El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale

Released Dec 2020

El Hijo is an exciting spaghetti-western stealth game, in which you guide a 6-year-old boy on his quest to find his mother.

80% positive · 232 reviews
Done
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale launched on December 3, 2020 as a complete, self-contained spaghetti-western stealth game. The developer released a small bug-fix patch on December 22, 2020, a feature and bug-fix patch on May 5, 2021, and a final achievement fix on March 8, 2022. None of these updates introduced new content — they were purely maintenance work. There are no DLC listings, no announced expansions, no roadmaps, and no developer statements suggesting additional content was ever planned after launch. The store description presents the game as a finished narrative experience with a clear beginning and end. The last developer communication was on March 8, 2022, and the studio has not posted since. Given that the game launched as a complete product with no post-launch content cycle, it is considered finished as of its release date.
Evidence
Small patch fixing an achievements bug. Last official communication from the developer. Maintenance only.
news post · Mar 8, 2022 source development ending
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Store description presents the game as a complete narrative experience — a boy's journey to find his mother through a monastery, desert, and frontier town. No mention of DLC, seasons, or ongoing content.
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Details

Developer
Publisher
THQ Nordic Mobile
Achievements
22
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale is an exciting spaghetti-western stealth game, in which you guide a 6-year-old boy on his quest to find his mother.

As a six-year-old, "El Hijo" must always sneak past the dangers of his world. As he overcomes his challenges, he gains self-confidence and cunning and with it more schemes to get past his foes. On his journey, he will find himself in a remote monastery, a harsh and unforgiving stretch of desert and a frontier town rife with crime and villainy.

The journey begins when a farmer and her son El Hijo are attacked by bandits who raze their farm to the ground. The mother decides to leave "El Hijo" at a secluded monastery in order to protect him. However, El Hijo decides that the monastic life is not for him and decides to escape. "El Hijo - A Wild West Tale" is a non-violent stealth game. Violence is instead exchanged with the mischievous, playfulness of a young child. Shadowplay is in the core of the game and "El Hijo" will often have to hide. Without needlessly adding new mechanics, the gameplay is extended naturally, as variations of existing mechanics are gradually introduced and then combined with each other to increase the challenge. These twists on familiar mechanics are often a product of the varied, increasingly dangerous environments that "El Hijo" must traverse to reach his ultimate goal.

Features:

  • Survive the Wild West with the cleverness of a young hero

  • Explore dark monasteries, deserts and boomtowns in a spaghetti-western world

  • Merge with the shadows to hide from the lawless

  • Solve playfully tricky environmental puzzles

  • Use a playful arsenal of tactical toys to bypass and distract diverse desperadoes

  • Inspire other children towards the path to freedom

  • Enjoy the gripping storyline of a brave son searching for his mother

Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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