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Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive

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App ID 260730
App Type Game
Store Name Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Developer
Publisher THQ Nordic
Franchise Desperados
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 29962669
Last Record Update 9 July 2025 – 06:00:59 UTC ()
Release Date 20 November 2013 – 09:53:00 UTC ()
😎 84.31%
2k reviews
9
In-Game

"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.

Additional Information

Developer Spellbound
metacritic_name Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
metacritic_score 78
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/desperados-wanted-dead-or-alive?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
ReleaseState released
Publisher THQ Nordic
Store Release Date 23 July 2001 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 20 November 2013 – 09:53:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 23 July 2001 – 07:00:00 UTC () (995871600)
Store Asset Modification Time 17 September 2019 – 09:51:23 UTC () (1568713883)
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Detected Technologies (?) SDL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 14 February 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 2959430
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    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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    requires_voice_files0
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First seen on SteamDB 21 October 2013 – 12:52:12 UTC (), in changelist #309965

Supported Languages

6 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🤠 Western 🤔 Tactical 🌆 Isometric 💥 Action 🥷 Stealth ▶️ Real Time Tactics 👤 Singleplayer 🕒 Classic 🌫 Atmospheric ▶️ Real-Time 🌐 RTS 😓 Difficult

Categories

Single-player Family Sharing

Assets

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timestamp3 November 2020 – 19:38:52 UTC
Trailers
2030218 ↴
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Steam charts

  • 9 players right now
  • 58 24-hour peak
  • 283 all-time peak 26 August 2018
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Store data

  • 5,314 followers
  • 1,980 positive reviews
  • 269 negative reviews
  • 88.04% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 1,824 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 84.31% SteamDB Rating
  • 1,980 88.0% positive reviews
  • 269 12.0% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
20 November 2013 – 09:53 Steam Release -
8 October 2015 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Bundle Nordic Games 3 -
11 March 2019 – 22:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: THQ Nordic Build Your Own Bundle -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 9 players live playing Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive on Steam.

Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive had an all-time peak of 283 concurrent players on 26 August 2018.

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