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Steam app 260730 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:57 UTC

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.

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive Steam header artwork
SpellboundTHQ Nordic
46playing now
5124-hour peak
267all-time peak
28average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−2.6Gain−8.17%% gain71Peak

715 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

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Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

155 months, November 2013 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

0721442162882013201520182020202220242026November 201364 monthly peakDecember 201343 monthly peakJanuary 201441 monthly peakFebruary 201457 monthly peakMarch 201461 monthly peakApril 201421 monthly peakMay 201418 monthly peakJune 201460 monthly peakJuly 201422 monthly peakAugust 201423 monthly peakSeptember 201452 monthly peakOctober 201428 monthly peakNovember 201425 monthly peakDecember 201424 monthly peakJanuary 201529 monthly peakFebruary 201536 monthly peakMarch 201521 monthly peakApril 201517 monthly peakMay 201527 monthly peakJune 201525 monthly peakJuly 201518 monthly peakAugust 201519 monthly peakSeptember 201522 monthly peakOctober 201533 monthly peakNovember 201556 monthly peakDecember 201527 monthly peakJanuary 201637 monthly peakFebruary 201620 monthly peakMarch 201619 monthly peakApril 201632 monthly peakMay 201620 monthly peakJune 201621 monthly peakJuly 201625 monthly peakAugust 201617 monthly peakSeptember 201621 monthly peakOctober 201618 monthly peakNovember 201620 monthly peakDecember 201629 monthly peakJanuary 201731 monthly peakFebruary 201720 monthly peakMarch 201724 monthly peakApril 201720 monthly peakMay 201715 monthly peakJune 201726 monthly peakJuly 201721 monthly peakAugust 201721 monthly peakSeptember 201719 monthly peakOctober 201717 monthly peakNovember 201716 monthly peakDecember 201716 monthly peakJanuary 201817 monthly peakFebruary 201817 monthly peakMarch 201816 monthly peakApril 201813 monthly peakMay 201815 monthly peakJune 201815 monthly peakJuly 2018143 monthly peakAugust 2018267 monthly peakSeptember 2018169 monthly peakOctober 201883 monthly peakNovember 201894 monthly peakDecember 201892 monthly peakJanuary 2019109 monthly peakFebruary 201975 monthly peakMarch 201973 monthly peakApril 201963 monthly peakMay 2019111 monthly peakJune 201980 monthly peakJuly 201998 monthly peakAugust 201991 monthly peakSeptember 2019101 monthly peakOctober 201982 monthly peakNovember 201976 monthly peakDecember 2019103 monthly peakJanuary 202094 monthly peakFebruary 2020102 monthly peakMarch 2020166 monthly peakApril 2020153 monthly peakMay 2020172 monthly peakJune 2020197 monthly peakJuly 2020186 monthly peakAugust 2020106 monthly peakSeptember 2020119 monthly peakOctober 202089 monthly peakNovember 2020182 monthly peakDecember 2020135 monthly peakJanuary 2021134 monthly peakFebruary 202193 monthly peakMarch 202188 monthly peakApril 2021182 monthly peakMay 2021109 monthly peakJune 202176 monthly peakJuly 202170 monthly peakAugust 202166 monthly peakSeptember 202185 monthly peakOctober 202187 monthly peakNovember 202171 monthly peakDecember 202183 monthly peakJanuary 202281 monthly peakFebruary 202266 monthly peakMarch 202276 monthly peakApril 202268 monthly peakMay 202257 monthly peakJune 202257 monthly peakJuly 202264 monthly peakAugust 202269 monthly peakSeptember 202271 monthly peakOctober 202265 monthly peakNovember 202263 monthly peakDecember 202278 monthly peakJanuary 202381 monthly peakFebruary 202374 monthly peakMarch 202373 monthly peakApril 202365 monthly peakMay 202355 monthly peakJune 202355 monthly peakJuly 202370 monthly peakAugust 202378 monthly peakSeptember 202356 monthly peakOctober 202354 monthly peakNovember 202369 monthly peakDecember 202376 monthly peakJanuary 202476 monthly peakFebruary 202465 monthly peakMarch 202470 monthly peakApril 202464 monthly peakMay 202453 monthly peakJune 202477 monthly peakJuly 202464 monthly peakAugust 202473 monthly peakSeptember 202467 monthly peakOctober 202475 monthly peakNovember 202468 monthly peakDecember 202478 monthly peakJanuary 202590 monthly peakFebruary 202574 monthly peakMarch 202585 monthly peakApril 202575 monthly peakMay 202562 monthly peakJune 202561 monthly peakJuly 202569 monthly peakAugust 202568 monthly peakSeptember 202574 monthly peakOctober 2025102 monthly peakNovember 202579 monthly peakDecember 202586 monthly peakJanuary 202685 monthly peakFebruary 202686 monthly peakMarch 202670 monthly peakApril 202661 monthly peakMay 202672 monthly peakJune 202669 monthly peakJuly 202664 monthly peakAugust 202671 monthly peakSeptember 202656 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

