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Best Sniper Games Loved By Millions Worldwide

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Micheal Alexander

One shot, one kill. Let's countdown the best sniper games to play right now

Sniper fans will remember that this was one of the best sniper movie scene of all time.But sometimes, a great movie isn't enough.

So here are the best sniper games that let you take control.

  1. Battlefield V

The first game on our list is Battlefield V. The Battlefield series is known primarily for its Player vs Player online gameplay, and naturally for a team based game, a sniper class, called Recon, exists.

Set during World War II as a follow up to its predecessor Battlefield 1, the weapon selection is adequately theme around older weapons, with the sniper class repping the KAR 98.

  1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

One of the most popular first person shooter games ever made, Counter-Strike focuses on fast paced gunplay amidst its matches.

One of the more recent edition and arguably most popular iterations of the series, Global Offensive, is as hasteful as ever. Snipers often reign supreme in these game, producing weapons that all but assure a kill if your shot connects.

Instead of a traditional recon role, snipers in CSGO are aggressive range players, using distance to make up for the short fire rate as a means of protecting their dangerous killing capacity.

  1. Escape From Tarkov

Perhaps the most experimental game on this list, Escape From Tarkov is a loot based shooter with permadeath elements.

You are essentially tasked with exploring a fictional Russian region known as Norvinsk that is amidst a destabilization affair. Currently, as the game is in early access, there’s not a campaign or mission mode to speak of, you’re tasked with exploring sections of the region as if they were levels, fighting AI and other players that enter the session.

Gunplay is intense, deadly, and next to something like the Milsim ArmA franchise, the tension of seeing anything hostile move produces a sense of fear. Instead of being aggressive as an arcadey type of shooter, hesitance may in fact be the factor to determines what allows you to survive.

Sniping gameplay plays a strong role by playing as a ghost, hiding in the area and picking at prey.

There’s no currently announced release date to Escape From Tarkov, but purchasing it now grants you immediate access to the early access build of the game.

  1. Ghost Recon: Wildlands

The most recent entry in the Ghost Recon series is also the most ambitious. Wildlands, the first open world game in the series, allows you and up to three other players to take down a drug cartel in Bolivia. By the nature of it being an open world game, it means it escapes the linear nature of prior games and allows deeper player complexity and freeform gameplay.

Naturally, by playing the game as a sniper, it allows you to help recon the location and plan an approach with your friends. Do you and your friends pick out people from outside the compound, or do you play the role of overwatch, giving intel to your friends as they inch closer, taking out hostiles when the moment arises?

Ghost Recon: Wildlands came out last year, but its still being supported with content with a second season pass, so the game still has an active player base.

  1. Hitman: Sniper Assassin

When it comes to stealth games that have sniper gameplay, very few do it with enough class and weight as the Hitman franchise. As early as the first game, Codename 47, you’re tasked with taking out your first contract with a sniper rifle. This weapon has proven so popular in the franchise that later games were focused entirely on it; Hitman: Sniper Challenge was a standalone bonus game that was a prequel to Hitman: Absolution, and focused solely on sniping. A few years ago Hitman: Sniper released on mobile phones, expanding on that concept. But when it comes to Hitman: Sniper Assassin, the most recently release Hitman game devised around it, it’s perhaps the deepest one yet.

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