How much does Wild West Pioneers cost?
$19.99 for the Early Access release, before a launch discount that wishlists pushed to its top tier of 25%. Asked by a player what to budget, a Toplitz community manager answered:
“Pioneers will be $19.99 for the Early Access release… There will be a launch discount, the % amount will be determined by the final amount of wishlists”
How big is the launch discount?
The discount was tied to how many people wishlisted the game before launch. Each milestone unlocked a bigger cut:
| Wishlists reached | Launch discount |
|---|---|
| 120,000 | 7% |
| 130,000 | 10% |
| 150,000 | 15% |
| 180,000 | 20% |
| 200,000 | 25% |
The last tier was reached. In the team’s words, “200,000 pioneers are riding to Early Access with a 25% launch discount.”
So what do you actually pay?
With the launch discount, $14.99 on Steam in the US, down from $19.99. The same 25% cut makes it €14.99 (from €19.99) in the eurozone and £13.49 (from £17.99) in the UK. It is an introductory offer that runs for the first two weeks of Early Access, so if the price matters to you, buy while the cut is still showing. Which store to use is covered on the Steam, GOG or Epic page.
Where do you see the current price?
On Steam, where the discounted price shows next to the regular one. The exact unlock hour for your time zone is on the release time page.
Will it cost more after Early Access?
Yes, that is the stated plan. The team says: “we are offering the game at a lower price compared to the full release.” The full-release price has not been given. Early Access is expected to last about a year, and the three planned content updates are on the Early Access and roadmap page.
Standard, Companion or Ultimate: what is the difference?
| Edition | What you get |
|---|---|
| Standard | Base game |
| Companion | Base game and the Official Companion |
| Ultimate | Base game, the Official Companion, the Official Cookbook and the Original Soundtrack |
One naming quirk: on Steam the heading above this graphic reads “Special Edition”, while the graphic itself says “Digital Editions”. Both refer to the same three tiers.
The extras sit outside the game. When a player asked whether the bigger editions play differently, Toplitz answered:
“Just to be clear, the other versions include out of game extras (guide, cook book, soundtrack), there is no difference with the game in the other versions.”
On Steam the tiers are not sold as separate packages. The purchase box offers the base game, and the three extras are separate add-ons you can buy on top of it; the Companion and Ultimate editions are the base game plus those add-ons.
| Steam add-on | Regular price (US) | With launch discount |
|---|---|---|
| Official Companion | $9.99 | $7.49 |
| Official Cookbook | $4.99 | $3.74 |
| Original Soundtrack | $4.99 | $3.74 |
So the Companion edition comes to $22.48 and the Ultimate edition to $29.96 at launch prices in the US, if you buy the base game and the matching add-ons together. None of the extras changes the game. If you only want to play, the base game is the whole game.
Where do you get a Wild West Pioneers key?
The publisher named three stores, Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store, though so far only Steam is selling it. Buying from one of them puts the game in that store’s library. Third-party key sites are a separate market with separate risks, such as a key locked to another region or one that stops working later, and any problem there is between you and the seller rather than the store. There is no free or trial version to fall back on either: the demo has been taken down.
Related: the exact unlock time, whether your PC can run it and which languages it supports.