Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive overview

Overview

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive comes from Spellbound and is published by THQ Nordic. It arrived on Steam on Nov 20, 2013, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 28 players at 21 September 2026 - 23:58:51 UTC, with a tracked peak near 267. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 88% positive across 2,389 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is available in 6 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, usk, and oflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive has sold up to 169,000 units and has 2,111 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $531,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive overview details

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

"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…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is listed as a game with $4.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 28 players at 21 September 2026 - 23:58:51 UTC, a tracked peak of 267, and 88% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StrategyWesternTacticalIsometricActionStealthReal Time TacticsSingleplayerClassicAtmosphericReal-TimeRTSDifficult

Support and legal notes

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