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oztech9 · Published by oztech9
4 user reviews — 100% positive (4 reviews) · 25 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
The Wild Outback is an arcade top-down shooter game in a Wild Western setting. It's a single player game where you join cowboys in the fight against an alien invasion of mutant animals and lazer-firing robots!
Action, Indie, Casual · 2024 · More free games
Embark on a thrilling top-down adventure as you take control of a cowboy in The Wild Outback, fighting against an alien invasion. Experience the chaos of a Wild West world filled with mutant creatures and laser-firing robots.
About this game
The Wild Outback is an arcade top-down shooter game set in the West. It's a goofy single player game where you join cowboys in the fight against an alien invasion of mutant animals and lazer-firing robots!
The Wild Outback is a large, barren territory located in the middle of a country called Witherwest. It is a lawless, uncharted area where anything goes, and it just so happens to be the place where the aliens want to settle down. The main cast of characters who are trying to stop the invasion are volunteers, equipped with their own unique set of weapons to stop the invasion.
In this war against the invaders, you may find cowboy allies, powerups, and a whole lot of money to increase your fire power, you're going to need all the help you can get! Picking up stars will summon Cowboy Allies, whom will follow you around and aim wherever your cursor is pointed. Collect as much money as you can, as this will level you up and increase your vitality and your weapon speed.
Survive in a chaotic and wacky world where everything's out to get you!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10, 11
- Processor: 64-bit CPU, Quad-core processor or better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2GB Video Memory (Shader model 4.0)
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 600 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10, 11
- Processor: 64-bit CPU, Quad-core processor or better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2GB Video Memory (Shader model 4.0)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 600 MB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
The Wild Outback Update v1.0.8
Hello y'all! This is The Wild Outback version 1.0.8. This is a small update that optimizes the game even further and makes it load even faster! Now the game has a more emphasized retro 3D style!Medium graphics setting removed.A lot of textures and sounds have been compressed and quality levels reduced.The game loads levels much faster all across the board.Total file size of the game has been reduced up to nearly 50%.Read full article on Community Announcements (Castspur)Patch NotesOfficial
The Wild Outback v1.0.7.2 Update
- Updated Reset Progress window to display bigger and easier to read text. - Updated credits in the title screen to display bigger and easier to read text. - Reimplemented Intro 2 scene. After proceeding the very first screen upon launching the game, the intro cutscene will play, and is skippable. - There is a secret menu in the game that displays a list of cheat codes. Keep in mind, typing cheat codes will change your score and freeze it at -999999, you'd have to restart the level to get highscores again. Have fun!Read full article on Community Announcements (Castspur)Patch NotesOfficial
The Wild Outback v1.0.7.1 is now live!
This is a minor update aimed to GREATLY improve the overall game stability and performance. Seriously, this is the smoothest the game has ever run. Enjoy the experience! Optimizations: - Optimized and simplified game graphics for increased performance and visual consistency. - All projectiles and collectibles no longer cast/receive shadows for visual clarity and increased performance. - Optimized code for improved performance. Player Changes: - Increased despawn distance for all coins. The player can be further away from any coin pickup before it despawns from being too far away. - Increased Orange Robot Ally lazer damage. - Removed NPC allies being able to jump. - Removed unused ability to command NPC allies to follow, stop, follow faster, and leave. - Reduced all NPC Ally follow speeds. - Cannon allies no longer follow after the player. This does not include the Cannonball Rave powerup. - Increased Cowmageddon damage. - Increased Ally Cannonball damage even more. - Increased Ally UFO tractor beam damage, by a lot. - Increased Player Dust Destructor damage. Enemy Changes: - Increased the rate at which cowboy enemies will spawn in Survival Day.Read full article on Community Announcements (Castspur)Patch NotesOfficial
The Wild Outback v1.0.7 Update
This is a medium-sized gameplay update that aims to balance the difficulty of the game overall. The beginning of any level can be a little cumbersome more often than not, but these changes will help speed up gameplay progression. This update will help you get higher scores and it will make the experience consistently more fun!If you don't already know, this game now has 25 achievements! There may be more added in the future, but for now, this is a good stopping point.Player Changes:- All coins give more XP.- All Score gained by taking damage from various enemies MASSIVELY increased. No Pain, No Gain!- Gold coins give more Score.- Every Star pickup gives more XP and more score.- Ally cannonball damage increased.- Harley's Baseball damage slightly increased.- Harley's Water Spray damage increased.- Harley's Balloon direct hit and splash damage increased.- Zach's Musket and Musketeer Ring damage increased.- Colin's chickens damage increased.- Colin's chickens no longer follow Colin after being thrown, they will sit still or get rolled around from the impact.- Colin's chickens stay 1 second longer before despawning.- Jules shotgun damage increased.- Broken boxes have a slightly increased chance of dropping diamonds and/or powerup stars.- Broken barrels now have a chance of dropping an Ally star or diamond, and can also drop silver coins.- Health Cacti heals the player slightly faster.Enemy Changes:- Certain minibosses (Charlie Gang, Giant Alien Robot, Silly Sam, Giant Trolley) now have a 1/3 chance to drop 3 diamonds on destruction.- Yellow cowboy miniboss now only drops 3 diamonds.Read full article on Community Announcements (Castspur)Patch NotesOfficial
Steam Achievements Added!
Greetings! Hope you've been having a nice 2026! Steam achievements have officially been added to The Wild Outback! More achievements will be added in the future!Read full article on Community Announcements (Castspur)
