Dishonored is the 2012 first-person stealth game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda, starring the assassin Corvo Attano in the plague-ridden city of Dunwall. Its flintlock pistol is one of Corvo's signature tools, and its firing sound has become a recognizable game audio cue. Short, isolated weapon sounds like this circulate widely on meme soundboards because they are clean and easy to drop into edits. Creators keep using it as a period-style alternative to modern shooter effects.
About this sound
The pistol firing sound from Dishonored, ripped from the stealth action game. Creators use it for gunshot memes, gameplay edits and punchy reaction moments.
This is the clean, close-range crack of the flintlock-style pistol from Dishonored, captured in under a second. It opens with a hard metallic snap, followed by a deep, smoky boom and a short natural decay, with none of the echo or layering of modern shooters. Because the game's weapons feel old and mechanical, the shot sounds weighty and deliberate rather than rapid or tactical. Dropped into an edit, it lands like a punctuation mark, instantly adding tension, surprise or comic finality to a kill, a reveal or a perfectly timed meme cut.