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We filtered the 50 games similar to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive down to the 27 that fit the “Historical” category. Pharaoh, Hearthlands and Sunless Sea top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.

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NarrativeSolo
Year 2001Dev Spellbound Entertainment

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Within the “Historical” category, the closest game to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is Pharaoh — scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. Hearthlands and Sunless Sea follow close behind.

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The best games with a historical setting like Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

27 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive. Each one has been evaluated across 8 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

Pharaoh
StrategyRTS
SoloHistoricalIsometricBase Building
Steam👍 92%· 2.5KIGDB70· 1
Year 1999Dev Impressions Games · Sierra EntertainmentOn PC

✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, historical setting and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation and base building, while skipping strong narrative focus

Hearthlands
StrategyRTS
SoloHistoricalIsometricProceduralMedieval
Steam👍 83%· 414
Year 2014Dev Sergio · Sergio & SimonPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, historical setting and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, procedural generation and setting medieval, while skipping strong narrative focus

Sunless Sea
StrategyRTS
SoloNarrativeHistoricalIsometricDark
Steam👍 83%· 9.5KIGDB85· 4OC81· 28
Year 2015Dev Failbetter GamesOn Linux · PC · iOS

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, strong narrative focus and historical setting

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling, while skipping combat tactical

Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge
StrategyRTS
SoloMeleeTacticalStealthHistoricalIsometric
Steam👍 50%· 308RAWG👍 43%· 35MC66IGDB70· 1
Year 2006Dev Spellbound Entertainment · THQ NordicPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, melee combat and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, co op and online features, while skipping strong narrative focus

Anno 1602: Creation of a New World
StrategyRTS
SoloHistoricalIsometricMultiplayerExploration
Year 1998Dev Max Design · SunflowersOn PC

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, historical setting and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, multiplayer gameplay and exploration and discovery, while skipping strong narrative focus

Europa Universalis III
StrategyRTS
SoloHistoricalIsometricMultiplayerSandbox World
Steam👍 83%· 2.0KIGDB70· 1
Year 2007Dev Paradox InteractiveOn PC · Mac

✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, historical setting and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, sandbox freedom and deep simulation, while skipping strong narrative focus

Dawn of Discovery
StrategyRTS
SoloHistoricalIsometricMultiplayerFantasy
IGDB72· 2
Year 2009Dev Related Designs · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Nintendo

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, historical setting and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, adventure storytelling and fantasy world, while skipping strong narrative focus

Grand Ages: Rome
StrategyRTS
SoloHistoricalIsometricMultiplayerFantasy
Steam👍 75%· 807MC72IGDB70· 1
Year 2009Dev Haemimont Games · Kalypso MediaPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, historical setting and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, fantasy world and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping strong narrative focus

The Guild II
StrategyRTS
SoloHistoricalIsometricMultiplayerSandbox World
IGDB68· 2
Year 2008Dev Trine Game Studios · JoWooD ProductionsPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the real-time strategy games cluster, with real-time strategy, historical setting and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, deep RPG systems and sandbox freedom, while skipping strong narrative focus

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
StrategyRTS
SoloHistoricalIsometricMultiplayerFantasy
IGDB90· 1
Year 2000Dev Westwood Pacific · Electronic ArtsOn PC

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, historical setting and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: fantasy world, setting scifi and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping strong narrative focus

Shogun: Total War
StrategyRTS
SoloMeleeTacticalHistoricalIsometric
Steam👍 89%· 1.2KIGDB90· 1
Year 2000Dev The Creative Assembly · SegaOn PC

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, melee combat and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings turn-based strategy, ranged combat and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping strong narrative focus

Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition
StrategyRTS
SoloMeleeTacticalHistoricalMultiplayer
Steam👍 85%· 1.7KRAWG👍 55%· 20
Year 2017Dev Archaic EntertainmentPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, melee combat and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with multiplayer gameplay and free to play, while skipping strong narrative focus

Rome: Total War
StrategyRTS
SoloTacticalMeleeHistoricalIsometric
Steam👍 95%· 17KIGDB91· 3
Year 2004Dev The Creative Assembly · SegaOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: turn-based strategy, deep simulation and ranged combat, while skipping strong narrative focus

Napoleon: Total War
StrategyRTS
SoloTacticalMeleeHistoricalIsometric
Steam👍 92%· 27KIGDB83· 3
Year 2010Dev The Creative Assembly · Feral InteractiveOn PC · Mac

✓ Same family of real-time strategy games: real-time strategy, combat tactical and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, fantasy world and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping strong narrative focus

Medieval: Total War
StrategyRTS
SoloMeleeTacticalHistoricalIsometric
Steam👍 71%· 2.4KIGDB90· 1
Year 2002Dev The Creative Assembly · ActivisionOn PC

✓ Both are real-time strategy games — sharing real-time strategy, melee combat and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: turn-based strategy, fantasy world and setting medieval, while skipping strong narrative focus

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