How many people are playing Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive right now?

34 people are playing Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive on Steam right now, making it the 3296th most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 50 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive's all-time peak player count?

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 267, reached in August 2018.

Is Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive good? What do Steam reviews say?

87% of 2,130 Steam user reviews are positive (Very Positive).

How much does Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive cost on Steam?

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive costs $4.99 on Steam (US).

Does Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive work on Steam Deck?

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is Playable on Steam Deck (with small issues), according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

by Spellbound · published by THQ Nordic · Released Nov 20, 2013

Steam Deck PlayableLinux & Deck: Gold

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Players now

#3,296

▼ 5.6%vs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

87% positive

Very Positive2,130 reviews

Owners (est.)200K–500K

24h peak

Highest seen267

Aug 20188.3 years ago

Price on Steam

$4.99

Lowest ever $4.99 Nov 2026

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Players -5.6% in the last 24 hoursUpdated 21:46 UTC · tracking since 2013-11-01

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Editions and bundles on Steam

Desperados: Wanted Dead or AliveEdition
$4.99
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$64.18
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Reviews

87% positive of 2,130 · Very Positive · Live from Steam

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Steam Deck

Works, but may need extra effort. Results from Valve's own testing.

Steam Deck Playable

!Default controller config not fully functional
!Controller glyphs do not match deck device
!Text input does not automatically invokes keyboard
!Interface text is not legible
✓Default configuration is performant

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Patches & builds

Every build released on Steam for this game since we started tracking it, with the developer's patch notes. Updated within minutes of each new build.

Jul 20, 2018, 5:07 PM UTC
Build 2959430the current build when we started tracking2 GB on Windows

Patch notes

Jul 5, 2018
PatchUpdate: 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 systems: Windows 7 /…

Other news (10)

Apr 20, 2021
Desperados Turns 20 Years Old, gets Video-Special and Franchise Sale
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, 2001 Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive was released by developer Spellbound Entertainment, kno…
Jun 16, 2020
Desperados III out now!
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 stop singing it’s praises: With a strong score of 86 on Metacritic, Desperados III is one of…
Apr 21, 2020
Gunslinger's Paradise: John Cooper reveals Desperados III's release date!
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: JUNE. 16. 2020. Yeeehaw, folks! Desperados III finally has a release date, presented by the no…
Oct 26, 2018
Video: 8 cowboy games to play on PC while everyone else plays Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2 was made by five million people working nine day weeks , but does it have a duck that collects your discarded throwing knives? Actually, I don t know, as it s not on PC. But a game that does feature a magic duck, and can be played on your…
Aug 21, 2018
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 henchmen at their c…
Aug 21, 2018
Desperados III coming from Shadow Tactics devs in 2019
After a decade face-down in a dusty digital gulch with the buzzards fighting the lizards for its gizzards, the Desperados series will return to life next year. Publishers THQ Nordic today announced Desperados III, resuming the real-time tactical action, and ex…
Jul 12, 2018
Kalypso nab Commandos rights, promises new games
Everything old is new again, and everything once overlooked by publishers is cool once more. Today, publisher Kalypso Media ( Sudden Strike , Tropico , Dungeons et al) went and bagged themselves the rights to all of Pyro Studios’s old games, which means …
Jul 10, 2018
Desperados: Wanted Dead Or Alive updated after 17 years to work on modern Windows
Hot diggity dawg! After years crawling the digital desert lower than a lizard, real-time tactical stealth murderer Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive now plays nicely on modern systems. Publishers THQ Nordic last week released an update making the 2001 game supp…
Nov 20, 2013
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 Collection: http://store…
Nov 20, 2013
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 Collection: http://store…

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History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 87% on 2026-11-01 → 87% today (2,130 reviews)

Nov 1, 2026Price$4.99

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