Outlaws of the Old West
Outlaws of the Old West is Virtual Basement's Wild West survival sandbox, where players build homesteads and towns and battle rival factions across large persistent servers. Official development has paused, but community servers keep it playable.
Platform availability
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- Status
- Active — playable via community servers, but official development has been in "Paused Alpha" status with updates unlikely to continue
- Business model
- Free-to-play
- Genre
- Online survival sandbox
- Release
- —
- Platforms
- Windows
- Developer
- Virtual Basement
- Publisher
- Wandering Wizard (Snail Games)
- Profile
- Full
MMO DNA
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Both PvE survival/bandit encounters and dedicated PvP servers are recorded, alongside PvE and role-play server options
Homesteading can be done solo; working with a posse helps against bandits and rivals
An open-world sandbox with modular building and a player-driven economy is recorded
Real-time Wild-West survival combat with crafting and homestead building is recorded
Why you might like it
- A genuine cowboy-themed online survival sandbox with base building, crafting, wagons, animal husbandry and PvP across a real Steam player base.
- Even after the developers stopped active updates, dozens of community and official servers remain online, so the game is still genuinely playable today.
- Its wild-west setting is a rarer flavor in the survival-sandbox genre, standing out from the usual zombie/fantasy/sci-fi survival crowd.
Things to consider
- Development has effectively stopped — the developers no longer interact with the community or push updates, so treat this as a finished, unsupported product rather than an actively growing game.
- Some players report connectivity issues tied to anti-cheat (BattlEye) compatibility with newer Windows versions, so verify it still launches cleanly before buying.
- Server population is modest and spread across ~20-50 official and private servers rather than one large unified playerbase.
Research record
- Last checked
- 2026-08-30
- Profile depth
- Full
- Source note
- Official/publisher feature documentation, Wikipedia, Steam/store listings and community wiki cross-checks
What MMOFinder has checked
- Gameplay featuresStructured gameplay fields were source-checked for this profile.Verified
- Gameplay mediaTwo source-attributed gameplay images are recorded.Verified
- Source trail1 linked source is recorded for review.Verified
- Last reviewedCatalog fields reviewed Aug 16, 2026.Verified
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Outlaws of the Old West relationship map
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Outlaws of the Old West timeline
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- —Released
MMOFinder records Outlaws of the Old West as released in —.
- CurrentCatalog status
Historical
- 2026-08-16Research checked
Core catalog fields were reviewed for this profile.
Outlaws of the Old West screenshots & gameplay
Two verified gameplay images and a gameplay video for a quick look at the game in action.
Source: Verified gameplay video
Gameplay, availability and research notes
Outlaws of the Old West is cataloged by MMOFinder as a Online survival sandbox. Its recorded status is Active — playable via community servers, but official development has been in "Paused Alpha" status with updates unlikely to continue, while the business model is listed as Free-to-play. MMOFinder records its release year as —. Current platform data lists Windows. The profile keeps uncertain fields explicit so incomplete research is not presented as established game information.
Gameplay metadata currently describes combat or multiplayer structure as Real-time Wild-West survival combat with hunting, crafting and a modular homestead-building system. Discovery tags on the record include Online Game, Catalog. The developer field lists Virtual Basement, and the publisher field lists Wandering Wizard (Snail Games). Together these catalog fields help distinguish this title from similarly named games and provide useful inputs for MMOFinder’s filtering and comparison tools.
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