Sniper Elite 4
Sniper Elite 4 combines genre-defining ballistics, breathless emergent stealth, and gripping third person action across the largest and most diverse environments ever seen in a Sniper Elite game. Set in the…
Sniper Elite 4 is an adventure developed by Rebellion Developments, released 13 February 2017 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It currently starts at $4.49 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 10.2 hrs to finish.
What Sniper Elite 4 is
Sniper Elite 4 is an adventure game developed by Rebellion Developments and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Asura.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in Italy in 1943, Sniper Elite 4 continues the wartime exploits of SOE marksman Karl Fairburne in the immediate aftermath of his earlier campaign. When rumors surface of a fearsome new Nazi weapon, a radio-guided anti-ship missile capable of sinking vessels from afar, the Royal Navy dispatches a freighter to the island of San Celini to investigate, only for it to be destroyed by the very device it sought to uncover. Fairburne is sent in to the island to strike back, tasked with assassinating the German officers who oversaw the attack and gathering intelligence on the shadowy general behind the project. His mission soon widens beyond a single killing, drawing him into the wider struggle…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, historical, open world and stealth. It supports multiplayer for up to 12 players online, and includes co-op. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 85 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Sniper Elite 4 holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 216 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.2 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $4.49, that works out to about $0.44 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel CPU Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB RAM and AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2GB). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.49 at Fanatical, 93% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Sniper Elite 4 launched on 13 February 2017, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata and Hollow Knight. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR: Automata, Hollow Knight.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sniper Elite 4 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Sniper Elite 4 - Target: Führer
Sniper Elite 4: Camouflage Rifles Skin Pack
Sniper Elite 4: Covert Heroes Character Pack
Sniper Elite 4: Silent Warfare Weapons Pack
Sniper Elite 4: Allied Forces Rifle Pack
Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 1 - Inception
Sniper Elite 4: Night Fighter Expansion Pack
Sniper Elite 4: Urban Assault Expansion Pack
Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 2 - Infiltration
Sniper Elite 4: Cold Warfare Winter Expansion Pack
Sniper Elite 4: Lock and Load Weapons Pack
Sniper Elite 4: Deathstorm Part 3 - Obliteration
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