk https://rawfury.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1


My controller isn't working:

Several things could be wrong here. But first of all, which controller are you using. The officially supported controllers are Xbox One gamepad and PS4 Dualshock.

Steam could be causing some issues. You can try unchecking any boxes in the “General controller settings” under the controller tab in Steam settings. OR if that does not do the trick you can try setting up the controller again via Steam controller settings.

Thanks for playing the West of Dead Beta - The beta has now ended. We hope you had fun taking on the Wendigo and losing yourself in the dark caverns of Purgatory.

While your beta journey has now come to an end - head on over to the main West of Dead store page as we will be releasing the full game at 15:00 CEST today!

We really appreciate you all taking the time to play and for all the feedback we received.

Thanks again! We hope to see you in Purgatory when we release later today.

Hey everyone,

Just a reminder that the beta will close tomorrow (18 June) at 8:59 am CEST and that the official time for the game release is tomorrow (18 June) at 15:00 CEST.

If you want to claim the 15% off discount you need to have downloaded and played the beta. The discount will automatically apply as Valve can identify beta users and this is all done from the backend of Steam. If there are any issues at all (which there shouldn’t be as Valve are superstars, please contact Valve).

Also, please note this discount is only open to the OPEN Beta users on Steam. It is not available on any other platform and it does not apply if you only took part in the closed beta (the one where you signed up through Gleam and were given a key.

So, if you don’t want to miss out on this discount, then you still have time to play and practice your twin-stick gunslinger skills today!

Anyways, release day tomorrow, we are excited and we hope you are too!

Don’t forget to join us for the pre-release stream tonight at 18:30 CEST with Adam, co-founder of Upstream Arcade and some of the peeps from Raw Fury! We will be live on the West of Dead store page and on Twitch!

Join us on Wednesday 17 June at 18:30 CEST for a live stream with Adam, co-founder of Upstream Arcade and some of the peeps from Raw Fury!

We will play and talk all things West of Dead - We are also going to show a whole new, never seen before chapter of the game!

We will stream both on Twitch and here on the West of Dead store page.

We hope to see you there!

Hey Outlaws!

As we said before, the beta will be open until the day we release and we are happy to announce that we are releasing on Steam on the 18 June 2020 at 15:00 CEST.



The beta will be taken down at 8:59 am CEST on the 18th as we have some technical bits and pieces to do to get the release ready and close the beta page. But until then, the beta is open and ready for you to sharpen your skills before you take on the whole game.

So, prepare to awaken, trapped in the underworld, surrounded by evil souls bent on hunting you down. To escape your grim and gritty Purgatory, make sure to take the tactical approach and vary your playstyle, weapons, and abilities for each new threat because the 18th is not so far away!

Anyway, we are excited and can’t wait to share it with you all! And we hope you like the new trailer!

P.S. Don’t forget that anyone who plays the OPEN Beta, gets a 15% discount off of the base game when it releases!

Hey everyone!

The gates of Purgatory are open for one last beta!

Plus, we have some news for you - If you have played the West of Dead Open Beta on Steam you’re eligible for a 15% discount off of the full price for the first month of the West of Dead release! So put your fingers on your twin-stick trigger and get ready to claim it before it disappears!

The discount will be valid from day one of release for 30 days! And if you haven’t participated in the Open Beta yet, you still have time to join in (though as we said, this is the last beta!).

The beta will run until release and if you watch Guerilla Collective on Saturday 6th - you might just find out when that is ːsteamhappyː

More news soon! As always, we hope you have fun with the beta!

Hey everyone.

The beta will run from today (30 April), starting at 16:00 CEST (07:00 PST) until the 7th May (23:59 PST and 08:59 on the 8th May CEST). If you enjoy the beta, we would really appreciate you adding West of Dead to your wishlist.

This time around we are showcasing the first 2 levels, and while, if this is not your first trip to Purgatory, you may have played them before, the levels are a bit different from what you remember.

We have taken the time to take on your feedback and these levels have had a lot of fixes and polish added to them. See the end of this post for the list of fixes

Right now, the team is working hard on getting the game through the last stretch of development as the release is looming on the horizon (more news on that soonish!).

Anyway, for now, it’s time to unholster your gun and start blasting your way through the murky depths of Purgatory.

(We recommend people to play with a gamepad for this Beta-session).

But before you do that - here’s what’s changed!

Firstly, to everyone that played the game. THANKS. Your feedback has helped us direct the development of the game. We think the game has had some significant changes since the first beta, and there is still loads more. Here are but a few…

Changes/Additions
- We added a Tutorial level. Your feedback really helped us focus this on areas that were the hardest to grasp.
- Armory (with upgradeable start items). We added a new Armory (which will be upgradeable in the final game).
- Changed Health Mechanics. We made the health recovery system more versatile, with different 'charms' allowing you to recover health through different mechanics.
- Runes! The Runes that you collect off some special bosses now unlock new abilities (including Teleportation, which was previously on by default - :P ).

Quality of life
Your feedback really helped point out
- Camera style, we re-jigged the camera view when in combat to prioritise simplicity and readability, so that aiming feels more reliable.
- More Animations, Sound Effects (so many), Visual Effects
- We totally re-designed the GUI, so that the pause menu is more helpful
- The player now drops items after picking up new ones
- Holstered weapons are now visible on the hero

Balance
- Lots of balancing, whether it was enemy damage, dive timings and health recovery mechanics, enemy group compositions. We adjusted, tuned and re-jigged so that the game feels fairer.

Bugs!
- Thanks for helping spot bugs (so many bugs...), we're still clamping down on them, but your insight has really helped.
- We also fixed the one amazing bug that meant the hero tripped up on nothing after having a conversation with the trader. It was very, very strange.

Hey everyone,

Thanks for taking part in the West of Dead beta. We have been listening to the feedback and we are working on getting the game through the last phase (stay tuned for details on this VERY soon!).

Anyway, this is just to let you know that the beta will be live again on April 30, 2020 at 16:00 CEST! We are reading all your feedback and taking it into consideration.

Thanks for playing!