Gunpoint is a stealth-based puzzle-platform video game created by indie developer Tom Francis. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on 3 June 2013 soon followed with versions for OS X and Linux. Gunpoint received generally favorable reviews by critics and players. The game currently sits at an 83 on Metacritic.
The Premise Of Gunpoint
Gunpoint is set in the near future. You play as freelance spy Richard Conway. Your job is to infiltrate buildings to fulfill assignments from your various clients. This entails avoiding guards and bypassing security features with the aid of high-tech gadgets. Players gradually uncover a murder mystery as they attempt to clear your name for crimes you haven’t committed. The game is divided into a number of missions that involve hacking computers and then making your way to the exit. Initially, missions are provided in a linear order with optional missions becoming available later.
The Main Characters Of Gunpoint
- Richard Conway – Richard Conway is the protagonist and the only player character of Gunpoint.
- Melanie Rooke – Melanie Rooke is the first employer of Richard Conway. She is the CEO of Rooke Firearms.
- Katie Collins – Katie Collins is the second employer of Richard Conway. She is an analyst of Rooke Firearms.
- Fritz Gessler – Fritz Gessler is the third employer of Richard Conway. He is the CEO of Intex.
- Julian Mayfield – Julian Mayfield is the fourth employer of Richard Conway. He is the Chief of Police of East Point.
- Mark Jackson – Mark Jackson is the fifth and final employer of Richard Conway. He is the CEO of Lucena Logistics.
Other Titles In The Series
Gunpoint is the only game in its series but here are some other games similar to Gunpoint.
- Shadows Of Doubt – a first-person detective stealth video game.
- Dishonored – a series of action-adventure games.
- Katana Zero – a 2019 platform game that follows a katana-wielding assassin.
Gunpoint Cheat Codes
Currently, there are no known cheat codes for Gunpoint however there are 44 achievements available to unlock.
| Achievement | How To Unlock |
|---|---|
| Gentleman | Use no violence at all on a mission that has guards. |
| Ghost | Leave no living witnesses to your presence on a mission that has guards. |
| Perfect Gentleman | Complete a mission that has guards with no violence, witnesses or loud noises. |
| I Am Better At This Than Tom Francis | Complete a mission faster than I (Tom Francis) can. |
| I’ll Aim When I’m Dead | Upgrade your Bullfrog Hypertrousers to pounce instantly. |
| I Taste Battery Acid | Upgrade your battery capacity to the non-figurative max. |
| I May Be Some Time | Upgrade your Bullfrog Hypertrousers to maximum jump strength. |
| Open Door Policy | Knock a guard out by opening a door into him. |
| So This Is Why People Don’t Like Me | Get knocked down by an opening door. |
| Necessary Force | Jump into an Enforcer to knock him through a window. |
| Ding | Wire an elevator button to trigger something when the elevator arrives. |
| Cat Burglar | Use the Dropshot to land silently from a great height. |
| Not Really A Prank, Man | Use the Prankspasm to knock out someone who isn’t standing near a power socket (outside of the test lab). |
| Crossfire | Use the Longshot to make a guard unintentionally shoot another (outside of the test lab). |
| On The QT | Use the Hushcracker to jump through a window silently (outside of the test lab). |
| Breaking And Entering | Use the Gatecrashers to kick a door off its hinges. |
| Low Flying Doors | Use the Gatecrashers to kick a door into a guard. |
| Might As Well Have An Achievement For That Too | Use the Gatecrashers to kick a door through a window. |
| Privacy Is Dead | Hack every laptop in the game, for no compelling reason. |
| Short Circuit | Use the Crosslink to create an infinite loop that burns itself out. |
| Mission Architect | Create a custom mission with at least one objective. |
| Clean Record | Complete the police chief’s missions without incriminating yourself. |
| Hammerhead Snark | Mock the chief of police at a critical moment. |
| Title Finally Relevant | Help justify my early, not entirely wise choice of game name by holding someone at gunpoint with the Resolver. |
| Acknowledged Ludonarrative Dissonance | Notice the story doesn’t necessarily gel with the mechanics. Become a qualified games journalist. |
| Open Ended Grudge | Take your final enemy out in each of 8 known ways. |
| Case Closed | Complete the game. |
| Case Filed | Publish your personalized epilogue. |
| Coming Clean | Voluntarily tell Katie the truth. |
| Almost Honest | Chicken out of telling Katie the truth at the last minute. |
| Intex Sympathiser | Tell Gessler that Rooke’s hired you to betray him. |
| Rooke Sympathiser | Steal Gessler’s technology for Rooke. |
| Cover Up | Conceal your presence at the DataSec break-in from Mayfield. |
| Let It Go | Free an innocent man at the expense of catching a guilty one. |
| Payback | Catch a guilty man at the expense of freeing an innocent one. |
| Knuckle Down | Knock Fritz Gessler out with a punch. |
| I Just Really Don’t Like Gessler | Beat Fritz Gessler to death. |
| Why Don’t You Just Shoot Him? | Shoot Fritz Gessler. |
| Not Worth The Bullet | Intimidate Fritz Gessler into surrendering. |
| Seven Story Takedown | Knock Fritz Gessler out of his office window. |
| Sorry, Were You Using That? | Kick Fritz Gessler’s office door into him |
| Those Intex Models Jam | Defeat Gessler by rewiring his gun. |
| Works Both Ways | Slam Fritz Gessler’s office door into him. |
| Alright, Have one! Just Stop! | Tackle any enemy in the game then punch them 100 times in a single go. |