Last updated on May 2, 2026
Who would have thought a few days ago that a french studio will get on the top sale list on steam. Yet, here we are. Far Far West, the latest project from Evil Raptor and publisher Fireshine Games, this co-op game has generated a lot of hype on Steam those days.
Within just 48 hours of its Early Access launch, this 1-4 player co-op shooter racked up a staggering 250,000 sales. The influx of players was so massive and sudden that it actually tripped the network provider’s anti-DDoS protections. When your game is so popular that the internet thinks it’s a cyberattack, you know you’ve got a hit on your hands.
From “who?” to number one
If the name Evil Raptor sounds vaguely familiar, it’s probably because of Pumpkin Jack. That game did alright, built a small following, and ended up with just under 3,000 reviews after years on the market.
Then came Akimbot in 2024, which didn’t really go anywhere. Fewer than 700 reviews, very little noise around it. If anything, it felt like the studio lost momentum there.
So yeah, nothing about their track record screamed “next Steam hit.”
And yet Far Far West is now sitting on thousands of reviews in just a few days, with a 97 percent approval rating and that coveted “Overwhelmingly Positive” badge.
What the game actually is
At its core, it’s a 1 to 4 player co-op FPS. You play as a crew of robot bounty hunters taking contracts from a sheriff in a sci-fi western setting. You can go solo if you want, but it’s clearly built around team play.
The loop is simple: pick up a contract, track a target, survive the chaos, repeat.
Players keep comparing it to a mix between Deep Rock Galactic and Helldivers, which honestly checks out. It has that same kind of co-op energy where everything can go wrong very quickly, but that’s also where the fun is.
And judging by the reviews, people are really into it. Some are straight up calling it one of the best co-op shooters out right now.
There’s just one problem… no yeehaw
As weird as it sounds, the biggest complaint right now isn’t about balance or bugs. It’s about the lack of a button.
More specifically, the lack of a “yeehaw” button.
If you’ve played Deep Rock Galactic, you already get it. That game’s salute button lets you spam “Rock and Stone” for basically any reason. Win a fight, hit the button. Waiting around, hit the button. No reason at all, still hit the button.
It’s dumb, it’s repetitive and it somehow makes the whole experience better.
Far Far West has none of that. No quick voice line, no shared chant, nothing. And for a game about cowboy robots, that feels… off.
Players noticed immediately. There’s already a thread basically begging for it, calling it the number one piece of feedback by a mile. The Discord server is full of the same question: why can’t we yeehaw?
The devs might actually add it
To their credit, Evil Raptor seems to be paying attention. There’s already a discussion going on in the Discord where they’re asking players what kind of in-game chants they’d want.
Some suggestions are trying to get clever, throwing in different lines and jokes. But honestly, most people seem to want the obvious solution. Just give us a yeehaw. Maybe a few variations of it. That’s it.
How long can it stay on top?
Right now, Far Far West has pushed past other big releases, even knocking Windrose off the top spot. It also helps that it’s cheaper, currently sitting at $17.99 with a small launch discount till 5 may.
But let’s be real this probably isn’t permanent. There are some big name games coming soon, like Subnautica 2 and Forza Horizon 6. Once those land they’re almost guaranteed to shake up the charts.
This is already a win
Even if it drops from the number one spot next week, Far Far West has already done more than anyone expected.
It turned an early access launch into a massive success, revived interest in a studio that was starting to fade out and built a community that’s already arguing about something as specific as a yeehaw button.
Not bad for a game nobody was really talking about a few days ago.
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