Long Shot
A desert sniper game of patience: steady the scope with a held breath, read the wind, compensate for bullet drop and clear every hostile before the mission clock runs out.
Long Shot is a scoped sniper shooter set in a dusky desert canyon full of adobe houses, cactus and drifting figures. Every target is a red-scarf hostile walking somewhere between 140 and 640 metres away, and the world looks tiny until you bring the zoomed scope over it. Your rifle sways with every heartbeat, so holding your breath for a steady second before squeezing the trigger is the whole art of the game.
This is a sniper game with real ballistics. Bullets take time to travel, drop more the farther they fly and drift with a gusting wind shown on the HUD, so the scope carries numbered range dots that show where a shot will land at 200 to 600 metres. Headshots double the points, distant kills are worth more and a fast clear converts leftover seconds into score. Each mission adds more hostiles, stronger wind, longer ranges, extra civilians who cost you eight seconds if hit, and a fast-moving VIP from the second mission on.
Long Shot suits players who enjoy precise, methodical shooting over spray and pray. Career kills are saved between visits and promote you from Recruit to Legend, unlocking longer breath holds, a bigger magazine, faster bolt cycling and a stronger scope. Tip: on far targets, put the matching range dot, not the crosshair, on the chest.
How to play
Find red-scarf hostiles through the scope and shoot every one before the mission timer runs out. The rifle sways, so hold your breath to steady it, but not for too long or you lose your aim. Shots drop with distance and drift with the wind: use the numbered range dots in the scope (2 to 6 for 200 to 600 metres). Headshots score double. Hitting a civilian costs eight seconds. Clearing a mission adds a time bonus and starts a harder one; the run ends when time runs out.
Controls
- Mouse: Aim the scope
- Click / Space: Fire
- Shift / X (hold): Hold breath to steady the scope
- Arrow keys / WASD: Nudge the scope
- Touch drag: Move the scope
- FIRE / BREATH buttons: Shoot and steady on touch screens
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R: Restart
Category: Shooting games
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