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Games like Alekhine's Gun

If Alekhine's Gun is your kind of game, the closest matches are Death to Spies, Velvet Assassin and Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Alekhine's Gun: It is the height of the Cold War, a time of global uncertainty and civil unrest. You are Agent Alekhine, a highly skilled Russian assassin, driven by a moral compass that leads you headfirst into a covert operation unsanctioned by the country you previously served.

2016ActionAdventure14.99 USDMetacritic 40Windowsby Haggard Games
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Steam players who put hours into Alekhine's Gun also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Death to Spies

    WHY THIS

    Shares disguise system and an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Top pick for Alekhine's Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    Smersh is Russian for "Death to Spies" and was the name of a set of counterintelligence agencies formed in the Soviet Army during World War II. Their mission was to secure the rear of the active Red Army by arresting traitors, deserters, spies and criminal cells.

    2008ActionAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Velvet Assassin

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Second-strongest match for Alekhine's Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    Inspired by the fascinating story and unbreakable spirit of British secret agent Violette Szabo, players take control of Violette Summer, a beautiful World War II spy deep behind enemy lines with no support or official backing from the British Government.

    2009Action5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Third-strongest match for Alekhine's Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    It’s time to join the Brotherhood.

    2011ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Assassin's Creed® Syndicate

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Ranked #4 for Alekhine's Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    London, 1868. Lead your underworld organization in the midst of the Industrial Revolution to break the corrupt stranglehold on the city in a visceral adventure filled with action, intrigue, and brutal combat.

    2015ActionAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Assassin’s Creed® Rogue

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Ranked #5 for Alekhine's Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    Introducing Assassin’s Creed® Rogue, the darkest chapter in the Assassin’s Creed franchise yet. As Shay, you will experience the slow transformation from Assassin to Assassin Hunter. Follow your own creed and set off on an extraordinary journey through New York City, the wild river valley, and far away to the icy cold waters of the North...

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sniper Elite 5

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Ranked #6 for Alekhine's Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.

    2022ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Death to Spies: Moment of Truth

    WHY THIS

    Shares disguise system and an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Ranked #7 for Alekhine's Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    The Most Mysterious Secret Service Agency of WWII This is a third-person stealth-action game describing the activities of the SMERSH, the most mysterious secret service agency of World War II. Moment of Truth is a sequel to the popular stealth action title Death to Spies.

    2009Action6.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Sniper Elite: Resistance

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Ranked #8 for Alekhine's Gun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    Offering unparalleled sniping mechanics, stealth and tactical third-person combat, Sniper Elite: Resistance turns the attention of the award-winning series towards a hidden war, far from the front lines, deep within the heart of occupied France.

    2025ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Alekhine's Gun

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

    WHY THIS

    Shares disguise system and an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Reviewers of Alekhine's Gun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    Enter the realm of a retired assassin, forced back into action by treason. You may be a hired killer but you still have a sense of loyalty and justice. Visit the dark recesses of a world corrupted by crime, greed, degradation and dishonor. And a past that catches up with you.

    2007Action8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Death to Spies

    WHY THIS

    Shares disguise system and an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Reviewers of Alekhine's Gun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    Smersh is Russian for "Death to Spies" and was the name of a set of counterintelligence agencies formed in the Soviet Army during World War II. Their mission was to secure the rear of the active Red Army by arresting traitors, deserters, spies and criminal cells.

    2008ActionAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Reviewers of Alekhine's Gun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    Enter the world of cinematic stealth action with Splinter Cell, the game that propelled the genre to cult status. You are Sam Fisher, an elite covert agent in the NSA's top-secret division: Third Echelon.

    2008Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Mafia II (Classic)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Reviewers of Alekhine's Gun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...

    2011Action29.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. HITMAN™

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Alekhine's Gun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    There is a world beyond ours. Beyond nations, justice, ethics. It never sleeps. It exists everywhere. And once you enter....there is no going back. Welcome to the World of Assassination. You are Agent 47, the world's ultimate assassin.

