Get ready to ride! First chance to play Westlanders in Closed Playtest live now on PC

The Breach Studios and team17 are delighted to announce that open-world Wild West survival adventure Westlanders is available on Steam and Epic in closed playtest now, from 10th November until 17th November 2026.

Launching into Steam and Epic Early Access in 2027, this ambitious title drops players into a hostile 19th-century Wild West where they must survive and thrive… by any means necessary. The playtest gives players access to the first 6-8 hours of the game across two distinct biomes featuring survival and settlement building gameplay. Players can progress from scavenging and hunting right through to setting up their first camps.

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[l3|Closed playtest Epic]

Check out the new gameplay trailer for Westlanders below for a taste of what you can look forward to in the closed playtest and beyond into Early Access:
A New Chapter on Steam and Beyond

Ferran Punti, CEO, The Breach Studios, said: “We’re so excited to share the world we have created with survival craft fans and see what the community thinks of Westlanders! It’s our open world realistic take on the Western genre and we can’t wait for everyone to saddle up and get stuck in. This is just a first taste of what’s to come and we welcome any player feedback at this stage. We hope this will give players a flavour of what we want we have in store for Early Access and beyond.”

Combining survival, crafting, building, and management gameplay, Westlanders offers a deep, multi-layered experience where players evolve from desperate survivors into leaders of productive settlements. Utilising their wagon as a customisable mobile base, players will explore uncharted regions, hunt for resources, and attempt to survive brutal environments.

Westlanders Key Features:

SURVIVE a dynamic open world, teeming with life and fraught with peril as you explore vast landscapes from your customisable wagon.
DISCOVER vital resources, hidden locations, and unique characters, and thrive by forging a network of settlements across the entire valley.
CRAFT & INNOVATE everything from basic tools to ingenious innovations, progressing through a deep tech tree to unlock powerful gear and useful buildings.
BUILD & CUSTOMISE your own settlements, transforming the wilderness into bustling hubs.
PRODUCE & HARNESS the land's bounty through farming, ranching, and mining, and optimise your production lines through research and worker automations

Westlanders is currently in development for PC Early Access in 2027, with consoles planned for 1.0 launch at a later date.