Sniper Elite 4

Sniper Elite 4 – Quick Review

Sniper Elite 4 nails the gameplay — stealth, sniping, and open-level design are top-notch. The X-ray kill cams are brutal and satisfying, and every mission feels like a sandbox you can approach your own way.

The story, though? It’s basic. You play as Karl Fairburne in 1943 Italy, taking down Nazis and stopping a missile threat. It's only 8 missions long, and the plot is pretty mediocre — no big twists, flat characters, and it ends just as it feels like it's getting started.

Honestly, the game could’ve used a few more missions and deeper story arcs. But if you're here for gameplay, not plot, this one's a blast.

Rating: 8/10 – Awesome gameplay, meh story.

$60USD for this game is highway robbery this many years after release, but when the sales hit, this is one of the best stealth-optional sniper experiences money can buy.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☑ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
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☐ 10

its a good game,but if u dont follow the story line you can get boring

“Tactical Stealth” aka Crouching for 10 Hours Straight

Sniper Elite 4 is the ultimate simulator of “Oops, I accidentally assassinated an entire army from 500 meters away.”

You’re Karl Fairburne, a man who can snipe the wings off a mosquito from across a canyon. The X-ray kill cams are back, and more medically educational than ever. I’ve learned more about human anatomy from this game than high school biology.

You’ll spend hours crawling through bushes, holding your breath, and lining up the perfect shot just to watch some poor dude’s spleen get vaporized in slow-mo while dramatic music swells in the background. It's oddly satisfying... and slightly concerning.

The AI? They're geniuses... until you whistle from a bush and they come marching one by one to their doom like it's a horror movie.

Stealth gameplay? Top-tier.
Accidental all-out war because you sneezed too loud? Also top-tier.
Bonus points for kicking Nazis off cliffs like a stealthy Spartan.

10/10. Would snipe Hitler’s other testicle again.

Love this game it is making me want to buy a sniper rifle and start shooting nazis. Would recommend money well spent.

shoot hitler in the balls,
better than SE5 and SE6,
10/10

Knows what it does (action with minor stealth) and it does it well.

Like most other Rebellion games, it looks and performs great. It has some questionable, consoley mechanics (e.g. no arbitrary jump, and when you do jump it's player aligned not camera aligned!?), the movement is a bit stiff and awkward, but the game doesn't really care as it's primarily about shooting Nazi's in the fully rendered testicles and eye-sockets and it does that well.

The third-person shooting when you're not using the sniper rifle could use some work, e.g. the guns are inaccurate as hell. I know that's pushing you towards using the sniper file, as that's the main thing in the game, but being able to shoot someone with the assault rifle over distance would be nice.

The game has stealth mechanics, and it tries to confuse you into thinking they're fleshed out and the main thing, but they're not really. The main thing is shootin' and scootin'.

I said I'd stop after a few missions as it's basically more of the same each time, but that same thing is enjoyable as it has a solid shootin' foundational, so I kept going back for one more map. I didn't complete the full thing so maybe there are some surprises in the end, but I doubt it. From what I gather 2-5 are basically the same game, more or less, and this one is so cheap so often that it's definitely a series everyone should play at least one.

Loved the strategy parts of this game especially at harder levels. Recommended.

fuck yeah
beat the story mode and its epic and if you want to get a dlc to shoot adolf hitler in the balls

About as good as a game about sniping can get. Also can feel pretty rewarding at times. Overall a decent game if you like this sort of thing!

It's a Sniper Elite game.

It's well rounded, optimized VERY well (which you never see nowadays with every gaming 2025 running the Unreal Engine)

This is one of the more consistent game series which provides hours of game play with tons of replay value challenging you to master weapons and complete optional objectives while honing your skills. I recommend this game 100 percent.

Absolutely enjoy sniper games, so I decided to buy this game. Great sniper mechanics with great maps containing interesting scenarios and objectives.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☑ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☑ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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☐ 1
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☐ 10

Great game. Challenging, fun and lots to blow up and kill in the environment. Very immersive.

Sniping Co-Op, Where Do I Sign Up

Sniper Elite 4 decided to just put you in the map and say you can do it exactly in the way you want and and the order that you want. you know what that's pretty fun.

Looking at the map finding the objective you want to do first, finding out that there is a horrible alot of enemies that direction, and then circling around the different side of the map. It is fun and especially Co-op just makes everything better.

sound effect is really good you can hear that disgusting wet sound when you shoot Nazis. rifles sound powerful and with some heft behind it, and the dialogue is funny when you're listening on the Nazis.

And the main characters voice it is amazing. in the beginning It sounds like a parody of how the mandiest Voice sound, but it will grow on you so much and you will realize that maybe, actually is the mandiest man who have ever lived.

