- #1 Dishonored 2
97% matchVery Positive90% of 66,966 reviews2016
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.
Why similar: Stealth 31.2%, Assassins 26.4% ★, Steampunk 20.5% ★, First-Person 5.6%, Magic 3%
Why You'll Like It: It expands Dishonored's open-ended assassination missions with larger reactive levels, more powers, and two distinct protagonists.
- #2 Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
96% matchVery Positive88% of 13,404 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the award-winning developers at Arkane® Studios comes Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider, the next standalone adventure in the critically-acclaimed Dishonored® series.
Why similar: Stealth 30.4%, Assassins 25.9% ★, Steampunk 19.7% ★, First-Person 5.6%, Magic 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: This focused standalone continuation retains the series' supernatural stealth toolkit and inventive target-elimination playgrounds.
- #3 DEATHLOOP
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 30,502 reviews2021
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.
Why similar: Stealth 36%, Assassins 31.7% ★, First-Person 8.5%, FPS 7.1%, Immersive Sim 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its stylish first-person combat and stealth encourage creative power-and-gadget combinations across densely interconnected levels.
- #4 Prey
95% matchVery Positive91% of 54,757 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Why similar: Stealth 34%, First-Person 13.5%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, FPS 9.1%, Atmospheric 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Arkane's sci-fi immersive sim offers the same freedom to combine powers, gadgets, exploration, stealth, and environmental improvisation.
- #5 Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
94% matchVery Positive92% of 30,029 reviews2013
Dev: Eidos MontrealPub: Eidos Interactive Corp.
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. When a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes.
Why similar: Stealth 60.1%, Dystopian 7.5%, FPS 6.4%, First-Person 5.3%, Story Rich 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its conspiracy-driven story and hub-based missions support stealth, hacking, social manipulation, augmentations, and lethal or nonlethal solutions.
- #6 Thief: Deadly Shadows
94% matchVery Positive81% of 2,617 reviews2007
Dev: Ion StormPub: Eidos Interactive Corp.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
You are Garrett, the master thief. Rarely seen and never caught, Garrett is the best that ever was. Able to sneak past any guard, pick any lock, and break into the most ingeniously secured residences. Garrett steals from the wealthy and gives to himself, making his living in the dark and foreboding City.
Why similar: Stealth 56.3%, Steampunk 23.1% ★, First-Person 4.7%, Atmospheric 3.5%, Dark 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: This entry combines first-person sneaking, occult mysteries, and a plague-ridden city atmosphere strongly reminiscent of Dunwall.
- #7 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 42,343 reviews2016
Dev: Eidos MontrealPub: Eidos Interactive Corp.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
Why similar: Stealth 53.2%, First-Person 7.1%, Dystopian 6.6%, Story Rich 5.9%, Immersive Sim 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This polished immersive sim emphasizes dense levels, supernatural-like augmentations, vertical exploration, and flexible stealth infiltration.
- #8 Thief II: The Metal Age
92% matchVery Positive94% of 2,144 reviews2012
Dev: Looking Glass StudiosPub: Eidos Interactive Corp.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The ultimate thief is back! Tread softly as you make your way through 15 new complex, non-linear levels full of loot to steal and guards to outsmart. Improved enemy AI, new gadgets and a riveting story will draw you into the world of Thief II: The Metal Age, a place of powerful new technologies, fanatical religions and corruption.
Why similar: Stealth 51%, Steampunk 28.3% ★, First-Person 5.6%, Immersive Sim 3.6%, Atmospheric 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its elaborate stealth missions, industrial-gothic setting, and emphasis on observation make it a major influence on Dishonored.
- #9 Gloomwood
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,461 reviews2022
Dev: Dillon RogersPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Why similar: Stealth 39.8%, Steampunk 27.2% ★, First-Person 7.3%, Immersive Sim 7.2%, FPS 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its oppressive Victorian horror city, tactile stealth tools, vertical level design, and emergent first-person play closely echo classic immersive sims.
- #10 Thief
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 24,050 reviews2014
Dev: Eidos-MontréalPub: Eidos Interactive Corp.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
Why similar: Stealth 59.5%, Steampunk 14% ★, Assassins 9.3% ★, First-Person 5.7%, Dark 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Although more streamlined than its predecessors, it still provides first-person infiltration, stealing, hidden routes, and a dark plague-era city.
- #11 HITMAN World of Assassination
89% matchVery Positive87% of 69,619 reviews2022
Dev: IO Interactive A/S
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 41.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.
