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Alekhine's Gun
Developer Haggard Games
Alekhine's Gun (previously known as Death to Spies 3: Ghost of Moscow) 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. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
195 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 16, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
53
Mixed
100 positive · 90 negative
95% range 46–60%
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5 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
327 of 527 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 195 · most liked firstIt's a step down from Death to Spies 2, but it's still a very solid (if buggy and low budget, especially in the narrative-basis sound and cutscene department) stealth game in the vein of Hitman. To start with, there isn't a prone feature, and tossing rocks and other objects for distraction isn't a feature. Whistling, poison, accident systems and weapon loadouts are still a feature from the first two games, as is a hard mode wherein only nonlethal and choke cord takeouts will allow disguises.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THIS game is really nice, a cold war hitman style game.the story origin in WW2 and end in 1962 when John Kenndy got shot. 2 man , different country, work together, betrayed by CIA, revenge for themselves.This game is full of some critical background in history.The 3rd mission is about German's Atomic Bomb.When in 1962, the bike gang in Texas, the special squad in CUBA,even the Chinese restaurant, they are in the same time like game Mafia 2.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has long history. Originaly it had to be called death to spies 3 but after failed kickstarter it went dark for a while then came back as Alekhine's Gun. Game has nice hitman blood money feel to it and I think many stealth players will enjoy it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An Assassin Stealth Shooter https://youtu.be/aWPsbCMhaIE "The natural successor to to Death of Spies" + Very challenging gameplay, even on Easy difficulty you must be very careful as any wrong move can end up in failure + Realistic AI behaviors and detection + Quite a few ways you can take out targets + Encourages you to go slow and explore your surroundings + Visually it looks very nice / great graphics and detail + Interesting environments later on in the game + Some dramatic storytelling +…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This has to be one of the worst games, i have played this year. It's a poor man's hitman attempt, the game is pretty unoptimized and moving and shooting is so out of balance, not to mention changing settings just seems to crash the game, i got this as a gift and i feel bad not only for receiving it but for my friend who wasted money on a game i won't even put any time into...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crashes too often, AI not that smart edit: to elaborate mission 3 I went around the corner of the room and whistled. The soldier and scientist looked at where I last whistle while I'm coming back into the room. As their back is turned I shoot the Officer with a silencer. Walk out of the room while their panic about a body being found. Wait 5 minutes. Walk back into the room where everybody is going about their business like their officer wasn't just shot in the head. I do the whistle…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alekhine. One of the greatest chess champions. Not only for his timeline but for the whole history of known chess players. He was eager for finding smart, precise moves, he was rather an attacking side even in his defensive schemes. So, it is actually a cool name for a Hitman-like spy operative, who's supposed to very selective and cautious in his covert work of dispatching enemies and revealing their secret plans. However, when we're talking about this specific title, Alekhine's Gun, we're…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you liked Death To Spies, you probably won't like this game. It's too easy (in comparison), you can simple whistle, lure away a guard and beat him half to death. Rinse and repeat. On top of that, I've had multiple CtDs, whenever I load my game, making this unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alekhine's Gun is a 3rd person stealth game in which you decide the method by which to complete each of the 11 stages. It'll take some time learning enemy routine and where / how to execute a cunning take down, but when you've mastered it, you'll delight in your plan. The graphics are good, although not up to AAA standard, the sfx are on par and the gameplay is excellent. This game will not hold your hand. If you like a challenge, this is the game for you. https://youtu.be/NvnMQ5ubXnA
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Video Review https://youtu.be/ez6905QdwZ8 Pros - Good core ideas - Cold War setting Cons - Very Buggy - Crashes regularly - Terrible A.I - Empty levels - Clunky controls