Italian is a interesting place for a shooting campaign because it we don't see it much in World War 2 shooters, it does give it a nice summer like atmosphere to the levels, so just like summer came with your friends but you're shooting Nazis.

Sniper Elite 4 ia A fun co-op gmae to play with a friend and it takes around 6 to 7 hours, so it doesn't out It's welcome. would recommend

Clearly a bit older game, but still very enjoyable. Especially considering its price. Good battles and interesting shooting mechanics. This was my first Sniper Elite game and I bought Sniper Elite 5 right away.

good sniper game mechanics
can use different playstyle when playing the game

Sniper Elite 3 is excellent. This is even better! Improved movement (crouch run, slide down poles, etc), mode detailed maps, good enemy AI, great graphics and fantastic sound. Highly recommended.

fun gameplay, works great on pc and steam deck

Pretty cool game. Shooting is somewhat satisfying and the maps are cool and well made. My only small problem with the game is the very limited amount of silenced ammo, making stealth extremely difficult. It could definitely just be a skill issue. This game is pretty good overall, check it out

Simple WW2 sniping game with nothing particularly extraordinary. Progression is good and co-op is really fun with friends. Worth a buck

I have finally finished every mission singleplayer has to offer, including 4 extra in a DLC. And while collecting all the things you can, altho i did that using maps on the internet. Also my selected difficulty was hard (Sniper Elite the game calls it i think).
Overall i enjoyed the game, it has done a lot right, it just has some quirks here and there. Especially goofy is the animation when youre going up the stairs while crouching.

In my opinion this is one of the best ww2 games ever made. Ive replayed every map atleast 4 times each and every time its diffrent, you have the possibility to go any way or route you want.
Its also a perfect game for when you wanna play something but dont feel for playing any of your games.
I bought it after seeing RussianBadgers video, but it doesnt do it justice, I cant reccomend this game enough. And if the game is on sale, DEFENETLY buy it!!!

Great game, love the stealth and sneak element of the game. Slow going and being sneaky.

Lots of levels, good mechanics, got it on sale, no worries.

My first SE game and I recommend it without a doubt. The kill cams are sick, the maps are big and beautiful, pretty simple to pick up too. Nothing to complain about honestly, it's a great game. Time for Authentic Plus... 100% here we come

It's hard to be stealth in this game and the AI was very smart, but hey at least I can shoot someone's balls.

exactly what you expect from sniper elite. but some small changes make it slightly less fun than others in the series.

SN3 was when they did their big formula change. SN4 does away with upgrade items being found or earned. instead you have to do specific kill challenges to unlock things like ZOOM. some of the challenges make sense. some don't. like they want you to kill enemies with your sniper rifle with your heartbeat above 100. or kill people with liver shots. half the time i get a stomoch shot instead. very tedious. protip: just set up the scenario where you can keep doing the same shot over and over. shoot, reload your save, repeat. your progress counts even after a reload. they changed this back to SN3 style in SN5. where it was exploration that allowed you to get upgrades.

there's increased traversal options but the movements are very clunky. it's very linear since your character is somehow incapable of flipping himself over a half person height obstacle. overall the sniper elite series just need more verticality. some of the levels in this game had me close to running out of pistol ammo. because in SN4 you can't equip a suppressor on to your machine gun. and you start with half the ammo compared to other games. very odd choice in level design as sometimes it forces you to use CQC stealth combat instead of giving a sweet vantage point.

overall, you know what you're buying. it'll never get GOTY but it's fun for what it is.

this game know how to do optional missions

I really enjoy playing this game, especially on hardcore. I really enjoy the sound and the animations which are stand outs in this game.

this game is basically hitman with testicle shots and the ability to turn into call of duty on easy difficulties. Worth it if its on sale for sure

Best game, worth if you were able to grab the deluxe edition on sale, enjoyed every minute of it. It is super fun and a very quality upgrade from SE3.

It's fun. My first sniper elite game. I am sniper man, sometimes I shoot people with SMGs. I snipe, I run, I sometimes stealth but mostly gun. Its fun, no frills sniper action man.

Great game. Lots of achievements if that's your thing. Lots locked behind a paywall though

Satisfying and detailed sniping mechanics, the X-Ray is just fucking awesome, definitely get this, it's relatively cheap.

nice music, solid gameplay, delete nazguls.

Nice game overall 7/10.

This game lets you slow down and carefully plan how to eliminate the fascist squad guarding those crucial documents you need. Moving stealthily through the beautifully crafted, natural-looking environments, you’re free to approach each mission however you like, rather than being forced down a rigid, linear path.

The stunning visuals, immersive landscapes, and atmospheric audio pull you right into the world. The tension rises as Karl’s heartbeat races when enemies hear your shots and start searching for you. The way the German and Italian voices of approaching enemies blend seamlessly with the sounds of rustling trees and chirping birds adds another layer of realism. On top of that, the dynamic soundtrack shifts with the action—building suspense when you're hidden and intensifying as you sprint for cover under enemy fire.