Why similar: Assassins 47.6% ★, Stealth 42%, Action 3.1%, Immersive Sim 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its intricate assassination sandboxes deliver Dishonored's pleasure of studying targets, exploiting routines, and engineering clever kills.
- #12 BioShock™
90% matchVery Positive94% of 32,234 reviews2007
Dev: 2K BostonPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
Why similar: Steampunk 40.1% ★, FPS 11.3%, First-Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Story Rich 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares Dishonored's atmospheric first-person storytelling, decaying alternate-history setting, supernatural-style powers, and moral unease.
- #13 System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
87% matchVery Positive88% of 2,273 reviews2025
Dev: Nightdive Studios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is a genre defining experience that established innovative game-play mechanics that are a staple of the FPS and RPG genre today. Survive the wretched corridors of the Von Braun. Your training has prepared you for this.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 16.6%, FPS 14.7%, Dark 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%, First-Person 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its first-person exploration, RPG-like builds, tense atmosphere, and multiple routes through hostile environments helped define the immersive-sim formula.
- #14 Filcher
88% matchVery Positive93% of 254 reviews2021
Dev: Johan HjärpePub: MythoLogic Interactive
Windows
Filcher is a first-person 2.5D noir stealth game. As Sporey the master thief, break into guarded buildings to steal from the wealthy and corrupt, using only your senses, your wits, and a handful of tools and gadgets.
Why similar: Stealth 60.4%, First-Person 13.2%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Dark 6%, Story Rich 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: This first-person stealth game directly channels Thief through shadow-based sneaking, gadget use, loot hunting, and noir-gothic missions.
- #15 Styx: Master of Shadows
89% matchVery Positive83% of 11,729 reviews2014
Dev: Cyanide Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
Why similar: Stealth 41.7%, Assassins 30.3% ★, Steampunk 10.8% ★, Atmospheric 3.6%, Story Rich 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its supernatural assassin protagonist relies on stealth, vertical routes, distractions, and magical powers rather than direct confrontation.
- #16 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
86% matchVery Positive92% of 108,470 reviews2015
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 65.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
Why similar: Stealth 72%, Story Rich 7%, Action 5.1%, Open World 4.7%, Atmospheric 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its enormous infiltration sandboxes support player-driven stealth plans, gadgets, distractions, nonlethal takedowns, and improvisation when plans fail.
- #17 System Shock
84% matchVery Positive90% of 13,021 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 19.2%, First-Person 18.1%, FPS 14.5%, Action 12.7%, Atmospheric 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This modernized immersive sim combines exploratory first-person action, hacking, resourceful problem-solving, and a richly oppressive environmental narrative.
- #18 Arx Fatalis
86% matchVery Positive88% of 2,650 reviews2007
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
This critically acclaimed first-person RPG from Arkane Studios takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. Arx is wrought with turmoil, brought to the brink of destruction by a violent war.
Why similar: First-Person 23.9%, Stealth 14.5%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, RPG 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Another early Arkane immersive sim, it offers a reactive fantasy dungeon world with stealth, magic, exploration, and unusual systemic interactions.
- #19 Styx: Shards of Darkness
85% matchVery Positive83% of 7,034 reviews2017
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Styx returns in a new stealth adventure! Explore and master huge open environments, sneak past or assassinate new enemies and bosses, and experiment with the new array of lethal abilities and weapons in our goblin assassin's arsenal.
Why similar: Stealth 43.9%, Assassins 37.2% ★, Atmospheric 4.6%, Story Rich 4.6%, Action 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: This sequel improves the stealth sandbox with more elaborate infiltration spaces, supernatural abilities, and creative assassination options.
- #20 Weird West: Definitive Edition
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,501 reviews2022
Dev: WolfEye StudiosPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Survive and unveil the mysteries of the Weird West through the intertwined destinies of its unusual heroes in an Action RPG from the co-creators of Dishonored and Prey.
Why similar: Stealth 47.1%, Multiple Endings 9.5%, Immersive Sim 9%, Story Rich 7.3%, Atmospheric 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its systemic world allows supernatural stealth, possession, traps, environmental interactions, and player-driven consequences in a dark alternate West.
- #21 Shadows of Doubt
82% matchVery Positive82% of 17,829 reviews2024
Dev: ColePowered GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!
Why similar: Stealth 55.7%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, First-Person 11.7%, Atmospheric 4.4%, Open World 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Its procedurally simulated city rewards observation, sneaking, lockpicking, trespassing, and creative investigation in a systemic noir world.