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played to up Mission 5 so far and I'm thoroughly enjoying this game. I'm a big fan of the Death to Spies games and have been waiting for this game to come out for years. Alekhine's Gun is in general quite enjoyable but it does have its flaws. The DTS games were very hard and I liked it that way. AG is a lot easier than them. Unlike the DTS games there are no guards who are highly suspicious of you. Even the reds on instinct mode are comparable to yellow NPCs in DTS. There are no longer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bla bla bla... Hitman... Bla bla bla Splintercell... Bla bla bla.... Dishonored... Bla bla bla Styx....Bla bla bla Alpha protocal... Yeah, this game is sort of like those games... But it has its own character, and its own little nitche. Really like the artwork, and the way you can make the german officers speak in german ratehr than english. Be sure to get the community patch. It adds a lot of detail, and voice acting to the game, along with fixing a couple of minor glitches. 10/10 if you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A interesting World War 2 hitman style game that has a lot of interesting concepts but sadly has a lot of bugs that ends up hurting the game. ==The Good== 1. Hitman Style- You have the ability to change outfits, hide bodies and either take out your targets the good old fashion way of a bullet to the head or using the environment to your advantage. ==The 50/50== 1. The story sadly never really caught my attention. There isn't much characters to really get interested in and once you start…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →— Mom, can we get Hitman? — We have Hitman at home Hitman at home:
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its like a classic hitman game but a bit clunkier and with worse ai but it is still a fun game and doesn't deserve the awful reviews imo
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are a fan of the original Hitman games then this is a game to look at, on sale of course. It has crashed around 6 times in the course of 40 minutes and looks like a game that was made around 2011. If it didn't crash consistantly I might recommend it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was looking at reviews and thought, how many of you remenber the time Hitman was released and game reviewers said it was trying to be Splinter Cell (the reference at the time), the fact is Hitman improved and was now his own identity with time and Splinter Cell lost is way, have identity crisis, doesnt know what it wants to be. The same is happening with Aleknine Gun or "Death to Spies", the game is improving at each interaction, but there is a long way, and Devs also must take into account…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brought this game only because Inside gaming/Funhaus play through back in the day that's all. otherwise it's a bad game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Blood Money: Cold War Edition! Personally, I've not had any issues with the game. It plays just like old Hitman titles and supports the 360 controller. Great fun so far going for Ghost ratings.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alekhine's Gun is a third-person shooter where you play as a Russian hitman who performs his job swiftly and perfectly (except during the cutscenes xD). Agent Alekhine goes on missions where he must find intel, perform a task, or eliminate a target(s). Also this game is kinda lengthy even though there are only 11 missions on that game. You can choose however way you want to perform the mission (stealthy or go guns-blazing), it is entirely up to you. You also have a rating score system at the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is it fun? Same as wiping your bottom with the sandpaper. Not worth your time nor the money. People who say it is a "proper Hitman" should have their head checked... Thank you Valve for the Steam refund policy. If I was you guys I would avoid it till the price drop to £ 2.99 which will be soon... Did I mentioned crashes?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It would have been a clunky but entertaining game, that you would pay 10 euros for during the summer sale. If this was 2010, that is..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Will crash often, you'll get stuck in doors and terrain, voice-acting is awful, levels are bland, AI is bad and to be quite honest, it's just plain boring to play. At least they didn't call it Death to Spies 3.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not split into an episodic series.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Craah after crach after crash... do not buy. save yourt money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you can forgive some uneven production values, you will like this. if you like stealth games, you will like this. if you like games with intoxicating atmospheres, you will like this. at its core, Alekhine's Gun is basically Death to Spies but with more focused gameplay design instead of overflowing the kitchen sink.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a silly man
