The Desperados 3 demo is one of several released on GOG to coincide with its summer sale, with others including a brief look at Nightdive Studios' long-in-the-works System Shock reboot, THQ Nordic's Destroy All Humans remake, Thunder Lotus Games' "cozy management game about dying" Spiritfarer, Phobia's "reverse horror game" Carrion, and more.
GOG's Desperados 3 demo is said to last around 90-120 minutes and features two full playable missions set across Colorado and Mexico there's an introductory chapter, following a young John Cooper on a bounty hunting trip with his father, and a second mission in which an adult Cooper teams up with Doc McCoy to stop a train robbery. Its follow-up, Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge, was less well-received, but hopes are high for this long-awaited third entry (actually a prequel to the original), given that it's being handled by Mimimi Games - the developer behind 2016's hugely enjoyable, and mechanically similar, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. The original Desperados, if you're unfamiliar, released all the way back in 2001, gaining immediate acclaim for its compelling cowboy-themed take on WW2 strategy hit Commandos' squad-based real-time tactical action. If you've been eyeing the 16th June arrival of Wild West tactical stealth sequel Desperados 3 with mounting anticipation, there's some good news PC players can get some rootin', tootin', and sneaky shootin' in early courtesy of a new demo - one of several, including a playable look at troubled System Shock reboot, now available on GOG.com.