You are nobody, and have nothing. Not even a name, as the creativity of your parents didn’t go much further than calling you a “Guy”. The miserable state you’re in does have one advantage, however: it doesn’t get much worse than that. So, you can either keep sitting on your buttocks, do nothing about it, waiting for your sad life to come to an end, or you can try to get out there, earn a coin or two, have fun with the ladies, drink a beer or ten, and get everything that you’re currently missing. Legally or illegally; that’s secondary. What matters is having it all, having it now, and preferably with as little effort as possible.

Imagine GTA 2 or San Andreas, but set in medieval times, where you steal horses instead of cars. Enter the merciless criminal underworld, where a local Bard is your private human radio, with all the top rap songs available.

Embark on a mission to find the Holy Grail, help the nobleman in becoming a gangster rapper, fire someone who believes the Earth is round from a trebuchet, or choose others from the huge range of absurd tasks available in-game. You can also ignore the missions and just simply take the sword, spear, crossbow, or whatever you have at your disposal to start the madness in your town by challenging all the knights in the realm. How long will you survive being under the city’s militia radar.

Play as The Guy, whose parents were apparently too lazy to give him a proper name. Experience feudal injustice, inquisition, witch-hunting, and join The Grand Tournament. Meet valiant, yet incredibly stupid knights. Complete a wide variety of twisted missions and quests, or don’t give a damn about the plot and bring mayhem to the villages and cities. Choose to go on foot, or by stolen horse. Fight with a sword, or pick a fancy automatic crossbow. All that, spiced up with an inappropriate Monty Python-inspired sense of humor.

Today’s news was accompanied by a brand-new trailer that showcases horse larceny and other crimes that will be committed during Guy’s quest to win The Grand Tournament. When it isn’t crime, it’s generally being a problem for everyone around you in this ‘Grand Theft Horse’ display of mayhem.

Rustler’s world is filled with humor, anachronisms, and pop culture references. Remember Monty Python? Ever been towed for parking in a “NO HORSE ZONE”? Speaking of horses – what if they were treated like Pokémon?

Key Features:

• Be a bold, bald thug in a medieval sandbox: The world of Rustler is filled with humor, anachronisms, and pop culture references. Remember Monty Python? Ever been towed for parking in a “NO HORSE ZONE”? Speaking of horses – what if they were treated like Pokémon?
• Wreak havoc with top-down, old-school combat: Use swords, spears, turds, and crossbows. Not efficient enough? Try a holy hand grenade or your horse. Nothing’s deadlier than a galloping set of hooves.
• Screw everyone over to win half the kingdom: As a poor peasant, you need to get creative to win the Great Tournament. Form strange alliances, double-cross your foes, and dig up dinosaur bones in a light, easy-to-understand and hard-to-empathize-with story.
• Hire bards to aid you musically in battle: A bard is your sweaty personal radio. He’ll never leave your side, even amidst the bloodiest of conflicts, and he’ll change the song's dynamic depending on the action. Or, if the tune isn’t to your liking, make him change it by punching him in the face.
• A lot of horsin’ around: Shoot cows into the sky, dress up as a guard or Death himself, smoke weed by accident, draw fancy shapes with a plowing cart, survive a full onslaught from the guards after killing half the city – just some of the crazy things you can do in Rustler.

Currently available through Steam Early Access, Rustler is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) on August 31, 2021.