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Alekhine's Gun cover art

Alekhine's Gun

Haggard Games · Fulqrum Publishing · 2016-03-11

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 12, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Feb 12, 2016 (Xbox One), Feb 09, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It is the height of the Cold War, a time of global uncertainty and civil unrest. You are Agent Alekhine, a highly skilled Russian assassin, driven by a moral compass that leads you headfirst into a covert operation unsanctioned by the country you previously served.

Alekhine's Gun is an Action and Adventure game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 529 reviews).

0
playing now
62%
positive of 529 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
33/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
44/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
2.92★
PlayStation Store rating (783 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Alekhine's Gun is a third-person stealth action video game set during World War II and the Cold War developed and published by Maximum Games. It was released on March 1, 2016, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is the third installment in the Death to Spies series. Alekhine's Gun features open maps with multiple methods to complete levels. The name is borrowed from that of a powerful chess formation used by former World Champion Alexander Alekhine in a match against fellow grandmaster Aron Nimzowitsch.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,607 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 529 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.25-85%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at WinGameStore (2024-05-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 138 of 185 observed days · $0.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$1.492015-11-172026-10-142015-11-17 — best price $49.992016-06-14 — best price $15.992016-11-14 — best price $39.992017-03-13 — best price $9.992017-07-17 — best price $39.992018-01-09 — best price $39.992018-08-13 — best price $39.992019-04-08 — best price $9.992019-10-25 — best price $4.252020-01-16 — best price $9.992020-06-10 — best price $17.992020-12-23 — best price $3.602021-03-08 — best price $3.992021-05-03 — best price $5.092021-08-20 — best price $4.942021-12-04 — best price $14.992022-03-07 — best price $3.292022-06-21 — best price $3.742022-10-27 — best price $14.992023-02-03 — best price $13.492023-05-07 — best price $3.502023-08-11 — best price $2.992023-11-20 — best price $1.792024-02-15 — best price $14.992024-05-01 — best price $1.792024-07-31 — best price $14.992024-11-05 — best price $2.252025-01-20 — best price $1.942025-04-15 — best price $2.242025-07-21 — best price $1.492025-10-16 — best price $2.242026-01-06 — best price $11.802026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-14 — best price $14.992026-09-01 — best price $2.252026-10-06 — best price $2.252026-10-14 — best price $2.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

71202026-05-30 — 56 pageviews2026-06-03 — 21 pageviews2026-06-07 — 36 pageviews2026-06-11 — 28 pageviews2026-06-15 — 43 pageviews2026-06-19 — 41 pageviews2026-06-23 — 53 pageviews2026-06-27 — 35 pageviews2026-07-01 — 52 pageviews2026-07-05 — 52 pageviews2026-07-09 — 28 pageviews2026-07-13 — 46 pageviews2026-07-17 — 32 pageviews2026-07-21 — 32 pageviews2026-07-25 — 46 pageviews2026-07-29 — 38 pageviews2026-08-02 — 29 pageviews2026-08-06 — 27 pageviews2026-08-10 — 33 pageviews2026-08-14 — 29 pageviews2026-08-18 — 26 pageviews2026-08-22 — 28 pageviews2026-08-26 — 44 pageviews2026-08-30 — 25 pageviews2026-09-03 — 44 pageviews2026-09-07 — 60 pageviews2026-09-11 — 23 pageviews2026-09-15 — 41 pageviews2026-09-19 — 26 pageviews2026-09-23 — 30 pageviews2026-09-27 — 27 pageviews2026-10-01 — 26 pageviews2026-10-05 — 34 pageviews2026-10-08 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
30%
earned "Once Upon A Time"
13.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,48951%27
Xbox One (Xbox)56324%26
Steam (Steam)40811%28

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

ActionStealthAssassinCold WarAdventureThird PersonWorld War II

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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