- #22 Fallen Aces
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,959 reviews2024
Dev: Trey PowellPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The A.C.E.S. Once the watchful guardians of Switchblade City - are being taken down, one by one. Now it's up to one man, with two fists, to get to the bottom of it all. Fallen Aces is a crime noir FPS that plays right out of the '90s and looks like it's right outta the comics.
Why similar: Stealth 64.5%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, FPS 11.6%, Action 6.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its pulpy first-person immersive-sim missions encourage stealth, scavenged tools, disguises, melee improvisation, and multiple ways through hostile areas.
- #23 Aragami
83% matchVery Positive90% of 12,994 reviews2016
Dev: Lince Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Aragami is a third person stealth game that casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Teleport to any shadow, become invisible, materialize weapons or even summon a shadow dragon to infiltrate the enemy ranks and dispose of your targets.
Why similar: Stealth 48.7%, Assassins 41.6% ★, Action 3.1%, Magic 1.8%, Atmospheric 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its shadow teleportation, magical stealth powers, and assassination-focused missions offer a more streamlined supernatural stealth experience.
- #24 Ctrl Alt Ego
81% matchVery Positive92% of 808 reviews2022
Dev: MindThunk
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Innovative genre mashup (first-person immersive sim puzzler FPS RPG) with emphasis on problem-solving and creativity. Unique vibes and original mechanics that you won't have experienced before. One of the best games of 2022 according to various credible sources!
Why similar: Stealth 60.7%, Immersive Sim 12%, First-Person 9.7%, FPS 8.6%, RPG 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: This deeply systemic immersive sim lets you possess machines and manipulate complex spaces in inventive ways rather than relying on straightforward combat.
- #25 Mark of the Ninja
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,876 reviews
Dev: Klei EntertainmentPub: Microsoft Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Why similar: Stealth 79.5%, Assassins 12% ★, Action 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Atmospheric 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: Though side-scrolling, it captures Dishonored's satisfying stealth feedback, supernatural tools, vertical ambushes, and lethal-versus-nonlethal choices.
- #26 Blood West
79% matchVery Positive90% of 6,740 reviews2023
Dev: HyperstrangePub: New Blood Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
Why similar: Stealth 49.8%, First-Person 10.9%, FPS 9.2%, Immersive Sim 7.5%, Dark 7%
Why You'll Like It: Its supernatural frontier setting combines first-person stealth, careful scouting, dark magic, and tense sandbox encounters.
- #27 Intravenous
80% matchVery Positive90% of 5,615 reviews2021
Dev: Explosive Squat GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!
Why similar: Assassins 49.1% ★, Stealth 43%, Immersive Sim 2.6%, Atmospheric 2.1%, Action 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down stealth action game emphasizes sound, darkness, gadgets, varied mission approaches, and the consequences of choosing violence over restraint.
- #28 BioShock™ Remastered
79% matchVery Positive83% of 65,243 reviews2016
Dev: 2K BostonPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon.
Why similar: Steampunk 31.3% ★, Dystopian 12.7%, First-Person 10.6%, FPS 10.2%, Story Rich 8.4%
- #29 BioShock Infinite
78% matchVery Positive93% of 145,813 reviews2013
Dev: Irrational GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Indebted to the wrong people, with his life on the line, veteran of the U.S. Cavalry and now hired gun, Booker DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He must rescue Elizabeth, a mysterious girl imprisoned since childhood and locked up in the flying city of Columbia.
Why similar: Steampunk 34.9% ★, First-Person 12.1%, Dystopian 10.6%, FPS 8%, Atmospheric 6.6%
- #30 Thief Gold (1999)
78% matchVery Positive92% of 4,203 reviews2012
Dev: Looking Glass StudiosPub: Eidos Interactive Corp.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Stalk your prey on the quest for stolen goods with your blackjack, sword, and an assortment of unique arrows. Steal for money and uncover the hidden agendas of your allies and enemies as you play through an unravelling story of deception and revenge.
Why similar: Stealth 55.5%, Steampunk 23.4% ★, First-Person 6.8%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Immersive Sim 3.5%
- #31 Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
76% matchVery Positive93% of 97,410 reviews2014
Dev: Monolith ProductionsPub: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.
Why similar: Stealth 37.9%, Assassins 31.7% ★, Action 6%, Open World 5.2%, Magic 3.8%
- #32 BioShock™ 2 Remastered
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 30,391 reviews2016
Dev: 2K MarinPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In BioShock 2, you step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture, the Big Daddy, as you explore through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and your own survival.