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought i was getting a hitman like game, an in a sense it is... but its just to simple. boring an i dont like the controlls. just one Man's Opinion.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have to say, I am giving this a bad review with a really heavy heart. Game in many ways is a lot of fun and it feels great to play! However, the constant crashes is really really getting to me. I have yet to find a fix for it either. If anyone got a way to fix this, or if the devs end up fixing it, I would gladly change the review to positive, but in this current state I just can't do that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After enjoying Hitman Blood Money and Dishonored, I had hoped Alekhines Gun would be a fun take on the formula. Its just Blood Money, but worse. The setting is cool, but the game feels very janky and unfinished. I keep coming back trying to finish the game, but eventually uninstalling from frustration. The A.I is terrible, disguises are very barebones, there is rarely more than one good way to kill targets, its just a mess of unfinished ideas and janky execution. I love the idea of a 1960s…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The spiritual successor to 'Death To Spies'. A game about a guy who can disguise himself as random people to infiltrate heavily guarded military installations and/or hotels to garotte people. Wait...shouldn't the protagonist be bald?! Not Agent 47 out of 10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not great but it is better than the current Hitman. At the moment there are frequent crashes to the desktop and other problems. But at least you do have levels to complete and not replay the same level over and over and over like Hitman. If you like stealth then this is the better option for the moment. 6/10 Still crashing after the 1.01 patch. Totally random crashing. Needs hard reset after words.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a sequel of Death To Spies but its worst than other sequels I'm fan of Death to Spies but its just way to simple and it has very similar graphics actualy i dont understand whats new in this part of the game and in my opinion ai is just worst then it was ... For veteran like me its very easy you just need to make a noise discart them and you can go easily whatever you want... And i dont think it should be that easy in a hard mode... Its not "too hard" like you can choose in Refund Reasons…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know why didn't I listened to the reviews and simply abstained myself from buying this game. I play through the first mission and it was terrible in everyway, even moving something like the camera felt slow, and sluggish, and unresponsive, and ugly, and frustrating. Pair that up with the fact the entire ui is extremely clumbersome and confusing and then you got a recipe for a game that's not only shallow and boring to play but also messy, and this mess is not only reserved for the ui…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are a fan of any Hitman games Codename 47 - Blood Money then this title is for you. I am a huge fan of Blood Money, and I got to say that Alekhine's Gun is Blood Money 2.0. The mechanics of the game are nearly identical and so is the gameplay. The difference lies in the era. Blood Money plays in the present while Alekhine's Gun is in cold war. Many levels, features, ways to assassiante feel like they were pulled out of Blood Money and Contracts and it is a good thing!! I wish Absolution…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As stated by many other players, i saw what was advertised as a remake of the Death to Spies series, which i loved, so as soon as i saw this, i bought it, hoping for a brilliant modern spy/stealth game. While yes, the game has elements of the series and Hitman Blood Money, i couldn't have expected a worse remake. Firstly, stealth is far too simple, sneaking into the castle really couldnt have been simpler due to the god awful AI, i wouldnt have even needed a disguise. I stabbed the target in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Built Alekhine's Gun #forTheWin !!! (15+10 rapid match; full game listing in the alt text of the vid)
unlabelledView post →If you like stealth games, don't buy this one—go get Hitman instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not very good! I was hoping for a janky, silly experience when I saw the game. I admit I was not going in expecting greatness. What I got was the occasionally funny bug surrounded by an absolute slog of a video game dominated by slow and boring cutscenes accompanied by uninteresting still images of 3D models, and stealth gameplay that makes me hate stealth gameplay. It's difficult to tell why your suspicion level is ever what it is, it's impossible to tell when you are out-of-sight, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crashed 8 times in 20 minutes, please dont buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a fan of Death to Spies and Death to Spies: Moment of Truth I was very excited about the announcement of a third installment of the pseudo-Hitman franchise based in WW2. I adored the hardcore stealth gameplay, the mission design and the freedom those games offered you on how to beat your objectives. On top of that it was confirmed that the third game would be based in the Cold War era, what at the time sounded even better to my ears. But after several failed crowdfunding campaigns and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you love hitman & Death to spies you 'll love it. 👍👍👍
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This could've been a great game. If only the devs actually made the money they needed to be funded.. The game has many bugs AI seeing through walls detecting bodies that are hidden. The gun combat is ehhhhh you get use to it after level 3. The level details along with the size of the maps are really nice and big. Not worth 40 bucks but its deff something to get into if you enjoyed the death of spies series along with hitman series! Pros Change clothing levels are big Atomsphere along with…
