Showdown mode: plan the gang's moves, Execute Plan

About this game

Developer: Mimimi Games · Publisher: THQ Nordic · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Stylized 3D · Screen type: Battle / Tactics

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What to study

Showdown mode, the game's signature mechanic: time is frozen and the bottom-center bar offers the whole decision, CONTINUE or EXECUTE PLAN, with Reset Plan and Use Skill underneath, while Hector's ability wheel shows his praying-hands skill highlighted and the green aim line runs from him to a guard on the ridge. The revolver icon at the top center marks the queued action, and the rest of the HUD (portraits, D-pad menu, minimap, purple vision cone) stays live around the planning state, so the frame shows planning and playing as one screen rather than two. Frame at 335.0 s in the Desperados III Explanation trailer (Steam), timed extraction (scene-change extraction missed this settled planning state). No trailer burn-in.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

hud-overlay battle-controls icon-wheel party-portraits map-hud line-of-sight

Components

Parts on screen.

Action bar Toolbar Portrait Vitals bar Minimap Menu Button prompts

Screen inventory

• Showdown planning bar (bottom center): CONTINUE / EXECUTE PLAN (Y), Reset Plan (Y), Use Skill (X)
• Hector ability wheel (LB, top left): praying-hands skill highlighted; trap, poison, spyglass with count 4/4
• green aim line from Hector to a guard on the ridge; revolver icon (top center) with a down arrow
• character portraits (RB, top right): Hector active, Cooper, Isabelle, Kate, Doc
• D-pad menu (bottom left) and circular minimap (bottom right); purple vision cone (bottom right)

Top 3 colors

#462f2a 23%#9c6057 17%#6e423e 16%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Mimimi Games / THQ Nordic, Desperados III screenshot: Desperados III Explanation trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by THQ Nordic.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-05. verified 2026-11-05: timed full-resolution extraction at 335.0 s from the official Desperados III Explanation trailer (Steam), inspected visually; CONTINUE / EXECUTE PLAN bar, Reset Plan and Use Skill prompts, Hector ability wheel, green aim line, and minimap all legible

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