Story-driven, tactical stealth game Desperados III is now available on Linux PC

don't try to play the game all the "stealth" way on desperados 1 because it's too difficult that way.

Uhm, well, that's exactly the way I played the game back in the day- and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I have to admit, though, playing the demo map without killing anyone in the new Linux version of Desperados 1 is pretty hard. But then again, I think that of most old games that I play again these days. Seems like I lost my grip.

By the way, still no Linux version of Desperados III at GOG.com. That's really disappointing.


Last edited by Plintslîcho on 4 September 2020 at 6:12 pm UTC

by stealth I mean killing them with the knife or with the snake, taking them one by one without shooting them, that's what I meant, for me it's just too much work it is way easier to lure the enemies into one place and gun them, (hint) right clicking over your guns reload them all (took me some time to figure that out).

To be fair, you were able to use the same strategy in Commandos, but the idea was to play it in stealth mode.

Great news. I have just started playing the first one. I will have to add this one to my wish list for when it goes on sale in a few years.

Still no sign of the game on GOG and developers are completely silent on the forum there. This doesn't look good.

Well, THQ Nordic confirmed on Discord today that there will be no Linux release on GOG.com:

Today at 4:23 PM

When will the Linux & Mac versions be released on GOG.com?

@crash Hey Crash, there is currently no plans of releasing it to GOG as the amount of users that uses those two systems on GOG is well very low we rather have those systems gathered in one place where it is easier to provide support and help if needed than spread out across multiple platforms where it then would be very hard to provide support and keep everyone on the same page.

I'm not the user who asked the question but take the liberty to quote the correspondence here.


Last edited by Plintslîcho on 16 September 2020 at 6:46 pm UTC

Well, that simply sucks. But I'm glad that I did not pre-order the game. I really wonder if they had such a bad experience with their other games.

Well, THQ Nordic confirmed on Discord today that there will be no Linux release on GOG.com:

Today at 4:23 PM

When will the Linux & Mac versions be released on GOG.com?

@crash Hey Crash, there is currently no plans of releasing it to GOG as the amount of users that uses those two systems on GOG is well very low we rather have those systems gathered in one place where it is easier to provide support and help if needed than spread out across multiple platforms where it then would be very hard to provide support and keep everyone on the same page.

I'm not the user who asked the question but take the liberty to quote the correspondence here.

This is an awful response, not something I expected from THQ Nordic and Mimi. Very disappointing to show such disrespect to their users. I'm skipping this one and removing it from my wishlist.


Last edited by Shmerl on 16 September 2020 at 7:23 pm UTC

For fuck's sake... too bad.

I loved the original Desperados. Now I tried to play Shadow Tactics, but somehow...
I cannot stand the genre anymore. :-(

I had the complete opposite experience this summer: After finishing Shadow Tactics (in a hotel in Arendal (which inspired Arendell of the Frozen movies)), I tried to play the original Desperados (which is also available for Linux), but I just couldn't get into it.

Oh, I cannot get into original Desperados anymore either nowadays!

I started playing it recently and on the fourth or so map with the hanging. What's yer reason for not getting into it nowadays?

I played Desperados 1 and Shadow Tactics. They are completely different games, on desperados 1 the key to winning is crowding/squeezing the enemies into one spot and gun them with all you characters, 80% of enemies on a map can be killed that way... don't try to play the game all the "stealth" way on desperados 1 because it's too difficult that way.
Desperados 3 has also guns, but it takes some time to reload so you cannot shot all the enemies faster enough, but the "macro" gameplay mechanic looks really good, you can shot quite a lot with the macros.
They removed the machine gun the mexican had on the new one also.

if you need help on Desperados 1 I recommend Helldorado150 channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBHNzF56-iM

Okay i'll keep that in mind while playing Desperados I. It does seem a difficult game already on the fourth map!

See also: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_unannounced_addition_of_linux_and_macos_versions_thread/post372

One thing to share that might help to explain the decision to not release a GOG Desperados III Linux build, and indeed any number of other Linux titles:

From my own work in the game development industry, it is common practice to set up automated build and automated unit testing for each version of software, e.g. The Playstation version, the Android version, the iOS version, Windows/Steam, Windows/GOG, Linux/Steam, Linux/GOG, Xbox, and so on. Each of those builds takes a decent amount of time to be compiled and tested on the Build Server, and for each build, it needs to be stored on company's file servers and backup servers.

A typical game gets new revisions daily, and there can be multiple (automated) builds per day. If a game build takes 1 GB of storage, then multiply that by the number of platforms (in my example above, PS + And + iOS + Win + XBox = 5 platforms), then multiply that by the amount of builds per day (e.g. 3 builds) - That's 15GB of file storage and Backup space needed *per day* for a 1 GB game. Not only that, but the processing needed to turn-around each build slows down the overall build progress - Drop one build out of the mix, and the build job is completed and ready to hand-over to QA (Quality Assurance testers) sooner.

The company I worked for is a big company, and they never released any games to Linux. More's the pity.

I think they can figure out a way to make a build that works both for Steam and GOG without a need to set up multiple ones.

I wanted to add one thing about the lack of Linux/macOS releases on GOG thought.
Mimimi Productions developed 3 games, all of them are available on Windows/Linux/macOS, but only their first two are fully available on GOG which were published by Daedalic Entertainment.
Their third game Desperados III didn't and was published by THQ...

So to me, it's clearly the THQ's fault, they're not the "Linux friendly" we might think of.
Again too bad, it's a shame.

Quick update on this story, I contacted Mimimi regarding this issue a few weeks ago, got their reply this morning and I quote:

Thanks for your email! We always appreciate feedback from our fans. 😊

We understand your disappointment. However, this is a topic that is handled and coordinated by the publisher THQ Nordic. They are in charge of the publishing topics, which also involves the release strategy for the different platforms. We're focusing on making the best game possible.
It's best if you reach out to them directly on Discord or here: https://www.thqnordic.com/company/contact. The more people let them know that they want a Mac / Linux release for GoG the better!

It seems the blocker is THQ indeed here, not the devs themselves.

Quick update on this story, I contacted Mimimi regarding this issue a few weeks ago, got their reply this morning and I quote:

Thanks for your email! We always appreciate feedback from our fans. 😊

We understand your disappointment. However, this is a topic that is handled and coordinated by the publisher THQ Nordic. They are in charge of the publishing topics, which also involves the release strategy for the different platforms. We're focusing on making the best game possible.
It's best if you reach out to them directly on Discord or here: https://www.thqnordic.com/company/contact. The more people let them know that they want a Mac / Linux release for GoG the better!

It seems the blocker is THQ indeed here, not the devs themselves.

Thanks for the feedback! It was obvious, but it's better to have confirmation.