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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2013

Should you play it?

"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.

What works

  • Challenging and deep tactical gameplay
  • Engaging wild west atmosphere and story
  • Multiple approaches to missions
  • Nostalgic and well-loved classic
  • Updated compatibility for modern systems

Things to keep in mind

  • Technical issues on modern os before patches
  • Some bugs and crashes reported
  • Dated graphics and interface
  • Steep learning curve and difficulty
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

  • They Are Billions

  • Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty

  • Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

  • Banner of the Maid

  • Commandos 2: Men of Courage

More expressive

Games that feels like Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive but with more self-expression and customization

  • Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

  • Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

  • Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

  • Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

  • 秦殇 (Prince of Qin)

  • Silent Storm Gold Edition

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive but with less imaginative fiction

  • Blitzkrieg Anthology

  • Stalingrad

  • War Mongrels

  • Sudden Strike 2 Gold

  • Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology

  • American Conquest: Fight Back

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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026