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Game
Game2015
Desert Law
Developer Arise
Desert Law is a new spin on the traditional real-time strategy that immerses players into a post-apocalyptic world where gasoline is the new world currency. From the Steam store page
25 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Jan 2, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
36
Rotten
9 positive · 16 negative
95% range 20–55%
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| Steam reviews | 9 | 16 | 0 |
Steam's own rating
Mixed
50 of 84 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
25 of 25 · most liked firstA nice single-player only strategy game. Desert Law will differently appeal to Mad Max fans and fans of post-apocalyptic fiction. There is no base building, resource gathering or micro-management. It is a budget game and it shows, but it is a great little distraction for just $5. The graphics, although out-of-date are still very nicely detailed. They are 2D isometric with 3D vehicles and they also have very nice weather effects. Even without any multiplayer you are still getting a lot of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're into the Blitzkrieg or Sudden Strike series you might take a look at this one. Desert Law is pretty much Blitzkrieg set in a post-apocalyptic world with all those crazy vehicles minus the strategic factor of the previous Blitzkrieg games. In every one of these 29 missions you basically control a bunch of armored dune buggies, Hot Rods or armed trucks and let them charge into hordes of wasteland punks. A handful of the stages are stealth missions, where you guide a story character…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Desert Law is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy adventure. You are Brad, an easy-going road warrior whose life gets turned upside down when your village is attacked by gangsters while you and your friends were away on an escort mission. Pros: The setting is obviously inspired by the Mad Max universe as your characters drive metal plate-reinforced, machine-gun mounted cars, trucks and dune buggies, gameplay being an instantly-recognizable Command & Conquer style for moving your units and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story, the gameplay and the RTS aspects are terrible. I enjoyed the comic book art that pushes the story forward, but that's about it. As a kid I loved 1C's games, but for me this is definitely their worst title, even when this game is set in my most favorite setting - the post apocalyptic world. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=792119811 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=793254106 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3661371696
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For whatever weird reason out there, a few years ago, before Russian government didn't destroy Russian gaming industry completely (like pretty much everything else in that poor, poor country), we've got ourselves a lot of Sci-Fi games with cars being a main motif. There was a series called Hard Truck Apocalypse (AKA Ex-Machina), there was a game called Sledgehammer (AKA Gear Grinder), there was Death Track: Resurrection and so on. Desert Law is one of those games and this time I really, really…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →as many reviews on many games state, it would be a lot bnetter to have some sort of numerical (1-10) sysem or something. I like the setyup of the game, it is older but acceptable graphics. Has a lot of content actually. Devs really should come back and add a card set and achievements to make the purchase a bit more "worth it". But if you can catch it on sale it's a nice litle game. I don't like giving a Neg to a "medium" game. So I always opt for the UP vote. Again, it's alright, nothing to eb…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It looks nice, and runs well enough, kinda like Starcraft 1. However gameplay-wise it's a pain due to horrible path-finding (cars will happily run into trees) and the unpredictability of how a car will move and where the map will allow it to move. That is compounded by the cars tending to want to approach enemies on their own, resulting in one of them deciding to ram a fence when you tell it to drive down a road. Lastly, moving groups is a pain because they always try and keep the same…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I realize this game is a decade old, unfortunately the movement AI behaves worse than games twice that old. No unit clustering, no width detection for paths that are blocked by debris, no 'unjamming' for 'traffic jams'. Controls are awkward and gameplay is simplistic at best. Might be worth it if it's under a dollar, but I'd still recommend going and playing some random flash games made by 15 year olds over this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this a long time ago, but finally tried it out recently. I love post-apocalyptic stuff, and I can do with rough edges. But the pathfinding and formations are utter garbage. That's a deal-breaker for an RTS in my opinion.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Desert Law is a RTS game released in 2005. As such the graphics are dated and the engine is not the most robust around so this should be taken into consideration. It is an isometric game, with single-player mode only, a funny (sometimes overdone) story, in a post-apocalyptic setting. Fallout meets Mad Max, kind of thing. Gameplay: Contrary to most RTS games around, since the inception of the genre, this one does not feature base-building. What has come to be a key component of the genre. That…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this in 2006. Time flies! It was fun and the funny comics between missions were a great way of telling a story
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/8Nt-23GrKu0 While it's not clear who killed the world, even in a desert their needs to be law. Take control of Brad a uninteresting desert boy who spends his time shooting guns and hitting on pale women who clearly don't live under the desert sun. This RTS game focus on the micro play with a small squad of units and removes any resource gathering macro elements. This setup has positive synergy with the world of limited resources but due to the weak units, finicky control…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Gameplay is allright, just rather lacking. Its not an rts, its not an rpg is just very bland. Feels only half made. The story is utter ♥♥♥♥♥ however, makes no sense at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AI in this game is utterly dumb. game is too boring , too many dumb tutorials , explanation for everything , its way too annoying.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game years ago and was never able to play it due to incompatibility issues which somehow resolved themselves a while ago. But I gave it a try and couldn't get past the first couple of levels out of sheer frustration. The game stops you LITERALLY every second to explain basic mechanics that are in every one of these types of games. I skipped the tutorial and on the second mission, it tried to teach me how to draw a selection box. That's the type of useless information this game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Desert Law is an ancient game from 2005. It's a whopping 18 years old at the time of this review. The game lacks support for any modern gaming display resolutions (or widescreen monitors), hasn't been modernised or updated to run smoothly on modern gaming PCs. Despite this lack of modernisation, it carries a pretty high price tag for such an ancient game. This seems to have been put on Steam as a nostalgia gouge. And what a nostalgia gouge... for a game nobody played back then and nobody…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mad Max inside Blitzkrieg engine. Yay? no not really.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's actually pretty nice, good graphics, okay story and varied missions. I enjoyed leading my own Mad Max gang into battle.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Piece of garbage
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is so bad I've hidden it in my library
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →words can't describe how bad this game is
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is a bad joke or parody of an actual game, i would never play this trash again
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Desert Law is a gritty, old-school real-time strategy game that reflects a very specific era of PC gaming, one where atmosphere, experimentation, and raw ambition often outweighed polish and accessibility. Developed by Arise and published by Fulqrum Publishing, the game drops players into a sun-scorched post-apocalyptic wasteland where fuel is currency, law has collapsed, and survival depends on tactical thinking and sheer firepower. Rather than chasing modern RTS conventions, Desert Law…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a neat game, a hidden gem... Very enjoyable
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tags: Tactical Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Clunky. Old RTS based tactical game without enough RPG elements to make interesting. Combat is unrewarding. UI tricky to use at times. Missions is usually a bunch of annoying popups with text and hotspots flashing to go meet objectives, face enemies and merge with reinforcement. I could not get into the cartoon inspired slideshow storyline. Screen resolution maxing out around 720p. Meh. Poor pathfinding. Copycat…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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