Death to Spies
Skip · Action · 2008
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 45, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 12.5h
- Value
- $0.40/hr
- Reviews
- 76% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
Smersh is Russian for "Death to Spies" and was the name of a set of counterintelligence agencies formed in the Soviet Army during World War II. Their mission was to secure the rear of the active Red Army by arresting traitors, deserters, spies and criminal cells.
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $0.74, set in June 2023. Its cuts run 80 percent off as a rule. There have been 75 in the 13 years tracked, about 8 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 20 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 64 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, The Saboteur™ ($9.99, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Sniper Elite 5 ($49.99, scores 41).
This site sampled 354 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 48 percent of the 261 reviews written there were positive, against 76 percent overall, and those are 33 percent of everything written about it.
Players
1 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 12:58 UTC.
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What players say
Hitman: Blood Money in WWII -- immediately both thumbs up! I've only encountered one bug in which my save was self-deleted. The game offers a rather large arsenal for your loadout, but there's hardly a use for much of it, as firefights aren't the goal and are very difficult to endure. However! The German HQ castle mission was very fun to engage in lucrative ways to eliminate everyone, as the castle is filled with SS...
If Hitman was a WWII game ... ... this would probably be it. Though to be honest I am making that comparison in case you haven't heard of this game. Death to Spies plays a lot like Hitman ( closer to Silent Assassin/ Contracts ) but takes place in the early 1940's. You take the role of a Russian agent who was promoted and then worked for Smersh. The story is explained with a framed narrative, meaning that what you...
i want to like this but no controller support glyphs don't register correctly. need better controller support these types of games are too complex for k&b got the bundle 0f all 3 games for just over $3 just fix controller support not everyone is made for k&b.
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Cite this score
Death to Spies scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/9800/death-to-spiesReviews 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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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