
- 80/100
- Critics1 review
- 81/100
- Metacritic19 critic reviews
More scores
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 84/100
- GameFAQsEasy
- 3.1/5
- Player reviews
- 94% positive1,111 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$29.99
Where to get it

2024 · Adventure · Strategy
Sumerian Six
Lead an unlikely team of commando scientists behind enemy lines to fight Nazis, uncover arcane mysteries, and wield experimental technology to turn the tide of WWII in this real-time tactical stealth adventure.
- Released
- 2 September 2024
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5WindowsXbox Series X/S
- Genres
- AdventureStrategyTacticalWorld War II
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- Devolver Digital
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- ActionScience fictionHistoricalStealthWarfare
- Age ratings
- USK 18ESRB M
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 15hmain story30hcompletionist
About
Sumerian Six is a 2024 stealth-based real-time tactics video game developed by Artificer and published by Devolver Digital. Players must infiltrate a Nazi castle and stop a scientist from using a doomsday weapon during World War II.
›Story
Sumerian Six follows the Enigma Squad, a team of commandos composed of the world’s greatest scientists who combine their skills to conduct secret missions in their fight against the Third Reich. Together, you seek to thwart ex-member Hans Kammler's nefarious plans involving a powerful, mystical substance named Geiststoff.
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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
During the interwar period, a group of scientists discover a powerful substance, Geistoff, but one of their members, Hans Kammler, betrays them. In 1944, Sid Sterling attempts to rescue his sister, Isabella, from Kammler, who is now attempting to turn Geistoff into a doomsday weapon for the Nazis. Sumerian Six is a stealth-based real-time tactics game. Players must avoid detection by enemies, including cones that indicate line of sight; use the environment for cover; and hide corpses.
Different missions can unlock playable characters, who have special abilities. For example, Isabella can briefly turn invisible, and Sid can possess enemies.
Development
Artificer, a Polish studio, previously made Showgunners, a turn-based tactics game. In February 2024, Devolver Digital, their parent company, laid off 18 people at Artificer. Another 10 were planned to be laid off after development completed. Devolver released Sumerian Six for Windows on September 2, 2024.
Reception
Sumerian Six received positive reviews on Metacritic. Eurogamer compared it to Shadow Tactics and Shadow Gambit. Though they said they encountered some bugs, they called it "an inventive, richly conceived take on the genre". Shacknews likened it to "Indiana Jones [gone] sci-fi" with copious violence.
They found the start rocky, mostly with regard to what they felt was boring dialogue, but said that the tactical aspects were very fun, especially when levels afforded players creative freedom. These levels, according to Shacknews, raised it above a clone of its influences. Despite some issues with the controls on a preview release, Hardcore Gamer praised the gameplay and characters.
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Collections3 collections
Years
- Games released in 2024List › July–September
- Games released in 2026List › January–March
Genres
- World War II gamesReal-time tactics games › Other real-time tactics games
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