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Bounty Train – New West

Bounty Train – New West

Deal overview

Bounty Train – New West is currently 90% off on Gog — down to $0.29 from $2.99.

At 90% off, this is one of the deepest discounts Bounty Train – New West reaches on Gog — near its typical floor.

That works out to $2.70 off the Gog list price of $2.99.

This deal is for the PC version. Click View Deal to open the official Gog page — prices and regional availability are confirmed at checkout, not by GamesCreed.

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About this game

How it plays

Bounty Train drops you in charge of a locomotive somewhere in the American frontier of the 1800s, and everything you do flows through that train. You outfit it car by car, deciding what it’s built to do (haul cargo, fight off attackers, carry more crew), then send it rolling across a map dotted with real towns and cities. Along the way you’re buying low and selling high, taking on jobs that need hauling or protecting, and managing a crew whose skills matter when things go sideways. And things do go sideways: bandits, hostile encounters, and the occasional mechanical failure force you into decisions that can be talked, bought, or shot through, depending on how you’ve built your outfit and your reputation. Layered under the resource-and-trade loop is a story about reuniting with family and the historical upheaval facing Native peoples, with room to align yourself with one of several factions and actually shift how those events play out.

Who it’s for

If you like management sims where every upgrade decision has weight, and you don’t mind reading a bit and thinking a few moves ahead before pulling a trigger, this is your kind of game. It rewards patience: watching trade routes, keeping your crew fed and paid, and picking fights only when you can win them. Players who want fast, arcade-y action or a purely linear story should look elsewhere. This is a slower burn, closer to a strategy game wearing a Western hat than a shooter, and the historical setting and faction politics will land best with people who enjoy period detail rather than just want an excuse to rob a train.

Is it worth it?

For the right player, a game like this earns its keep by being replayable rather than flashy. Faction choice and a non-linear story mean a second run can look pretty different from your first, and strategy fans tend to get a lot of mileage out of that kind of variability. It’s the sort of indie title that doesn’t need to be full price to feel worthwhile, but it’s also not a fifteen-minute curiosity, so if the setting and loop appeal to you, it holds up as a real time investment rather than a throwaway. Picking it up during a sale is a smart way to try it without committing to a genre you’re not sure you’ll love.

Quick facts

Genre: Indie, Simulation, Strategy. Developer: Corbie Games. Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment. Platform: PC (GOG). Released: May 16, 2017.

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