Far Far West is music to my ears: a 4-player co-op FPS with ghost bandits and elemental spell combos

I have gazed into the depths of my neglected Steam wishlist and discovered an insatiable hunger for anything tagged "FPS" and "co-op," the two objectively best qualities in videogames. Add Far Far West, the latest game from PC Gaming Show 2025, to the list.

Far Far West is the first FPS from a four-person studio, which, up to this point, has been known for throwback 3D platformers in the style of Ratchet & Clank. That style explains the pleasantly bouncy animations of Far Far West's robo-cowboys.

Its gunplay and missions, however, are inspired by some FPS greats: "With shooting mechanics and character abilities inspired by Overwatch, missions and enemy mobs inspired by Helldivers 2 and an accessible co-op experience inspired by Deep Rock Galactic."

That's a cocktail I can guzzle. Behind an arsenal of snappy revolvers and improbably automatic rifles are elemental spells that can be combo-ed together to change their effects. In an early gameplay video, I noticed a pool of acid ignite and trigger an explosion of lightning in a Magicka sorta way.

Maps are procedural and difficulty is scalable, as in there's literally a lever to crank up or down to adjust the intensity. Like Helldivers and Deep Rock, the idea is to juggle waves of ghost bandits and undead bulls while completing your primary job of mining for crystals, bouncing globs of ooze into a bucket, or whatever else the full game has in store.

Far Far West already looks fun, though we're a ways off from its early access release in 2026. Wishlist it on Steam now.

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Morgan Park
Staff Writer

Morgan has been writing for PC Gamer since 2018, first as a freelancer and currently as a staff writer. He has also appeared on Polygon, Kotaku, Fanbyte, and PCGamesN. Before freelancing, he spent most of high school and all of college writing at small gaming sites that didn't pay him. He's very happy to have a real job now. Morgan is a beat writer following the latest and greatest shooters and the communities that play them. He also writes general news, reviews, features, the occasional guide, and bad jokes in Slack. Twist his arm, and he'll even write about a boring strategy game. Please don't, though.

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