Perfect Assassin is a point and click adventure released by Grolier Interactive for MS-DOS and the PlayStation in 1997 and 1998 respectively. The game's titular character, Charon, a cyborg with superhuman abilities, suddenly loses his memory during one of his most important missions, landing on the planet Kar-Naq. Hunted by strangers using only his old instincts as a weapon, he must remember the target of his mission and execute it,<REF name="gamesmeter"/> before he himself is assassinated.<REF name="gamefabrique"/>
Fantasy comic artist Kev Walker was recruited to create the environment for the game.<REF name="gamefabrique"/>
The game uses a third-person perspective and a mouse-driven interface despite using a 3D engine.<REF name="gamefabrique"/>
Perfect Assassin is complemented by a topical conversation system that lets players set the tone/mood of the protagonist.<REF name="gamespy"/>