Fit check
Is Helldorado worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want story-led Wild West missions
- Players who enjoy coordinating several characters with different specialist roles
- Players interested in frontier settings and 1880s weapons
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a single-character game may bounce off the requirement to play across six different characters.
- Players who prefer non-mission-based structures may find the series of challenging missions too restrictive.
- Players looking for settings outside the Wild West may not fit the historical locations and period arsenal.
Our take on Helldorado
The bounce point is the multi-character structure: players who want one consistent protagonist may hit a wall when switching among six characters with separate skills, abilities, and weapons.
What is Helldorado?
Set in Santa Fe in 1883, Helldorado follows a kidnapping linked to blackmail and revenge.
The campaign includes missions involving a train robbery, saloon fights, a jail break, and shoot-outs across Wild West locations, including old New Orleans. Players control six characters with different specialist skills, abilities, and weapons. Enemies include 60 types with tactical behavior. The available arsenal covers six-shooters, shotguns, rifles, bows and arrows, derringers, knives, and tomahawks. Players can switch between a tactical view and an action view. Movie Mode records in-game deeds, while the technology section lists Bloom, HDR rendering, and PhysXageia technology.
How Helldorado plays
- 01Six Playable Characters
- Each character has distinct specialist skills, abilities, and weaponry.
- 02Enemy Variety
- The game includes 60 enemy types with behavior driven by an advanced AI system.
- 03Historical Arsenal
- Weapons include six-shooters, shotguns, rifles, bows and arrows, derringers, knives, and tomahawks.
- 04View Switching
- Players can alternate between a tactical view and an action view during play.
- 05Movie Mode
- A recording mode captures the player's in-game deeds.
Helldorado compared to similar games
Helldorado presents a Wild West campaign with six characters, period weapons, and missions that include robberies, fights, jail breaks, and shoot-outs. Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on large-scale World War II strategy with command over every unit and direct combat. Xenonauts uses small squads in a Cold War-era defense against aliens, with turn-based combat and technology recovery.
Helldorado: platforms & release
Is Helldorado worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want story-led Wild West missions. Skip it if: players seeking a single-character game may bounce off the requirement to play across six different characters.
Where can I download Helldorado?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Helldorado's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Helldorado on?
Windows only.
