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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 31102708
Last Record Update 14 September 2025 – 12:29:12 UTC ()
Release Date 20 November 2013 – 09:53:00 UTC ()
😎 84.34%
2k reviews
44
In-Game
💡 Strategy 🤠 Western 🤔 Tactical 🌆 Isometric 💥 Action

"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 ()
osarch empty string
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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review_score 8
review_percentage 88
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
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
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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Assets
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timestamp3 November 2020 – 19:38:52 UTC
Trailers
15446 ↴
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228985 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2013 Redist No size
260731 Windows Desperados Content 1.85 GiB 1.58 GiB
260738 macOS Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive MAC 1.86 GiB 1.56 GiB
260739 Linux Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive LINUX 1.85 GiB 1.55 GiB

Total size on disk is 5.55 GiB and total download size is 4.70 GiB.

Total size on disk is 1.85 GiB and total download size is 1.58 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 2959430 20 July 2018 – 17:07:32 UTC
publicbeta 2959430 19 July 2018 – 14:22:14 UTC

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1
markdlcdepots 1
baselanguages English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian
hasdepotsindlc 0
privatebranches 1
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