Desperados III

Desperados III

Developers
	Mimimi Productions
Publishers
	THQ Nordic
Engines
	Unity 2018
Release dates
Windows	June 16, 2020
macOS (OS X)	September 2, 2020
Linux	September 2, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	86
OpenCritic	86
IGDB	88
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera
Controls	Point and select, Direct control
Genres	Strategy
Themes	Western
Series	Desperados

Desperados
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive	2001
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge	2006
Helldorado	2007
Desperados III	2020

General information

Official Discord server for game series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk		Collector's Edition also available.
Epic Games Store		Deluxe Edition also available. DRM-free when launched directly from executable. DLCs require running launcher.
GamersGate		Digital Deluxe Edition.
		Digital Deluxe Edition.
GOG.com		Digital Deluxe Edition.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		Digital Deluxe Edition.
Steam		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.

A demo is available on GOG.com.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move or delete the intro videos
Go to <path-to-game>\Desperados III_Data\StreamingAssets\bootup Move or delete both video files 00_thqnordic_logo_color_white and 01_bootup_mimimi Renaming the video files does not prevent them from being shown upon game launch.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mimimi\Desperados III %LOCALAPPDATA%\Desperados III\
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Desperados III\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	/home/<USER>/.local/share/Desperados III/user_steam_<STEAM_USER_ID>/gameState_00/ In this directory are folders for manual saves and auto saves

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Windows version does not sync to Linux, workaround download saves from Steam Remote Storage

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Сutscenes are windowboxed. See Ultra-widescreen for a solution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Adjustable camera zoom.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Off, low, medium, and high.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		On and off toggle, up to 200% SSAA through Render Scale.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Full and half refresh rates.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Ultra-widescreen

Remove cutscenes windowboxing by hiding UI through a developer option
Add -thisisnotsupported to the game executable as a command line argument. Launch the game and navigate to Options > Dev. Enable Toggle extra dev options. Press , during a cutscene to remove the windowboxing by disabling the UI. Press it again to re-enable the HUD.

Input

Gameplay settings

Controls settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, SFX, Voice.
Surround sound		5.1 and 7.1.
Subtitles		Toggles for NPC, Player, Briefing, Cutscene, Conversation.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic				Fan translation by AR Team, download.
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

VR support

Devices	State	Notes
Tobii Eye Tracking		Supports: Aim at Gaze, Bungee Zoom, Center at Gaze, Reveal Viewcone at Gaze, Switch Viewcone target at Gaze, UI Interaction at Gaze, Zoom at Gaze.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	4.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	Rewired
Multiplayer	Steamworks

Command line arguments

Command	Notes
-thisisnotsupported	Enables developer options including UI removal, diagnostics and more.
-ignoreapplicationfocuschange	Prevents the game from getting paused when out of focus.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 64-bit	10 64-bit
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 4th-Generation 3.5 GHz AMD Quad-Core 3.9 GHz	Intel Core i5 4th-Generation 3.5 GHz AMD Quad-Core 3.9 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 AMD Radeon HD 6950 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible	DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.13	10.15
Processor (CPU)	3.5 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	21 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 5850 2 GB of VRAM	AMD Radeon HD 7870 3 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 16.04	Ubuntu 20.04
Processor (CPU)	3.5 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	21 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 ATI Radeon HD 5850 2 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7870 3 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.