Welcome to my review of Sniper Dan.
This game is brought to us by developers Denki (Autonauts, Autonauts vs Piratebots) and publishers PQube (Adorable Adventures, Tormented Souls). It’s available now on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2.
For the purpose of my review I was kindly sent a code to play Sniper Dan on the PlayStation 5.
The Game
So, what is this game? Sniper Dan is a hidden object game with a twist. You don’t hunt enemies, you hunt problems.
For example, the game gives you problems which you can select through on the right hand side of the screen. These problems give you a little hint as to what needs to be done. One quest might be something like “Help him catch fish” and another could be “Give her a haircut”.
You will need to work out what these mean and find the target and shoot them with your trusty sniper rifle. Some targets can be obvious but others not so much. For example, “Give her a haircut” would actually be a woman with a beard so you have to shoot the beard in three different sections to complete the problem.
However, be careful, because if you hit any people or animals you will be deducted from your total level rating and some coins.
Sniper Dan is a somewhat fun game but I did find that I am not very good at it, so levels were taking me quite some time.
The game has a “shopping” area where you can visit some market stalls to buy upgrades for your gun as well as decorations for your office. The decorations can give you a coin boost so the more you have around the office the better the bonus. You can only have so many items though, but you can change them out at will. So if you unlock a desk decoration that offers a better bonus, you can easily swap it over.
Sniper Dan has six levels, each has three days to complete, and each day brings new “problems”.
Each level offers numerous problems as well as emergency problems. Your mobile telephone will ring, once you answer it you get a set time to complete that problem, for example, 60 seconds.
The Nitty Gritty
The graphics could be a bit better on the PS5, I found it had a lot of “jaggies” so a touch of anti-aliasing wouldn’t go a miss in my humble opinion. I know the game isn’t gunning for the best looking game on PS5, but it would be good if it looked somewhat better. It could even have a performance/fidelity option even if only for players on the PS5 Pro console.
That’s not all a game is about though. There are some very humorous moments and in fact one moment had me actually laugh out loud because of how silly it was (in a good way, not like a silly bug).
However, the game ran well, I did not come across any bugs, and it did not crash on me. So that’s a plus, obviously.
I also found that the control scheme was simple enough. To me, this means it would probably be a good game for the younger audience to play too.
Conclusions
I found that whilst the game was somewhat fun, I felt a little let down by the graphics on the PlayStation 5. To add to that, the background music seemed to loop after not very long and it got somewhat tedious, so I ended up turned the in-game music off.
But, Sniper Dan only costs £9.99 on the PlayStation store so I will give it some credit. For the cost, it’s a good game to waste some time with.
I give Sniper Dan a score of 7/10 on the PS5.
A code was kindly provided for us to review this.
