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Sniper Elite

Rebellion · 2009-07-16

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 30, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 30, 2005 (PlayStation 2), Dec 07, 2010 (Wii), Oct 07, 2005 (Xbox), Apr 23, 2013 (Mac)

As World War II draws to a close, the first covert battles of the Cold War begin. Caught in the life and death struggle between Soviets and Germans in war-torn Berlin, you control the fate of a lone American OSS Sniper.

Sniper Elite is an Action game released in 2009, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners, priced at $7.99, and holds a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 4197 reviews).

23
playing now
76%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (82 ratings)
8
Nexus mods (758 downloads)
8.6h
to beat · rushed 6.3h · completionist 18h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Sniper Elite is a 2005 third-person tactical shooter stealth video game developed by Rebellion Developments and published by MC2 France in Europe and by Namco Hometek in North America, in 2005. In 2012, to coincide with the release of Sniper Elite V2, it was re-issued through Steam by Rebellion itself.

Trailer

Sniper Elite trailer thumbnail

Sniper Elite Official Trailer (2015)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 210 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 168k–336k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,197 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.95 at Steam (2024-06-27) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 21 of 67 observed days · $9.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
565620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

87122026-09-15 13:00 — 47 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 84 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 36 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 51 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 87 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 28 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 25 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 55 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 32 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 31 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 46 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 25 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 35 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 45 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 25 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 30 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 28 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 49 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9916Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 41 · peak 98Dec 2012 — avg 30 · peak 83May 2013 — avg 24 · peak 54Oct 2013 — avg 35 · peak 156Mar 2014 — avg 21 · peak 46Aug 2014 — avg 22 · peak 54Jan 2015 — avg 32 · peak 71Jun 2015 — avg 35 · peak 102Nov 2015 — avg 33 · peak 92Apr 2016 — avg 26 · peak 57Sep 2016 — avg 22 · peak 56Feb 2017 — avg 29 · peak 57Jul 2017 — avg 32 · peak 109Dec 2017 — avg 35 · peak 110May 2018 — avg 17 · peak 36Oct 2018 — avg 17 · peak 33Mar 2019 — avg 24 · peak 49Aug 2019 — avg 21 · peak 42Jan 2020 — avg 26 · peak 60Jun 2020 — avg 27 · peak 83Nov 2020 — avg 28 · peak 92Apr 2021 — avg 18 · peak 44Sep 2021 — avg 20 · peak 80Feb 2022 — avg 25 · peak 73Jul 2022 — avg 37 · peak 91Dec 2022 — avg 35 · peak 80May 2023 — avg 16 · peak 36Oct 2023 — avg 19 · peak 44Mar 2024 — avg 22 · peak 52Aug 2024 — avg 21 · peak 43Jan 2025 — avg 25 · peak 66Jun 2025 — avg 19 · peak 43Nov 2025 — avg 21 · peak 49Apr 2026 — avg 18 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 45
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.13$0.952015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-13 — best price $3.682015-05-21 — best price $11.112015-11-02 — best price $9.992016-02-16 — best price $7.792016-07-07 — best price $7.202017-01-20 — best price $9.992017-11-06 — best price $3.392018-05-06 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $7.992019-11-21 — best price $1.992020-03-23 — best price $7.992020-06-08 — best price $7.992020-08-04 — best price $7.992020-09-04 — best price $7.092020-10-07 — best price $7.092020-11-06 — best price $7.992020-12-10 — best price $6.692021-01-30 — best price $5.732021-03-03 — best price $7.992021-04-17 — best price $6.692021-05-22 — best price $6.692021-08-22 — best price $5.872021-12-13 — best price $1.592022-05-06 — best price $1.592022-08-19 — best price $1.592023-01-06 — best price $5.872023-06-29 — best price $1.592023-11-17 — best price $1.252024-03-22 — best price $5.872024-07-09 — best price $6.282025-01-11 — best price $6.282025-08-27 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $3.192026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

328702026-06-01 — 81 pageviews2026-06-05 — 70 pageviews2026-06-09 — 83 pageviews2026-06-13 — 80 pageviews2026-06-17 — 84 pageviews2026-06-21 — 117 pageviews2026-06-25 — 77 pageviews2026-06-29 — 126 pageviews2026-07-03 — 116 pageviews2026-07-07 — 98 pageviews2026-07-11 — 97 pageviews2026-07-15 — 98 pageviews2026-07-19 — 90 pageviews2026-07-23 — 80 pageviews2026-07-27 — 97 pageviews2026-07-31 — 76 pageviews2026-08-04 — 79 pageviews2026-08-08 — 111 pageviews2026-08-12 — 75 pageviews2026-08-16 — 120 pageviews2026-08-20 — 98 pageviews2026-08-24 — 103 pageviews2026-08-28 — 94 pageviews2026-09-01 — 163 pageviews2026-09-05 — 125 pageviews2026-09-09 — 157 pageviews2026-09-13 — 254 pageviews2026-09-17 — 162 pageviews2026-09-21 — 151 pageviews2026-09-25 — 139 pageviews2026-09-29 — 135 pageviews2026-10-03 — 108 pageviews2026-10-07 — 100 pageviews2026-10-11 — 116 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSWarCo-opActionSniperClassicShooterStealthTacticalController

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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