Sniper Elite
Skip · Shooter · 2009
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $7.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.61/hr
- Reviews▼
- 76% of 4,262
- Critics
- 76
- Genre rank
- Top 44% Shooter
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 13.1h
- To 100%
- 20.6h 1.6x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 77 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $0.95 June 2024
- Sale every
- 56d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 18 now
- Cheaper than
- 62% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 43% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
77 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 44 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 62 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Sniper Elite 3 ($29.99, scores 47) beats it on value, while it beats Sniper Elite 5 ($49.99, scores 41).
More about Sniper Elite
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 10 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 56 percent of the 1,035 reviews written there were positive, against 76 percent overall, and those are 29 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
+Slow-motion bullet cam following your round into an enemy is phenomenal for its time, and remains the series' single greatest invention +Framing of a conflict within a conflict gives the game a more interesting political texture than most WWII games of to this day dare to attempt +Wounding enemies to force their comrades out of cover is rewarding tactical mechanic rewarding patience and awareness over brute force...
2 more reviews, 2 not recommended
While I can see the bones of the series in this game, like shooting grenades on enemies, stealth kills with an unsupressed sniper, timed schedule objectives that let you make a proper plan, I can't say this this is a worthwhile play for anything beyond "wanting to see where it all started". The gameplay has aged not that well: -Enemies detection is really unclear: sometimes they fail to notice anything, other times...
Jank. Enemies spawn inside building yet they are able to shoot you from across the map while you can't even see them. This game has no stealth mechanics, it just fakes it badly.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
As World War II draws to a close, the first covert battles of the Cold War begin. Caught in the life and death struggle between Soviets and Germans in war-torn Berlin, you control the fate of a lone American OSS Sniper.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, GeForce2 32Mb or equivalent, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Sniper Elite scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3700/sniper-eliteReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.