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Desperados III

Mimimi Games · THQ Nordic · 2020-06-16

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Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 16, 2020 (Linux), Jun 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 16, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jun 16, 2020 (Mac), Jun 16, 2020 (Xbox One)

Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.

198
playing now
97%
positive of 17k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (104 ratings)
39h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 43h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

198 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Desperados III is a 2020 real-time tactics video game developed by Mimimi Games and published by THQ Nordic. It is the newest installment in the Desperados series since the 2007 spin-off title Helldorado, and it was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, and macOS.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 198 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 715 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~89/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 332k–746k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,585 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$9.99-75%
GOG$39.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$39.99
Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.57 at GameBillet (2025-09-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 91 of 128 observed days · $36.42 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 1,490 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 706 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

308612026-08-06 22:00 — 77 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 96 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 192 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 91 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 109 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 227 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 126 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 144 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 308 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 122 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 122 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 256 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 98 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 113 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 248 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 99 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 116 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 243 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 118 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 76 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 164 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 140 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 98 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 207 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 171 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 70 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 148 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 159 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 81 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 198 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$3.992020-04-212026-08-302020-04-21 — best price $49.992020-09-28 — best price $37.492020-12-11 — best price $29.992021-01-28 — best price $49.992021-03-23 — best price $9.992021-05-18 — best price $49.992021-07-18 — best price $43.492021-09-11 — best price $49.992021-11-05 — best price $49.992021-12-24 — best price $20.002022-02-07 — best price $49.992022-03-26 — best price $43.492022-05-14 — best price $39.982022-07-09 — best price $41.992022-09-14 — best price $11.982022-11-14 — best price $15.002022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-03-13 — best price $18.492023-05-02 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $39.992023-08-29 — best price $8.102023-10-24 — best price $39.992023-12-21 — best price $7.682024-02-26 — best price $39.992024-04-23 — best price $9.992024-06-24 — best price $7.122024-08-20 — best price $39.992024-11-21 — best price $8.892025-01-03 — best price $39.992025-03-03 — best price $7.802025-05-01 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $10.002025-09-09 — best price $39.992025-11-24 — best price $9.992026-01-08 — best price $39.992026-03-30 — best price $9.992026-05-28 — best price $9.992026-07-17 — best price $33.172026-08-20 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
40.4%
earned "Goodbye Colorado"
8.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing5 DLC

9 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,45910%36
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2,2138%36
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)64716%36

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

ActionStealthViolentWesternAssassinStrategyTacticalTop-DownDifficultIsometric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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