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Is Alekhine's Gun worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Stealth-action players who want open missions with several routes and tactics
- Cold War fiction fans interested in espionage and historical context
- Players who prefer planning objectives and choosing their own approach
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a linear action campaign with one intended route through each mission
- Players who prefer combat-focused gameplay without stealth rankings, disguises, or investigative objectives
- Players looking for a multiplayer game rather than a single-agent covert operation
Our take on Alekhine's Gun
Its open-ended mission structure trades tightly directed pacing for experimentation. Progress depends on choosing routes, tactics, and objective order, so players seeking a strongly scripted sequence may find the campaign less focused.
What is Alekhine's Gun?
Set during the Cold War and extending into the Cuban Missile Crisis, the game follows Agent Alekhine, a Russian assassin working with American CIA agents on an unauthorized covert operation.
Eleven open levels span locations in the United States, Europe, and Cuba. Missions allow free movement, multiple routes, hidden areas, and objectives tackled in a chosen order. Players can use poisons, staged accidents, distractions, disguises, lockpicking, specialized weapons, or deliberate guard alerts. Completing assignments without drawing attention affects stealth rankings and can provide additional weapons after each level. Cinematic scenes add plot information and historical context as Alekhine navigates uncertain loyalties and a nuclear standoff.
How Alekhine's Gun plays
- 01Open mission spaces
- Eleven levels across U.S., European, and Cuban settings offer alternate paths, concealed rooms, and freely ordered objectives.
- 02Assassination methods
- Assignments can be approached with poisons, staged mishaps, distractions, disguises, specialized weapons, or intentional alarms.
- 03Stealth progression
- Low-profile mission completion affects stealth rankings and can grant extra weapons after each level.
- 04Historical espionage setting
- Cinematic scenes connect the operation to early Cold War tensions and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Alekhine's Gun: platforms & release
Is Alekhine's Gun worth it?
It is worth it if: stealth-action players who want open missions with several routes and tactics. Skip it if: players seeking a linear action campaign with one intended route through each mission.
Where can I download Alekhine's Gun?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Alekhine's Gun's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Alekhine's Gun on?
Windows only.