    2016ActionSteam ↗
  6. Mafia II: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Reviewers of Alekhine's Gun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    War hero Vito Scaletta becomes entangled with the mob in hopes of paying his father’s debts. Vito works to prove himself, climbing the family ladder with crimes of larger reward and consequence.

    2020ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Alekhine's Gun at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Alekhine's Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Alekhine's Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Alekhine's Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Alekhine's Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Alekhine's Gun on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Alekhine's Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under Alekhine's Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Alekhine's Gun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders - Bandit's Trail

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    FREE PROLOGUE! Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders is an action-adventure RPG with base-building elements, where you take on the role of a classic hero who stands up to the tyranny and injustice that haunts Sherwood. Fight, craft, steal, and of course help the local people grow and prosper.

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  2. ORUN

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    Follow Orun through his journey to restore the guardian flame that once defended the city from creatures that now have devastated the land.

    2026ActionAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. War Thunder

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.

    2013ActionSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. World of Warplanes

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    World of Warplanes is an aerial combat MMO action game set in the Golden Age of military aviation. The game throws players into a never-ending battle for dominance of the skies.

    2022ActionSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. CROWZ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    CROWZ is a free-to-play, team-based, massive multiplayer shooter where mercenaries engage in all-out warfare to secure sought-after meteorite resources for powerful nations. Conquer the battlefield by air, land, and sea in this realistic and strategic twist on the squad shooter genre

    2022ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerFreeSteam ↗
  6. Mini Royale

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    Brace yourself for an action-packed shooter experience in Mini Royale! Battle as green army toy soldiers in a massive kids' bedroom, fighting for survival in modes like Battle Royale, Deathmatch, and more—where only the strongest players or teams claim victory.

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Lonely Knight

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    Lonely Knight is a story that immerses you in an epic adventure in the medieval era. Avenge your wife as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Fight in brutal battles where you will experience fast-paced combat, castle sieges, and more.

    2022ActionAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Night Escape

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    "Night Escape" is a tense and strategic multiplayer game. Uncover the hidden assassin, solve puzzles, and escape the mysterious mansion before it's too late. Survive the night or become a victim. Embark on this deadly race for survival.

    2023ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Haggard Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Haggard Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Death to Spies

    WHY THIS

    Shares disguise system and an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Another title from Haggard Games, the studio behind Alekhine's Gun. Shares Action and Adventure with Alekhine's Gun.

    Smersh is Russian for "Death to Spies" and was the name of a set of counterintelligence agencies formed in the Soviet Army during World War II. Their mission was to secure the rear of the active Red Army by arresting traitors, deserters, spies and criminal cells.

    2008ActionAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Death to Spies: Moment of Truth

    WHY THIS

    Shares disguise system and an atmospheric mood with Alekhine's Gun.

    Another title from Haggard Games, the studio behind Alekhine's Gun. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    The Most Mysterious Secret Service Agency of WWII This is a third-person stealth-action game describing the activities of the SMERSH, the most mysterious secret service agency of World War II. Moment of Truth is a sequel to the popular stealth action title Death to Spies.

    2009Action6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Smersh: Wolfhound

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Haggard Games, the studio behind Alekhine's Gun. Shares Action with Alekhine's Gun.

    A stealth action game set during World War II. You play as a SMERSH operative. Use disguises to get close to your target. Take out your foes with weapons or plan “unfortunate accidents.” No two playthroughs are alike.

    2027ActionSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Alekhine's Gun

Does Alekhine's Gun work on Steam Deck?
Alekhine's Gun is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Alekhine's Gun cost?
Alekhine's Gun is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Alekhine's Gun?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alekhine's Gun are Death to Spies, Velvet Assassin, Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood.
Who developed Alekhine's Gun?
Alekhine's Gun was developed by Haggard Games and published by Fulqrum Publishing.

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