Sniper: Ghost Warrior

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mixed · 59%Mixed · 59%2010

$7.99

US Steam price, checked 18 min ago

The verdict

A dated, janky budget sniper shooter with fun ballistics and bullet cam, but wall-hack AI and forced assault-rifle sections frustrate. Skip it if you want polish.

Great for

Nostalgic players who enjoy janky old shooters and cheap sniping with wind, bullet drop and bullet cam

Main risk

Aimbot/wall-hack AI and forced, unusable assault-rifle sections undermine the sniper fantasy

What players love

Satisfying sniping with bullet cam

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“the sniping mechanics actually require you to think about wind, distance, and your breathing”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗

“landing those long-range sniper shots is still incredibly satisfying”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗

“a cool feature is the slow-motion when shooting the sniper rifle”
Steam review · translated · 2.2 h played ↗

Nostalgic old-school fun

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“It may not be the newest or most technically impressive game out there, but it has a special charm”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

“A game for nostalgia.”
Steam review · translated · 4.1 h played ↗

Decent graphics for its age

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“pleasant graphics even today”
Steam review · translated · 6.3 h played ↗

Cheap and good value on sale

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“it's a basic ass game but worth it at 79 cents on sale”
Steam review · 17.6 h played ↗

“excellent value for money, decent graphics”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗

Atmospheric jungle environments

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“the map makers went crazy with the beautiful landscapes and designs”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗

“I really enjoyed the sneaking through the jungle in the dense foliage to snipe some targets.”
Steam review · 13.8 h played ↗

Runs on modern hardware and Steam Deck

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews

“On Steam Deck it works great even at very low TDP”
Steam review · 34.4 h played ↗

What players complain about

Dated, clunky controls and presentation

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“This game aged like milk.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

“the controls and movement feel clunky enough to constantly fight against the gameplay”
Steam review · 16.7 h played ↗

AI with aimbot and wall-hack vision

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“as soon as you are spotted the most blatant CSGO lobby aimbot kicks in and shreds you”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗

“The enemies can run and shoot at your head with 100% accuracy from a mile away”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗

“Enemies seem to have x-ray vision and can spot you from half the map away.”
Steam review · translated · 6.1 h played ↗

Forced awful assault-rifle sections

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“I could tolerate stealth and sniping parts, but once the mandatory assault rifle sections started i quit it.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

“for a game called SNIPER, you spend more than half of the time not being able to fight as a SNIPER would”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗

“A third of the time we're a sniper, a third a stealth killer, a third an assault trooper!”
Steam review · translated · 5.1 h played ↗

Bugs, glitches and broken scripting

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“The game is garbage but the bugs are impressive.”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗

“Overall its too jank and buggy to suspend disbelief for more than 10 seconds at a time”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗

Dead multiplayer blocks achievements

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“Fix online achievements, why off server?”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

“A game where you can't get 100% just because they turned off the servers.”
Steam review · translated · 7.2 h played ↗

Launch, profile and login problems

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“Can't play, it errors saying it can't create a user profile”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“The game didn't launch at all.”
Steam review · translated · 0.1 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows® XP (SP3) / Vista™ (SP1) / 7

ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 3,2 GHz, Intel Pentium D 2,66 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Memory1GB for XP / 2GB for Vista and 7

Graphics256 MB RAM compatible with DX10.0 or DX9.0c, Shader Model 3.0

Storage6.5GB

OSWindows® XP (SP3) / Vista™ (SP1) / 7

ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 3,2 GHz, Intel Pentium D 2,66 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Memory1GB for XP / 2GB for Vista and 7

Graphics256 MB RAM compatible with DX10.0 or DX9.0c, Shader Model 3.0

Storage6.5GB

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