Hitman: Codename 47
Skip · Shooter · 2007
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
The value isn't there at $7.99.
- Length
- 11h
- Value
- $0.73/hr
- Reviews
- 71% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 61 MB of memory, 100% DirectX 7.0a-compatible 3d Accelerated Card with 12MB VRAM, 399 MB of storage. Windows only.
As the enigmatic Hitman, you must use stealth and tactical problem solving to enter, execute and exit your assignment with minimum attention and maximum effectiveness. For a price, you have access to the most devious devices, but how you use them will determine if you retire as a millionaire or get permanently retired.
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $0.79. That was August 2024. Its cuts run 80 percent off as a rule. There have been 81 in the 14 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 3 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 7 weeks.
It is cheaper than 61 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 67 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Hitman: Blood Money ($0.99, scores 92) beats it on value, while it beats Mafia III: Definitive Edition ($29.99, scores 4).
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 5 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2024 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 55 percent of the 1,255 reviews written there were positive, against 71 percent overall, and those are 30 percent of everything written about it.
Players
20 players at peak in the last day.
The chart appears once this game has been counted more than once.Player counts via SteamSpy.
What players say
I've been a huge fan of the Hitman series for years, and now, after a long time, I'm finally reviewing the very first entry. So you are about to read the thoughts of someone who was introduced to the world of Video games because of Hitman and my lovely Agent 47. Let's go back to 1998, when almost every stealth game was released only on consoles, and PC players basically had nothing in this genre. Then a game arrived...
Maybe it was a good game back then but its painfully outdated with their controls and jank. This game is definition of insanity. If you wanna have a fun time with this game use a guide for your own good. That dosen't stop me from liking the game however. Anyways I need to use the bathroom.
"Hey... I recognize you - you were the one with the needle." It is with a heavy heart that I decide to leave a negative review on the humble beginnings of the Hitman series. Don't get me wrong, I highly respect what was done here, but Codename 47 feels like a draft of what Hitman would become. Not even the guns aficionado dialogue from the tutorial can save this one (even though it was a treat to listen to)! It's...
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Hitman: Codename 47 scores 31/100 on the BANG Score (a skip). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/6900/hitman-codename-47The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It answers the money question and stops there; whether the game is for you is still your call.
Reviews set the ceiling and price moves you inside it, so a cheap game that reviews badly cannot climb. Ratings from few reviewers are shrunk toward the middle, so 100 percent from nine people does not outrank 96 percent from ninety thousand. Length comes from HowLongToBeat where it can be matched, measured against a per-genre floor so a five-hour narrative game is judged against other narrative games rather than against a sixty-hour RPG. Where no verified length exists the score says so and carries a dock, because the biggest input is then a guess. The full method, including where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Aug 1, price as of Sep 24.
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