The mission objectives—retrieving documents, blowing up bridges, and more—stay engaging because there are multiple ways to complete them. You can go in guns blazing or sneak through undetected like a ghost. As I played more, I discovered even deeper tactical elements, like using mines, decoys, and distractions to mislead enemies and shift their focus.

The only real annoyance I had was with the auto-save system, which sometimes saves right after I’ve been exposed, leaving me scrambling for safety every time I reload. Also, the AI can be a bit odd in alert mode, with enemies occasionally sliding strangely while running for cover or taking cover in bizarre spots.

And of course, the slow-motion x-ray kill cam? Absolutely satisfying after landing a perfect long-range shot.

7/10— Recommended!

This game was a lot of fun. It has clear objectives and very pretty scenery. The 'x-ray' slow motion shots when you pull off a special shot is also really cool. The button mapping for the xbox controller was well thought out and felt very natural - at no point did I feel ill equipped to execute a mission. This game is a fun way to kill a rainy Sunday afternoon.

This game is a combination of proper Sniper Elite mechanics, comfortable gameplay, and, for the most part, really beautiful landscapes. San Cellini Island, Abrunza Monastery, Bitanti Village, and Regilino Viaduct are all very picturesque settings. Not so much Lorino Dockyard and Allagra Fortress. But the missions and their relevant challenges are, overall, good and very good.

~ GAMEPLAY ~
🔲 Boring
🔲 Rock Paper Scissors
🔲 Fun
🔲 Hmm..........
🔲 Entertaining
✅ Ace
🔲 Godlike


~ DIFFICULTY ~
🔲 My grandma could play it
✅ Easy
🔲 Normal
🔲 Hard
🔲 A challenge to be reckoned


~ GRAPHICS ~
🔲 MS Paint
🔲 Bad
🔲 Meh
🔲 Normal
✅ Very Good
🔲 An original artistic direction
🔲 Beautiful
🔲 Masterpiece


~ STORY ~
🔲 This game has no story
✅ Some lore
🔲 It's there for people who want it
🔲 Well written
🔲 Leading to more in-depth researches/thoughts
🔲 A model to get inspired by


~ LENGTH ~
🔲 0 (No story)
🔲 Short
✅ Average
🔲 Long
🔲 To infinity and beyond


~ MUSIC ~
✅ Just filling noises/No music
🔲 Trivial and uneventful
🔲 Good and/or fitting the game's artistic dispositions
🔲 Memorable
🔲 Transcending whispers of a forgotten world


~ INTEREST ~
🔲 I would rather watch paint dry
🔲 Hard to enjoy
🔲 Repetitive and/or uninspired
✅ A good moment
🔲 Sticking out of the pack
🔲 You will remember it long after


~ REPLAYABILITY ~
🔲 A one-time experience
✅ Only for achievements
🔲 If you wait a few months/years (or with mods)
🔲 Definitely
🔲 Infinitely replayable (or almost)

Fun third person "sneaker" with first person sniping. So many different ways to kill enemies and complete missions. I have been trying to get all the 5 extra objects for each mission. I just completed getting all the eagles.

An excellent sniper game, featuring expansive maps and diverse terrains, offering a rich variety of tactical gameplay options. Unlike other shooting games, it places a greater emphasis on the player's patience and precision. The kill cam provides players with an additional shooting excitement.

Sniper Elite 4 is pure gameplay fun. It is not about graphics and story but gameplay mechanics, and these work really good. Funny thing is, that the game feels almost like a game from the PS3 or Xbox360 era.

Excellent game, once I figured out how to aim, and more importantly, once I stopped treating it like a stealth game and learnt to just mow down enemies when things went sour, I found myself unable to stop playing! The only complaint I have is that you can't see where your rounds are landing on the firing range when you miss, would have been helpful figuring out the rifle at the start.

Otherwise, play authentic difficulty and don't look back!

Probably the best Sniper Elite game in the series to this day, and likely the closest the series has ever been to perfection.

Haven't even kind of liked a war game in like 15 years, but I only recently tried this out and I love it. Really great to see a campaign mode that isn't over as soon as it begins, and they really give you a tremendous amount of freedom to play it a number of different ways. Sniping is amazing, but I knew there was no going back after I sticky grenaded the patrol boat at the start of the second level and started to use the trip wire mines. So much fun, and they offer like 5 or 6 different skill options so you can play as casually or seriously as you like.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☑ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☑ 9
☐ 10

Pretty chill game for co-op and if you want to up the heat then the hardest difficulty is for you because it starts to remind of Dark souls. I love to pull my hair out of my scalp when the hardest difficulty doesnt have save games in a mission. If you die, you die... and start from the beginning.