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the rare true analogues of Hitman series. Yes, it's glitchy, with game just exiting at random and the character occasionally stuck in textures, especially on stairs, but all in all it's a nice game that has all the necessary elements of the genre: variability of approaches to the missions, ability to play stealthily or through combat, some pretty interesting and original levels, and an interesting story to tie them into a narrative. 85 out of 100.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's hitsmonday! Join me & VixiBombae as we play ALEKHINE'S GUN (the worst hitman game) LIVE NOW @ twitch.tv/frogcass
unlabelledView post →Hell no! FPS drops, low resolution for a recent game, lame gameplay... And when i tried quit the game, my pc crashed right away ^^ Hitman it's a much better choice if you want this sneaky type of game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game for those who like stealth/puzzle games ala hitman. It is definitely an improvement over previous titles of the series. The cold war setting is a nice change to WW2. Buy on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very solid stealth game, probably better than Hitman on the Playstation. Good enough for me to put 21 hours into it... I got my money's worth here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summary If you’ve played any Hitman games before, you know the score. Sneaking slowly, pacifying patrols, donning disguises, assassinating antagonists and finally evasive extractions. Sadly, Alekhine’s Gun is a clunky and buggy half-arsed imitation. Awful controls, mediocre stealth, boring level design, wonky AI, poor animations and subpar visuals. Having said that, Alekhine’s Gun is far from a terrible game and if you’re partial to janky titles, then there is some fun to be had, just wait…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disclaimer: A review copy was provided to us by Kiss Ltd so we could write our review. Hello everybody, Shaun Meyers here to bring you a short summary of our latest review for Alekhine's Gun by Maximum Games and Kiss Ltd. If you'd like to read our full review, you can find it on our main site here: https://www.universalgamingreviews.com/alekhines-gun-overview-and-review/ Alekhine's Gun is a fairly low budget stealth based game inspired by the Hitman franchise with some slight inspiration from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To be well successful ingame only 3 thinks: - Changing cloths at the beginner when you kill your first victim - Buy and use the pistol HI-Standard HDM (already silence included) - Buy and Use Throwing Knifes So much fun killing with Throwing Knifes , clean and silenced kills , even when you are near to your enemies they dont know where it come from ahahha. Good / Mediocre Stealth game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stealth games are meant to be challenging and should feel like a tense, punishing experience. But Alekhine’s Gun is stretch too far and instead punishes the player because of its poor mechanics and terrible AI. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3096540139 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3096541341
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Almost good Hitman rip-off. Crashes way too much though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If your a fan of Death to Spies games like i am this is the third entry to the series as the devs had to work indie as their publishing license expired so they had to Crowdfund & Kickstarter their work but it didn't go well so Maximum Games published and helped them complete it. You still play as Semyon Strogov with some familiar gear such as Chloroform and throwing knives but you have less weapons and equipment then before with less space to bring items for the next mission so choose well.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alekhine's Gun I really wanted to like this game, but sadly it executes very poorly in gameplay. Please, spend your money on other Stealth/Assasin game, especially if you're a Fan of the genre. I personally love Stealth and Assassin games, but Alekhine's Gun just didn't work well for me. I watched Walktroughs and Playtroughs on YouTube before trying out this game and I thought it looked interesting enough to give it a try. Now, the second reason I'm giving this game a thumbs down is because…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like Hitman games then it is a good game for you. Worth only five dollars Don't buy it at full price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games ever.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's an indie HITMAN that thinks itself a triple A, and with the budget of a failed kickstarter that the corrupt as ♥♥♥♥ game "press" refused to even tell anyone about. ultimatly it is the product of a small group with a small budget with a small amount of time, all in all, a labor of love with as much effort that was put into it given the resources available. At this point, just buy it at least 25 to 30% off.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worst game I have ever played on steam, seriously.
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