019385877July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 202664 peak — daily detail belowAugust 202671 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202656 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

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August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 434 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

01938587701 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202650 peakSunday 02 August 202661 peakMonday 03 August 202651 peakTuesday 04 August 202648 peakWednesday 05 August 202653 peakThursday 06 August 202647 peakFriday 07 August 202649 peakSaturday 08 August 202655 peakSunday 09 August 202663 peakMonday 10 August 202656 peakTuesday 11 August 202658 peakWednesday 12 August 202656 peakThursday 13 August 202657 peakFriday 14 August 202652 peakSaturday 15 August 202659 peakSunday 16 August 202671 peakMonday 17 August 202655 peakTuesday 18 August 202655 peakWednesday 19 August 202657 peakThursday 20 August 202647 peakFriday 21 August 202652 peakSaturday 22 August 202656 peakSunday 23 August 202661 peakMonday 24 August 202652 peakTuesday 25 August 202653 peakWednesday 26 August 202646 peakThursday 27 August 202652 peakFriday 28 August 202655 peakSaturday 29 August 202656 peakSunday 30 August 202665 peakMonday 31 August 202650 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

01530456001 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202643 peakWednesday 02 September 202641 peakThursday 03 September 202643 peakFriday 04 September 202647 peakSaturday 05 September 202656 peakSunday 06 September 202655 peakMonday 07 September 202647 peakTuesday 08 September 202643 peakWednesday 09 September 202646 peakThursday 10 September 202644 peakFriday 11 September 202648 peakSaturday 12 September 202651 peak

October 2026

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive was released on 20 Nov, 2013.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:57 UTC
App ID
260730
Last updated
20 Jul 2018 build 2959430
Developer
Spellbound
Publisher
THQ Nordic
Release date
20 Nov, 2013
Platforms
WindowsmacOSLinux
Download size
1.58 GB1.56 GB1.55 GB
Install size
1.85 GB1.86 GB1.85 GB
Genres
Action, Strategy
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Unknown
Metacritic
78

