Platforms
Windows PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs, Violence
No Interactive Elements
Rating Summary
Rustler is rated M for Mature 17+ by the ESRB with Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs, and Violence. This is an action-adventure game in which players assume the role of a thug (Guy) on a quest to win a princess's hand in marriage during the Middle Ages. From a top-down perspective, players explore an open-world environment, interact with characters, and engage in various criminal activities (e.g., stealing, murder, cattle rustling). Players use swords, crossbows, scythes, and holy hand grenades to kill targets and royal guards. Blood-splatter effects occur as characters are killed, leaving blood stains on the ground. Players have the ability to kill civilians, though this may negatively affect players' progress. During one sequence, players can dismember a knight's arms; a character portrait depicts the knight's bloody wounds. The game contains some suggestive material in the dialogue (e.g., “They said something about whoring and god's disgust”; "No c*cks to s*ck here"; “Brother Redshirt suffers from a severe case of crotch crickets”; "But they always invite women of the night…One of their courtesans is working for us."). In one mission, players are tasked with burning herbs on wooden stakes; characters' smoke inhalation causes colorful distortions to occur on the screen, with accompanying dialogue (e.g., “I'm high as f**k..."; “I think we might be high..."). The words “f**k,” “sh*t,” and “c*ck” appear in the game.