Single-player games like Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Desperados III
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.
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.
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Helldorado
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.
1883, SANTA FE. Peace in this town has been shattered by a shocking kidnapping. Gather your men and ride on a series of challenging missions to stop treacherous, marauding outlaws in this story of vile blackmail and revenge.
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.
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Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.
Roam the dense foliage of Sherwood, come face to face with royal trouble and battle against Prince John’s forces as you take on the role of legendary nobleman, Robin Hood.
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Partisans 1941
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.
Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactics game with stealth elements, set on the eastern front of WW II. As an army commander behind enemy lines you gather a group of Partisans to wage guerilla warfare against the German occupants.
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
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Hard West 2
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
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Red Dead Redemption
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.
Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.
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ArcaniA
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
War covers the southern islands until it finally reaches the idyllic isle of Feshyr. You take on the role as the new nameless hero after your village has been pillaged and destroyed by paladins of the king. Seeking revenge, you soon realize that this cowardly attack did not just happen on a reckless mercenary`s whim.
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ArcaniA: Fall of Setarrif
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Face the last challenge - determine destiny! A new threat casts its shadow over the Southern Isles. A mysterious demon, consumed by hatred, terrifies the population and pools his force against the coastal city of Setarrif. The dramatic situation exacerbates after a volcanic eruption in the mountains nearby.
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Airline Tycoon Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Airline Tycoon Deluxe is a funny economy simulation proceeding in realtime and assigning you the complete responsibility for an airline.
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Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.
Desperados 2 is the sequel to the successful wild west title Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive. The gameplay is based on its predecessor but with brand new tactical possibilities in a beautiful 3D environment. Switch from an isometric view to a third person view whenever you want; for example, for duels, brawls and shoot-outs.
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Chicago 1930 : The Prohibition
Single-player alternative to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.
The Mafia rules the city. A special police task force is formed to take down his gang. This squad is managed by two cops. An open war breaks out throughout the city of Chicago. Now it’s your turn to choose your side!