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Sniper Elite 3 cover art

Sniper Elite 3

Rebellion · 2014-06-27

SteamPlayStation StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 01, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 24, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Jun 27, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 27, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Jul 01, 2014 (Xbox 360), Jun 27, 2014 (Xbox One)

Sniper Elite 3 is a tactical third-person shooter that combines stealth, gameplay choice and genre-defining ballistics with huge, open levels and the exotic terrain of World War 2 North Africa.

Sniper Elite 3 is an Action and Adventure game released in 2014, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 28478 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

108
playing now
82%
positive of 28k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (199 ratings)
4.32★
PlayStation Store rating (18,892 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 5.7h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Sniper Elite III is a 2014 third-person tactical shooter stealth video game developed and published by Rebellion Developments. The game is a prequel to its 2012 predecessor Sniper Elite V2, and is the third installment in the Sniper Elite series. A direct sequel, Sniper Elite 4, was released in 2017.

Trailer

Sniper Elite 3 trailer thumbnail

Sniper Elite 3 | Official Launch Trailer

≈628,796 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 108 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 626 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~78/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-23

Estimated sales: 712k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,478 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.24 at GamersGate (2023-08-17) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 23 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30530520182026Week of 2018-02-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

404782026-09-15 11:00 — 297 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 369 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 174 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 327 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 392 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 158 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 149 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 259 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 158 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 193 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 245 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 132 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 114 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 222 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 210 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 117 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 233 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 168 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 92 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 193 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 261 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 78 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 108 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k117Jun 2014Aug 2026Jun 2014 — avg 437 · peak 5,482Oct 2014 — avg 641 · peak 1,474Feb 2015 — avg 1,564 · peak 6,704Jun 2015 — avg 791 · peak 2,788Oct 2015 — avg 1,159 · peak 5,060Feb 2016 — avg 741 · peak 1,656Jun 2016 — avg 687 · peak 3,073Oct 2016 — avg 1,501 · peak 10,861Feb 2017 — avg 678 · peak 1,556Jun 2017 — avg 592 · peak 2,189Oct 2017 — avg 330 · peak 729Feb 2018 — avg 510 · peak 2,279Jun 2018 — avg 297 · peak 1,053Oct 2018 — avg 226 · peak 546Feb 2019 — avg 363 · peak 853Jun 2019 — avg 244 · peak 690Oct 2019 — avg 310 · peak 1,049Feb 2020 — avg 246 · peak 541Jun 2020 — avg 241 · peak 662Oct 2020 — avg 286 · peak 1,031Feb 2021 — avg 268 · peak 624Jun 2021 — avg 185 · peak 490Oct 2021 — avg 205 · peak 603Feb 2022 — avg 230 · peak 511Jun 2022 — avg 252 · peak 564Oct 2022 — avg 140 · peak 297Feb 2023 — avg 163 · peak 363Jun 2023 — avg 128 · peak 266Oct 2023 — avg 153 · peak 321Feb 2024 — avg 148 · peak 335Jun 2024 — avg 296 · peak 1,015Oct 2024 — avg 148 · peak 342Feb 2025 — avg 175 · peak 376Jun 2025 — avg 118 · peak 292Oct 2025 — avg 186 · peak 436Feb 2026 — avg 173 · peak 428Jun 2026 — avg 145 · peak 352Aug 2026 — avg 121 · peak 274
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$2.242015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $33.492015-03-13 — best price $16.252015-06-01 — best price $33.492015-09-11 — best price $19.992016-01-25 — best price $49.992016-04-12 — best price $34.492016-10-06 — best price $9.992017-05-11 — best price $24.992018-02-15 — best price $5.992018-08-21 — best price $29.992019-04-15 — best price $29.992019-11-26 — best price $5.992020-04-29 — best price $26.882020-06-25 — best price $5.992020-08-09 — best price $29.992020-09-19 — best price $29.992020-10-21 — best price $22.042020-11-28 — best price $7.492021-01-28 — best price $7.492021-03-09 — best price $6.592021-04-26 — best price $26.882021-06-06 — best price $26.882021-11-24 — best price $5.992022-03-23 — best price $29.992022-08-07 — best price $29.992022-12-08 — best price $29.992023-05-23 — best price $29.992023-11-01 — best price $3.592024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-08-23 — best price $26.882025-01-12 — best price $29.992025-08-25 — best price $3.892026-02-09 — best price $2.242026-08-04 — best price $2.392026-08-24 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

240562026-06-24 — 83 pageviews2026-06-27 — 115 pageviews2026-06-30 — 86 pageviews2026-07-03 — 102 pageviews2026-07-06 — 110 pageviews2026-07-09 — 96 pageviews2026-07-12 — 94 pageviews2026-07-15 — 67 pageviews2026-07-18 — 87 pageviews2026-07-21 — 56 pageviews2026-07-24 — 110 pageviews2026-07-27 — 88 pageviews2026-07-30 — 79 pageviews2026-08-02 — 83 pageviews2026-08-05 — 57 pageviews2026-08-08 — 75 pageviews2026-08-11 — 71 pageviews2026-08-14 — 80 pageviews2026-08-17 — 91 pageviews2026-08-20 — 91 pageviews2026-08-23 — 93 pageviews2026-08-26 — 135 pageviews2026-08-29 — 96 pageviews2026-09-01 — 142 pageviews2026-09-04 — 102 pageviews2026-09-07 — 134 pageviews2026-09-10 — 146 pageviews2026-09-13 — 174 pageviews2026-09-16 — 143 pageviews2026-09-19 — 137 pageviews2026-09-22 — 117 pageviews2026-09-25 — 97 pageviews2026-09-28 — 93 pageviews2026-10-01 — 76 pageviews2026-10-04 — 101 pageviews2026-10-07 — 91 pageviews2026-10-10 — 100 pageviews2026-10-12 — 81 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
84.1%
earned "The Gazala Gallop"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing13 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 13 DLC released, first 2014-06-27, latest 2014-10-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)49,7642%77
PS4 (PlayStation)48,9764%71
Xbox One (Xbox)26,8582%70
PS3 (PlayStation)9,6526%71
Xbox 360 (Xbox)8,6103%70

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

WarGoreCo-opActionSniperShooterStealthTacticalAdventureMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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