The Oregon Trail: 40th Anniversary Edition
Relive a part of American history and a slice of gaming history at the same time as a classic frontier adventure blazes a new trail on Wii. In the middle of the 19th Century, America is headed West, chasing…
The Oregon Trail: 40th Anniversary Edition is a simulator developed by DoubleTap Games, released 9 December 2011 on Nintendo 3DS and Wii.
What The Oregon Trail: 40th Anniversary Edition is
The Oregon Trail: 40th Anniversary Edition is a simulator game developed by DoubleTap Games and released in 2011. It was published by Crave Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and Wii.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Play as the head of a household driving your family to various destinations in an overarching plot of getting your family out further west.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, historical and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Oregon Trail: 40th Anniversary Edition holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
What it launched against
The Oregon Trail: 40th Anniversary Edition launched on 9 December 2011, within three weeks of Minecraft: Java Edition, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Mario Kart 7 and Trine 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Minecraft: Java Edition, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Mario Kart 7, Trine 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
The Oregon Trail: 40th Anniversary Edition — frequently asked questions
When did The Oregon Trail: 40th Anniversary Edition come out?
If you like this