Features & support

Steam features

Family Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

StrategyWesternTacticalIsometricActionStealthReal Time TacticsSingleplayerClassicAtmosphericReal-TimeRTSDifficult
About this gameFull description from Steam
"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. You're in charge of a team of 6 mercenaries and must find a way to complete your missions, be it infiltrating an enemy fortress, saving a team member or escaping an ambush... Combine the different skills of your 6 heroes to lead them to victory. The Story El Paso, a typical Wild West town in the southwestern United States near the Mexican border. It is the year 1881. For the last few months, the trains belonging to the famous railroad company, Twinnings & Co have been the target of a whole series of hold-ups and ambushes. The management of the company has decided enough is enough and they have to put an end to the raids. It has offered a reward of $15,000 for anyone who captures the leader of the gang responsible. But no one in and around El Paso has the courage to take on the might of the bandidos, so the outlaws just keep on robbing train after train. Even the local Marshal is keeping well out of it. It’s only when a stranger rides into town that things start to change. Bounty hunter John Cooper pays a visit to the local Twinnings & Co manager offering to end the railroad company’s problems once and for all. He gathers together a gang of his old partners and declares war on the bandidos. But during his pursuit, which will take him through half of the southwestern United States, Cooper soon discovers that on this mission nothing is quite what it seems... Key Features More than 20 enemies with different profiles, from the lazy and cowardly bandit, to the fearsome mercenary. A team of 6 characters, each with their own very distinct characteristics, to manage in real time. 25 different levels provide nail-biting intrigue, with cinematic transition scenes and landscapes that will take your breath away. Amazing artificial intelligence! Each enemy is ranked on 10 different criteria, including intelligence, courage, marksmanship, resistance to alcohol, etc. An array of different settings: day-time, night-time, storms, dusk, villages, ghost towns, fortresses, gold mines, saloons, prisons, boats 6 training levels to allow the player to really get into the story
Content & age ratings3 regional ratings

Regional ratings

ESRBtAnimated Violence
OFLCmLow level animated violence
PEGI12Violence
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/7/8/10 (32 or 64 bit) Processor: 1 GHz Processor Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with OpenGL 3.1

Recommended

Recommended: OS *: Windows XP/7/8/10 (32 or 64 bit) Processor: 1.4 GHz recommended Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with OpenGL 3.1

macOS

Minimum: OS: OSX: 10.7 Lion Processor: CPU 1 GHz Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible Storage: 2 GB available space

Linux

Minimum: OS: Ubuntu and SteamOS Processor: Intel 1.4 GHz Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with OpenGL 3.1 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires: 32 bit architecture, SDL 2.0 32 bit
Supported languages6 languages
LanguageFull audio
English●
French●
Italian●
German●
Spanish - Spain●
Russian●

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

7 developer announcements, Nov 2013 to Apr 2021 · times in UTC

April

  1. Desperados Turns 20 Years Old, gets Video-Special and Franchise Sale

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7564110/3b7d132c990335a23b2d0e9af2907f7979d0b3b5.jpg Howdy Birthday: Desperados Turns 20 Years Old, gets Video-Special and Franchise Sale Vienna, Austria / Munich, Germany, April 20th, 2021: 20 years ago, on April 20th…

    THQ Nordic

June

  1. Desperados III out now!

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33465443/3fb41deeaacb4725054c1202f4a7f846e5171a27.png The Best in the West: Desperados III is now available! Vienna, Austria/ Munich, Germany, June 16th, 2020: Desperados III is out now - and the international press can’t…

    THQ Nordic

April

  1. Gunslinger's Paradise: John Cooper reveals Desperados III's release date!

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33465443/107a5b8f19ea7c09e9ca6aa28faa96e507986d22.jpg He's almost quicker to the draw than his own shadow, and his bullets always hit their mark. When the smoke from his revolvers slowly clears, you can read it clearly…

    THQ Nordic

August

  1. Desperados III announced!

    Desperaun... Desperados... Desperatres! THQ Nordic & Mimimi announce Desperados III Vienna, Austria/ Munich, Germany, August 21st, 2018: The Wild West. A place where the law is made by those with a gun in their hands, and is enforced by the…

    THQ Nordic

July

  1. Update: Modern System Compatibility (Win8, Win10, Mac and Linux support) and Demo Level added!

    https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5309406/efad5d17a3d9d49fd642f5bc2cf772e7fbe73157.jpg Dear Desperados Fans, We are happy to tell you that Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive now runs well on modern operating…

    MegalomaniacNG

November

  1. Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive and Desperados Collection now available!

    Dear Desperados fans, we are happy to announce that Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive as well as the Desperados Collection is now available on Steam. Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive: http://store.steampowered.com/app/260730/ Desperados…

    Nordic Games
  2. Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive and Desperados Collection now available!

    Dear Desperados fans, we are happy to announce that Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive as well as the Desperados Collection is now available on Steam. Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive: http://store.steampowered.com/app/260730/ Desperados…

    THQ Nordic

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