Alekhine's Gun
Alekhine’s Gun takes you deep into the tense, complex heart of the mid-20th century Eastern Bloc conflict, where you’ll encounter double-crossing, treachery, and looming nuclear threats. Unravel the…
Alekhine's Gun is an adventure developed by Maximum Games, released 9 February 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Alekhine's Gun is
Alekhine's Gun is an adventure game developed by Maximum Games and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The plot features around historical events such as the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Alekhine's Gun holds a critic score of 33 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 35 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Alekhine's Gun launched on 9 February 2016, within three weeks of Stardew Valley, The Witness, Firewatch and SuperHot. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Stardew Valley, The Witness, Firewatch, SuperHot.
Official trailer
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