Why similar: Steampunk 33.1% ★, Dystopian 12.5%, First-Person 9.8%, FPS 9.8%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #33 BioShock® 2
77% matchVery Positive89% of 14,989 reviews2010
Dev: 2K MarinPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture.
Why similar: Steampunk 37.5% ★, FPS 13.9%, First-Person 9.6%, Dystopian 7.6%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #34 Wolfenstein: The New Order
75% matchVery Positive92% of 62,408 reviews2014
Dev: MachineGamesPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
Why similar: Stealth 32.4%, FPS 17.6%, First-Person 13.3%, Action 9.8%, Dystopian 7.2%
- #35 Styx: Blades of Greed
73% matchMixed68% of 1,089 reviews2026
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The master of stealth is back! Explore the dizzying heights of the Iserian Continent and cunningly eliminate your enemies. Thanks to your Quartz powers, you are freer than ever. Be creative: Never has it felt so good to be greedy.
Why similar: Stealth 51.2%, Assassins 31.8% ★, Action 5.1%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Story Rich 3%
- #36 Thick As Thieves
72% matchMixed65% of 1,269 reviews2026
Dev: OtherSide EntertainmentPub: Megabit Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Thick as Thieves is a stealth-action heist game, playable solo or with a partner in crime in co-op multiplayer. Master the art of thievery through cunning gameplay across a 4-hour campaign in this dynamic new take on stealth.
Why similar: Stealth 54%, First-Person 10.8%, Steampunk 10.1% ★, Immersive Sim 8.1%, Magic 7%
- #37 We Happy Few
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 13,778 reviews2018
Dev: Compulsion Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.
Why similar: Stealth 37.5%, Dystopian 19.1%, First-Person 12.4%, Action 6.1%, Atmospheric 5.6%
- #38 Hitman: Absolution™
74% matchVery Positive93% of 63,893 reviews2012
Dev: Io-Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The original assassin is back! Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.
Why similar: Stealth 56.7%, Assassins 33.8% ★, Action 4.2%, Story Rich 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #39 Hitman: Blood Money
74% matchVery Positive94% of 16,185 reviews2007
Dev: Io-Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.
Why similar: Stealth 56.5%, Assassins 34.3% ★, Action 3.5%, First-Person 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #40 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
73% matchVery Positive94% of 15,398 reviews2007
Dev: Troika GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.
Why similar: Stealth 27.6%, RPG 12.8%, Dark 12.7%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.9%
- #41 Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 13,328 reviews2019
Dev: CI Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Become the ultimate assassin in the most realistic modern warfare sniping game available. Engage in an immersive single-player campaign across large, open-ended maps. Tactical thinking, stealth approach and precision in execution of long shots required.
Why similar: Stealth 39.6%, Assassins 34.3% ★, First-Person 7.2%, FPS 6.1%, Action 4.5%
- #42 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
73% matchVery Positive82% of 4,923 reviews2007
Dev: Io-Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Enter the realm of a retired assassin, forced back into action by treason. You may be a hired killer but you still have a sense of loyalty and justice. Visit the dark recesses of a world corrupted by crime, greed, degradation and dishonor. And a past that catches up with you.
Why similar: Stealth 56.5%, Assassins 33.5% ★, Action 4.2%, First-Person 1.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #43 Gunpoint
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,333 reviews2013
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
Why similar: Stealth 91.2%, Action 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Story Rich 1.6%, Adventure 0.7%
- #44 Fallout: New Vegas
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 261,989 reviews2010
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 19.8 hrsMean: 74.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Why similar: First-Person 19.8%, Open World 15%, Story Rich 13%, RPG 12.6%, FPS 10.5%
- #45 Ghostwire: Tokyo
69% matchVery Positive83% of 21,217 reviews2022
Dev: Tango GameworksPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tokyo's population has vanished, and deadly supernatural forces prowl the streets. Use an arsenal of elemental abilities to unravel the truth behind the disappearance and save Tokyo.
Why similar: First-Person 30.7%, Story Rich 14%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Open World 11.1%, Action 10.4%
- #46 Prototype™
71% matchVery Positive80% of 14,295 reviews2009
Dev: Radical EntertainmentPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.
Why similar: Stealth 38.6%, Action 19.6%, Open World 14.7%, Story Rich 7%, Adventure 6.4%
- #47 Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
70% matchVery Positive80% of 33,231 reviews2015
Dev: Ubisoft Quebec, in collaboration with Ubisoft Annecy, Bucharest, Kiev, Montreal, Montpellier, Shanghai, Singapore, Sofia, Toronto studiosPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 18.0 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
London, 1868. Lead your underworld organization in the midst of the Industrial Revolution to break the corrupt stranglehold on the city in a visceral adventure filled with action, intrigue, and brutal combat.
