The plot is paper-thin yet oddly compelling. You play as the titular Hobo, who, after being harassed by a time-traveling cowboy cop, is flung into the lawless frontier town of Dusty Gulch. Your goal is brutally simple—survive and dominate. You start with nothing but a rusty bottle and a mean right hook. By defeating rival hobos, corrupt sheriffs, and saloon patrons, you earn "Hobo Gold." This currency is spent at filthy merchants for upgrades: from a half-empty beer bottle to a pigeon launcher, a "Poop-a-pult," and eventually, a sentient toilet that follows you into battle.