Narcos: Rise of the Cartels

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Welcome to Colombia, 1980’s - the fires of El Patrón's empire have been lit, its influence spanning borders, and expansion unabated. Influence and corruption is rife; cops, guards, politicians and those in between are falling into the pocket of the Medellín Cartel, and after years of production, America is finally taking notice.

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251 reviews
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Developer:
Kuju Entertainment
Publisher:
Curve Digital
Engine:
Unreal Engine 4
Release date:
19 November 2019
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (251)

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Description



Welcome to Colombia, 1980’s - the fires of El Patrón's empire have been lit, its influence spanning borders, and expansion unabated. Influence and corruption is rife; cops, guards, politicians and those in between are falling into the pocket of the Medellín Cartel, and after years of production, America is finally taking notice.

Narcos: Rise of the Cartels tells the story of the hit Netflix TV series, of the rise and fall of El Patrón. Choose your side and ally with the DEA or conversely side with the Narcos. Explore recognisable locations from the show and take a role in pivotal world-altering events and battles that will define and shift the war on drugs.

Form your team from a variety of class-specific roles, join leading characters, upgrade your skills and take part in brutal turn-based combat, where your actions will have consequence.

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  • BASED ON THE HIT NETFLIX TV SERIES
      Authenticity is at the core of the Narcos experience and highly recognisable and iconic characters from the TV show are available to control and play, such as El Mexicano, Murphy, Peña, Primo and more. Every 'leader' character offers unique gameplay abilities and perks to help turn the tide of battle.
  • FAST-PACED STRATEGY COMBAT
      Narcos: Rise of the Cartels takes turn-based strategy combat to a whole new level with units possessing the ability to move individually one after another or multiple times within one turn, meaning the pace always being ramped up. Plan your moves wisely but be cautious as there are always consequences to your actions.
  • EVERY WAR HAS TWO SIDES
      Featuring two unique campaigns, Narcos: Rise of the Cartels allows you to see the war from both sides. Choose to side with the DEA and fight alongside Steve Murphy to bring down the drug empire, or choose to side with the Narcos in order to help found, grow and expand the empire under the watchful eye of El Patrón.
  • COUNTERACT AND KILL-SHOT
      Innovative gameplay mechanics keep the turn-based genre fresh by allowing you to take third-person control of your units in order to engage enemies directly, giving you the opportunity to deal critical damage at optimum moments.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 x64
Processor:
Intel Core i3-2100 (2 * 3100) OR AMD Athlon II X4 645 AM3 (4 * 3100) OR equivalent
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (1024 MB) OR AMD Radeon HD 6850 (1024 MB) OR equivalent
Storage:
12 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Low Preset + 30FPS+

recommended*

OS *:
Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 x64
Processor:
Intel Core i5-6600K (4 * 3500) OR AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (4 * 3500) OR equivalent
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (4096 MB) OR AMD Radeon R9 380 (2048 MB)
Storage:
12 GB available space
Additional Notes:
High Preset + 60FPS

User reviews

Independent Variable
Not recommended | 15 Jan 2025
3.6h played

Whats the point of having a squad if you can play 1 member per turn ? How can someone who is making a turn based tactical game miss this easy and predictable thing. I really dont care whether you pay 1$ or even get the

Helpful: 5
Mephistox
Recommended | 09 Feb 2024
37.8h played

No neutral option, so this will focus on the types of people that could be looking to play this: If you are a turn-based strategy connoisseur, you will probably not like this one. At the start it may be different and

Helpful: 2
ivan.petrov32
Not recommended | 05 Jun 2025
15.3h played

This is a good game with annoying and boring grind that kills everything. There are 9 cops missions and about twice more bad guys missions. Story is ok. Gameplay is also ok if you like chess (your 5 characters fight

Helpful: 1
Cute
Recommended | 12 Feb 2025
22.6h played

its sad this narcos show used to make this kind of games but maybe their idea that they might easy sell because the name of the show anyway? however its still nice game for the fans and much love for the intro song of

Helpful: 6
MastaCrixus
Not recommended | 29 Nov 2024
2.2h played

feels like a reeaaaalllyyyyy extremely watered down xcom, missing all the core mechanics and level of details and options, cant customise at all, covers feels weak, no real abilities that matters. overall it just feels

Helpful: 3
neilencio
Recommended | 31 Oct 2024
5.4h played

This is a game about the Philippines' former president Ferdinand Narcos, who is infamous for placing the entire country under Martial Law and oppressing his citizens so much that he is now considered the Tony Hawk of

Helpful: 2