Why similar: Assassins 49.7% ★, Stealth 28%, Steampunk 9.7% ★, Action 3.2%, Open World 2.8%
- #48 Shadwen
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,374 reviews2016
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Shadwen is a 3rd person stealth-action game where the only rule is to remain unseen. Stay hidden - or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight!
Why similar: Stealth 46.4%, Assassins 39.5% ★, Action 4.8%, Atmospheric 2.5%, Adventure 2.3%
- #49 Ereban: Shadow Legacy
66% matchVery Positive87% of 337 reviews2024
Dev: Baby Robot Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a fast-paced stealth platformer game where you become Ayana, the last descendant of a forgotten race. Harness mystical shadow powers, high-tech gadgets and avoid or kill to uncover the truth about your past and the key to saving a dying, morally grey universe.
Why similar: Assassins 44.6% ★, Stealth 35%, Dystopian 7%, Dark 4.1%, Story Rich 3.2%
- #50 Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice
67% matchMixed65% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: Fast Travel Games
Windows
Become a vampire. Strike from the darkness and drink the blood of your prey. Use stealth, persuasion, and an arsenal of upgradable abilities to sneak past enemies undetected or punish the guilty in the seedy backstreets of nighttime Venice.
Why similar: Stealth 39.1%, Assassins 33.7% ★, First-Person 8.3%, Dark 7.2%, Atmospheric 3.5%
- #51 Hitman: Contracts
69% matchVery Positive87% of 3,698 reviews2014
Dev: Io-Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Enter the world of a HITMAN - a world of crime, sin and greed. Delve into the mind of Agent 47 and encounter his greatest adversaries, completing the work that made him so brutally efficient and shaped him as an assassin. Eliminate your targets by any means necessary. There are no rules... only the contract, signed in blood.
Why similar: Stealth 54.3%, Assassins 34% ★, Action 4.3%, Dark 2.4%, Atmospheric 2.1%
- #52 The Darkness II
68% matchVery Positive92% of 21,168 reviews2012
Dev: Digital ExtremesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.
Why similar: FPS 24.9%, Dark 16.7%, First-Person 15.1%, Action 13.9%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #53 Hitman: Codename 47
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 5,142 reviews2007
Dev: IO Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
As the enigmatic Hitman, you must use stealth and tactical problem solving to enter, execute and exit your assignment with minimum attention and maximum effectiveness. For a price, you have access to the most devious devices, but how you use them will determine if you retire as a millionaire or get permanently retired.
Why similar: Stealth 57.1%, Assassins 36.1% ★, Action 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Atmospheric 1%
- #54 Brush Burial: Gutter World
62% matchVery Positive94% of 880 reviews2025
Dev: Knife Demon Software
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A murky first-person immersive sim with tightly-wound melee combat and tangled, vertical levels to explore. Use your forked tail to tie your enemies in knots and climb impossible heights. Kill your mark with quickness and cunning, using whatever tools you see fit.
Why similar: Assassins 44.6% ★, Stealth 30.3%, First-Person 6.6%, Immersive Sim 5.6%, Atmospheric 4.6%
- #55 Vampyr
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 25,393 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
Why similar: Stealth 35.4%, Story Rich 13.9%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Dark 9.7%, Action 8.5%
- #56 Assassin's Creed Mirage
64% matchMostly Positive76% of 12,471 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft BordeauxPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 15.2 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Become a deadly Master Assassin in this action-adventure game. Explore the streets of ninth-century Baghdad through the eyes of Basim. Take down your targets while seeking justice as part of the Hidden Ones.
Why similar: Assassins 47.9% ★, Stealth 36.4%, Action 3.5%, Open World 3%, Adventure 2.1%
- #57 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
66% matchVery Positive81% of 49,671 reviews2017
Dev: MachineGamesPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
America, 1961. The assassination of Nazi General Deathshead was a short-lived victory. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanity’s last hope for liberty.
Why similar: Stealth 32.7%, FPS 14.3%, First-Person 13.9%, Dystopian 9.1%, Action 8.7%
- #58 Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition
68% matchVery Positive81% of 25,487 reviews2008
Dev: Ubisoft MontrealPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of...
Why similar: Assassins 44.3% ★, Stealth 35.3%, Atmospheric 4.8%, Story Rich 4.8%, Action 4.3%