West of Loathing is a comedy adventure role-playing video game developed and released by Asymmetric Publications on August 10, 2017.

After obtaining a horse, you then head to a town called Dirtwater, solving problems for the Manifest Destiny Railroad Company to eventually get to the city of Frisco, where they speak to a man named Emperor Norton.

[3][5] West of Loathing was submitted to the Greenlight community voting system on digital distribution service Steam.

[9] Writing for Polygon Noah Caldwell-Gervais lauded West of Loathing's humorous writing, music, and its underlying "surprising intricacy of design," while PC Gamer reviewer Christopher Livingston called the game a "delightfully written RPG absolutely packed with humor,"[14] but criticized its relatively simple combat system.

In a review for Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Alec Meer recommended the game and praised its warm and welcoming tone.

[23][24] The music of West of Loathing was composed by Ryan Ike and gained praise as a "pitch-perfect Spaghetti Western soundtrack.