WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF WESTERN RYE Set in the golden era of the Wild West among the red rock canyons of Monument Valley, a fragile settlement tries to hold itself together at the edge of everything. Explore a living, breathing world teeming with wildlife from a bustling town and deep caves to abandoned settlements forgotten by time. Trade with local NPCs, navigate dynamically reactive factions, and forge your story in the untamed West as you rise from a desperate outlaw to an enduring legend, carving out your legacy. Brave a breathtaking yet lethal frontier governed by dynamic weather, from blinding sandstorms to torrential rainstorms. Welcome to the world of Western Rye, and experience a land recovering in the wake of the mysterious Rye Fever. BUILD YOUR HOMESTEAD Start with nothing. Build something worth defending. Construct your home plank by plank, foundations, walls, roofs, doors. Set up your farm. Plant corn, wheat, beans and barley and watch them grow while you work the land. Install a water well before the thirst gets you. Place your Homestead Stove and cook a proper meal for the first time since the world fell apart. Your homestead is yours. Make it look like it. GATHER RESOURCES, MINE, SMELT, CRAFT Chop trees for wood, gather herbs, cactus, mine raw ore, smelt it into ingots, craft the tools and structures that keep you alive. Build your smelter. Forge your weapons. Repair your equipment. Become a master of survival in this frontier. Everything you build, you earned. COOK, BREW, FARM, FISH, HUNT......LIVE OFF THE LAND The land is still alive even if almost everything else isn't. Plant seeds in your crop planter. Watch them grow through four stages from sprout to harvest. Raise chickens, cattle and pigs, Brew the finest Whiskey and Moonshine, Hunt bison in the fields. Fish at the lake. Cook on your campfire, or your Homestead Stove for meals that actually do something for you. Survival tastes better when you grew it yourself. ARM YOURSELF From Revolvers, to Shotguns and the rifles that won the west, choose what fits how you fight. Upgrade what you carry. The wild west waits for no cowboy! CONFRONT RUTHLESS FACTIONS & PLAGUE REMNANTS Fight your way through a Blind, sound sensitive and relentless remnants of infected humans affected by the Rye Fever known as 'Husk', to Outlaw Bandits raiding parties that control supply routes and ambush traveler. A dark Cannibal Cultists fanatics lurking in the valley’s darkest corners. A ruthless gang of banished native renegades arsonists who leave a trail of fire and ash across every path they cross. A STORY WORTH FOLLOWING A Marshal carries something he won't talk about. The Sheriff knew the truth before anyone believed her. The Native tribe's children are disappearing too. A Priest needs help uncovering the darkest secrets of a cannibalistic cult and somewhere in the wilderness, a man in a broken face is playing a very long game. The frontier has a mystery. You're in the middle of it. PLAY TOGETHER Western Rye is built for co-op from the ground up! Up to 4 players on the same frontier. Build your homesteads side by side. Share resources. Cover each other in combat. Face the night or Sleep through it together and wake at dawn. Every mission, every bounty, every dark night is better with company. Survive alone if you have to. Thrive together if you can.