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Desperados III

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 command. A place where death is no stranger and the undertakers are working overtime……

86 16 June 2020

Desperados III is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Mimimi Games, released 16 June 2020 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 41 hrs to finish.

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What Desperados III is

Desperados III is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Mimimi Games and released in 2020. It was published by THQ Nordic. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 36 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Desperados III holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 115 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 41 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 3.0 GHz Dual Core (Intel i3-530 / AMD Athlon II X3 460), 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 560 / Radeon HD 5850, 2GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Desperados III launched on 16 June 2020, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part II, Fortnite, Valorant and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part II, Fortnite, Valorant, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Desperados III — frequently asked questions

When did Desperados III come out?
Desperados III was released on 16 June 2020 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Desperados III?
At minimum, Desperados III needs 3.0 GHz Dual Core (Intel i3-530 / AMD Athlon II X3 460), 8 GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 560 / Radeon HD 5850, 2GB graphics, 20 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Desperados III?
The main story of Desperados III takes around 41 hrs, or 43 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is Desperados III?
The PC version needs about 20 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("20 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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