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Sniper Elite

Critic score2 critics
First release
Sep 30, 2005
Engine
Asura
Genres
Shooter, Tactical, Simulator, Strategy · Warfare, Action, Fantasy, Historical, Stealth

Sniper Elite is a third-person action strategy game with a focus on sniping. The player takes on the role of an American agent working for the OSS (the organization that later became the CIA) stationed in Berlin at the end of World War II, tasked with preventing the Russian troops from getting hold of the research Germany had been conducting into nuclear weaponry. As an elite sniper, the style of play is much less run-and-gun and much more about finding good positions, lining up shots and taking out the enemy before he even knows where you are. The single-player campaign takes place over 28 missions set in and around Berlin. Players use stealth tactics, and things like wind and background noise can be a factor when lining up shots. When a shot is performed particularly well, players are rewarded with a 'bullet cam' which follows the bullet in slow-motion from gun barrel to target.

Also known as Sniper Elite: Berlin 1945

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Details

Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Storyline
The game follows protagonist Karl Fairburne as he attempts to prevent the Soviet Union taking control of Germany's nuclear secrets in and around Berlin, April 1945. Very little information is known about his background, other than he was raised in Berlin as the son of a U.S. ambassador to Germany before the war broke out, that he studied at West Point shortly after America's entrance into the war, and the fact that he was chosen for this mission because the city was his childhood home.Read more

The game follows protagonist Karl Fairburne as he attempts to prevent the Soviet Union taking control of Germany's nuclear secrets in and around Berlin, April 1945. Very little information is known about his background, other than he was raised in Berlin as the son of a U.S. ambassador to Germany before the war broke out, that he studied at West Point shortly after America's entrance into the war, and the fact that he was chosen for this mission because the city was his childhood home.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 30, 2005
PlayStation 2
Sep 30, 2005
Xbox
Oct 07, 2005
All 10 release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 18, 2005
PlayStation 2
Oct 18, 2005
Xbox
Oct 18, 2005
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jul 16, 2009
Wii
Dec 07, 2010
Wii
Dec 10, 2010
Mac
Apr 23, 2013
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
6h
Main + Extras
9h
Completionist
18h
Age ratings
USK 18ESRB M
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person
Where to buy
Keywords
world war ii - ww2, gravity, 1940s, death, steam
… All 19, espionage, bullet time, tank, slow-motion, bink video, loot gathering, wasd movement, sniping, stealth kill, gore system, fascism, forced slow walking, wii zapper compatibility, xbox 360 backwards compatibility

At a Glance

Critic Score
81
Main Story (IGDB)
6h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
9h
Completionist (IGDB)
18h

Overview

Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Mostly Positive, 3,612 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Local co-opIGDB · 31 Oct
  • Shared or split screenIGDB · 31 Oct
  • Co-op campaignIGDB · 31 Oct

Feature data: IGDB

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