Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
"Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive" is the first strategy game ever to combine a movie-based and story-driven atmosphere of an adventure game with the intellectual challenge of a real time tactic game.In this western-style title, discover a game of strategy and tactics played out in exceptional real time.
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Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
Desperados III is a real time tactics, strategy and stealth game
developed by Mimimi Games
and published by THQ Nordic.
Released on June 16th 2020 is available on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 10 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Polish.
It has received 11,922 reviews of which 11,445 were positive and 477 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 7.29€ on Instant Gaming.
The Steam community has classified Desperados III into these genres:
Real Time Tactics
Strategy
Stealth
Western
Tactical
Isometric
Singleplayer
Assassins
Difficult
Third Person
Atmospheric
Historical
Action
Top-Down
Violent
Adventure
Indie
RTS
Survival
Great Soundtrack
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Desperados III:
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 64-bit or higher
- Processor: 3.0 GHz Dual Core (Intel i3-530 / AMD Athlon II X3 460)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 560 / Radeon HD 5850, 2GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 20 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: macOS 10.13+
- Processor: 3.5 Ghz Dual Core
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Radeon HD 5850, 2 GB
- Storage: 21 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04+
- Processor: 3.5 Ghz Dual Core
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 560 / Radeon HD 5850, 2 GB
- Storage: 21 GB available space
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The prequel for the Desperados series, in which not just Mimimi greatly improved the concept of the Ninja Cowboy Cooper, as well as made the first two Desperados games easier to play and understand, especially certain mechanics related to timing, walking silently, and programming actions. That's a feat, especially considering that the first two games are also gems, but hard to learn, and even harder to master them. Here all characters are very likeable, resourceful and useful (this game has the best depiction of Mr. McCoy, by the way), the stage in Baton Rouge is just hilarious, and the dioramas are just incredible, as expected for Mimimi (the studio that is and will be missed very much), great soundtrack, good story (Cooper is a bit reckless here, but let's say it's part of being younger). I can see replayability value, not just with the original game storyline, but also the Baron's Challenges. Along with Shadow Tactics, it's one of my favorite games.
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10 ---{ Author }--- ☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template mimimi nailed it again
Classic Mimimi, which means a well thought out Stealth Strategy / Real Time Stealth Tactics game with lovingly crafted maps and characters with disperate abilities and tools. Do not sleep on the Baron Challenges, which handicap you with some rather interesting and challenging returns to the same maps as the main game but with decidedly new challenges. Worth every minute of the 100 or so hours to complete. I only found a couple of bugs, neither of which were game breaking. Games like this, Shadow Tactics, and Shadow Gambit make me desperately wish Mimimi was back together. In the meantime, there are other great games, but honestly, I haven't found any that are as complete a package as the Mimimi titles. If you like stealth strategy, this is a prime one. If you aren't okay with failing again and again, this is not your jam.
Fun but can be repetitive and frustrating. This is basically a puzzle game and indeed, in many ways, it's the same puzzle over and over again. You work your way through a level, where there will be groups of three or four enemies with overlapping viewcones and a patrolling guard and you have to work out which one to take out first and how to unpick the overlapping viewcones of the rest to neutralise them all. And then you move onto the next group. There's usually only one 'golden path' and you've got to figure that out then follow it. You have five different party members and they each have two or three abilities so there's quite a bit of variety in strategy but the game often restricts you to only some of them - or even one of them - at a time and sometimes takes their weapons / abilities away. It does make each level different but can also mean you end up over rely on the same trick for chunks of time, over and over again eg putting a trap down then whistling to lure enemies to it. It's much more interesting when you're comboing characters and abilities - and there are some tough viewcones puzzles to crack - but, when you do get to do that, the controls can be a bit clunky, characters can do stuff you really didn't expect them to and the plan-then-execute "showdown" feature isn't as strong as it could be. It's fine for simple actions but it doesn't let you queue multiple actions, sequence actions or even stagger actions. It feels a bit too basic for the game. I actually thought normal difficulty was more fun; the detection meters are a lot more forgiving so you can risk sprinting across open ground or pulling out your six shooters and going loud. It's probably not the solution that was envisaged but it means you can mix things up a bit a bit more. That said, even on normal you're going to need to reload quite a bit - and sometimes over and over again - till characters do what you want, when you want and the viewcone gods let it work. When it does work though, there's definitely that "I like it when a plan comes together" feeling. Overall, while it can be frustrating, if you like stealth puzzle type games, it is pretty fun. And, for bonus points, it's a western game. There aren't exactly many western games around and it's pretty well done here. The environments are gorgeous and very old west, the characters are fun if stereotypical, and the story's not to shabby. It also oozes character - I loved the end of mission replays for instance. Given it's less than $5 on sale, I'd say go for it if you have any interest in the genre. But be aware it's a stealth puzzle game, not something like xcom.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Desperados III is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.
No, Desperados III is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 39.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Desperados III received 11,445 positive votes out of a total of 11,922 achieving an impressive rating of 9.33.
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Desperados III was developed by Mimimi Games and published by THQ Nordic.
Yes, Desperados III is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Desperados III is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, Desperados III is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Yes, Desperados III is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Desperados III is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Desperados III does not support VR.
Desperados III is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 5 DLCs available for Desperados III. Explore additional content available for Desperados III on Steam.
No, Desperados III does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Yes, Desperados III supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Desperados III is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Desperados III.
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Developer
Mimimi Games
Publisher
THQ Nordic
Release
16 Jun 2020
Platforms
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