Helldorado
Western real-time tactics with a team of six specialists
Spellbound · Published by THQ Nordic · Released Apr 30, 2009
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 153
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 2, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 12 years ago
- Sep 10, 2014
Metacritic: 65/100 (critic reviews)
What is Helldorado?
Helldorado is a single-player real-time tactics game set in the Wild West in 1883, where a kidnapping in Santa Fe sets the story in motion. You tackle missions involving train robberies, saloon fights, jailbreaks, and shoot-outs, switching between tactical and action views.
For you if...
- +you enjoy patient stealth and carefully timed takedowns
- +you like coordinating characters with different skills and weapons
Not for you if...
- −you expect forgiving missions that rarely require repeated attempts
- −you want unrestricted shooting rather than mandatory nonlethal sections
What players say
76% of 153 reviews are positive
Players praise character ability combinations and technical improvements over the previous Desperados game. Common complaints concern uneven difficulty and repeated trial and error, while some players report launch problems on modern PCs.
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Helldorado system requirements
Minimum: 128 MB of dedicated memory, 0.5 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Helldorado?
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- OS
- Windows© Vista/XP/2000
- Processor
- 2.0 GHz
- Graphics
- 128 MB of dedicated video memory
- Memory
- 512 MB
- Storage
- 4 GB free disk space
Does Helldorado have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Helldorado run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain.
Does Helldorado use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- Sep 10, 2014 · Win Vista/ Win 7 compatibility & PhysX Update is out.
- Sep 10, 2014 · Win Vista/ Win 7 compatibility & PhysX Update is out.
