Cowpokers: Dead Man's Frontier

Blackridge Mine’s dark passages and hidden supply rooms, follow the haunted railway through Coffin Pass, and brave the eruptions of Devil’s Basin. Reveal the mine’s survey map as you explore and use it to track objectives and unlooted chests. Each trail brings its own hazards, encounters, bosses and score. Illustrated introductions and endings tell the stories behind the trails.Take a detour for an optional reward: ring the mission bell, defend a stranded wagon, or break the burial anchors. Decide when to pursue an opportunity and when to keep moving.Five outlaws. Your kind of trouble.Begin as trail warden Hollis Rusk and recruit four more playable outlaws with different starting weapons and traits. Discover guarded hideouts and help Jonah Reed defend a wagon in Coffin Pass. Choose from three starting oaths and Relaxed, Frontier or Nightmare difficulty.Earn the sunrise. Ride home.Survive until dawn, defeat the trail’s final boss, and approach your horse. Ride with your weapons still firing, trample stragglers, and explore without an extraction deadline. Finish optional objectives and collect remaining chests before heading home. Leave through the eastern road or the mine’s timbered exit when you are ready to end the run. Standard trails reach dawn at twenty minutes; Quickdraw reaches it at ten.Ride home. Defend Dustwater.Walk Dustwater’s streets, meet its residents and step inside the buildings that keep your campaign moving. Follow a guided town tour and consult the town map to find its services. Bring back limited supplies from the four frontier trails and choose how to reinforce the town: building reinforcements, watchtower supporting fire or an ammunition reserve. Wooden door braces wear down under attack, while ammunition deliveries offer a brief damage boost where the fighting is fiercest.Clear all four trails to unlock the fifth level: Dustwater’s nighttime defense. Begin each defense with a fresh weapon build, hold the roads as the attacks intensify, intercept shielded powder crews, and face the Siege Marshal. Protect both your outlaw and the town—either can fall.Bring something back for the workbench.Find hidden tool crates and recover weapon fittings on the trails. Ride home to keep them, then visit the craftsman in General Supplies to purchase small, permanent improvements for individual weapons. Follow Trail Rumors for clues to special boss rewards. Discover weapon evolution recipes as you play; combinations you have not uncovered stay hidden.Some frontier rumors lead to hidden rewards. Others suggest the trail goes farther than anyone admits.Every trail leaves its mark.Bank bounty even when you fall. Invest in twelve refundable camp disciplines, uncover supply caches, pursue 36 achievements including three hidden discoveries, and track your run history. Earn five cosmetic rewards, from Midnight Dusters to flaming or spectral hoofprints. Keep six independent saves, or combine Hardcore, Self-made and Hellbound challenge rules. Suspend an unfinished run and return when you’re ready.Five playable outlaws, fourteen frontier weapons, fourteen legendary evolutions and fifteen frontier trinketsFour frontier trails with distinct hazards, bosses and optional encounters, plus a fifth town-defense levelA walkable town hub, building interiors and limited supplies to spend on reinforcementsConnected mine chambers, limited visibility, hidden supplies and an exploration-reveal survey mapRecoverable weapon fittings, a town workbench and discoverable evolution recipesMounted exploration after dawn and a ride home to end the runThree difficulties, three starting oaths and refundable camp progressionSix saves with optional Hardcore, Self-made and Hellbound rulesAutomatic attacks with optional manual aim; remappable movement and dodgeAuto, Keyboard and Controller input modesSeparate volume controls, optional screen shake, reduced effects and night lighting36 achievements, three hidden discoveries and five cosmetic rewardsOffline single-player play and suspend/resume