The wild west typically refers to the period in north American history when settlers pushed west in search of new lands and riches, such as during the Californian gold rush of the 1840s and is a highly romanticised period of lawlessness and adventure. Romanticised that is in books and movies, but for the early settlers it was a difficult time and for the native Americans one of great angst as their native and ancestral homelands were taken over by the settlers as they were eventually pushed and relocated into settlements often far from the land they loved and had fought so hard to maintain.
Some of these wild west games are based on an event that happened on 4th July 1828 when America's oldest living man, Charles Carroll, plunged a spade into the soil and work began on what was to become the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, a railway that was to continue in operation until 1987. The railways were to revolutionize America as, for the first time, heavy loads and high numbers of passengers could traverse the country in a way that wasn't always practical on horseback or stagecoach. Some of these games reflect those pioneering days of the wild west.
So, whether you want to you want to play shooting wild west games or undertake frontier adventure games, construct a railroad, protect your train from bandits, on this page we showcase some of the best wild west games online.
Wild West Game
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Gunslinger
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Bandits Game
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Train Ambush Game
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Railroad Rescue
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Railroad Construction
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Minecart Game
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Western Mystery
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Quest Game
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Shooting Game
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Native American games reflecting the
indigenous way of life and the struggle
against the new settlers.
An online collection of our other
games charting the challenges of
the western frontier.
