Fit check
Is Hopalong: The Badlands worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- VR action players who want a western setting with firearms and explosives
- Players who prefer physical movement gestures over teleport-based travel
- Fans of comedic shooters who want unlockable mounts and weapons
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a slow, story-led western adventure rather than fast shooting and pursuit
- Players looking for extensive tactical planning, role-playing systems, or multiplayer combat
- Players who do not want to use stick-horse gestures for movement
Our take on Hopalong: The Badlands
Instead of using teleportation as its main VR movement convention, the game makes a stick horse the travel mechanism. Its western shooter structure is framed with satirical dialogue, returning dynamite, and a comic take on outlaw pursuit.
What is Hopalong: The Badlands?
Hopalong: The Badlands is a VR western shooter set across cliffs, caves, and a broad badlands landscape.
Movement uses the Oscillot system: moving a stick horse up and down propels players smoothly instead of teleporting. The game combines shooting with a bullet-time quickdraw ability, thrown dynamite that can be dodged or shot back in midair, and satirical voice-over. Players pursue the Dynamite Gang while finding additional mounts and weapons, including a pickaxe, double-barrel gun, sniper rifle, dynamite, Iron Falcon, and Brimstone Gun. The game also includes achievement support.
How Hopalong: The Badlands plays
- 01Stick-horse movement
- Moving the stick horse up and down propels players across the landscape without teleportation.
- 02Bullet-time quickdraw
- A slow-motion ability is available during gunfights.
- 03Returning dynamite
- Thrown explosives can be avoided or shot back at the character who launched them.
- 04Weapons and mounts
- The game includes unlockable rides and an arsenal ranging from a pickaxe and sniper rifle to explosive firearms.
- 05Satirical voice-over
- The game uses comedic spoken audio alongside its western setting.
- 06Achievement support
- The game supports achievements.
Hopalong: The Badlands compared to similar games
Hopalong: The Badlands combines a western VR shooter with stick-horse locomotion, unlockable mounts, and a pursuit of the Dynamite Gang. Hentai Vs Furries is a third-person shooter centered on quests, skins, multiple camera angles, and emotes, while Abyssus focuses on multiplayer roguelite shooting, hand-crafted levels, and weapon modifications.
Hopalong: The Badlands: platforms & release
Is Hopalong: The Badlands worth it?
It is worth it if: VR action players who want a western setting with firearms and explosives. Skip it if: players seeking a slow, story-led western adventure rather than fast shooting and pursuit.
Where can I download Hopalong: The Badlands?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Hopalong: The Badlands's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Hopalong: The Badlands on?
Windows only.
