Games Like Hitman: Absolution™

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: Stealth 40.7%, Assassins 34.9% ★, Third-Person Shooter 6.6%, Third Person 5%, Action 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the most polished version of Agent 47’s disguise-based assassination sandbox, with the same stealth, improvisation, and replay-driven mission design that define Absolution.

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 54.8%, Assassins 25.7% ★, Third Person 5.3%, Third-Person Shooter 4.4%, Action 4%

Why You'll Like It: It remains one of the closest matches thanks to its emphasis on disguises, silent kills, suspicious NPC behavior, and rating your performance after each hit.

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 28.3% ★, Action 5.1%, Third Person 4.6%, Third-Person Shooter 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its darker tone, methodical stealth, and focused assassination missions make it a strong fit for players who liked Absolution’s grim atmosphere and precision kills.

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 55.5%, Assassins 25% ★, Third Person 6%, Action 4.8%, Shooter 2%

Why You'll Like It: This is another core 47 experience built around infiltrating guarded spaces, using disguises, and choosing between clean stealth or messy action.

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 53.5%, Assassins 27% ★, Third Person 4.5%, Action 4.3%, Third-Person Shooter 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Though much older and rougher, it still offers the same essential formula of infiltration, target elimination, and escaping hostile levels as Agent 47.

In this stealth-action thriller, a terrorist group known as the Engineers launches the Blacklist, a series of escalating attacks on US interests. Only one man can stop them: legendary covert agent Sam Fisher.

Why similar: Stealth 70.4%, Third Person 7.4%, Action 5.9%, Third-Person Shooter 5.2%, Tactical 4%

Why You'll Like It: Blacklist matches Absolution especially well because it mixes stealth, gadgets, takedowns, and fast third-person action in a slick, mission-based structure.

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 58.3%, Tactical 8.7%, Third Person 6.9%, Third-Person Shooter 6.8%, Cinematic 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-ended infiltrations, stealth tools, enemy manipulation, and freedom to go loud or silent make it a superb alternative for tactical assassin-minded play.

In this stealth-action thriller, Sam Fisher investigates his daughter’s death, only to uncover a betrayal by his former agency. Now hunted, he races against time to thwart a terrorist plot threatening millions.

Why similar: Stealth 58.9%, Action 16.6%, Third-Person Shooter 8.9%, Third Person 8.1%, Multiplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Conviction shares Absolution’s more cinematic, aggressive take on stealth, with quick executions, tight third-person controls, and momentum-friendly level design.

Discover unrivalled sniping freedom in the largest and most advanced World War 2 shooter ever built. Experience tactical third-person combat, gameplay choice and epic longshots across gigantic levels as you liberate wartime Italy from the grip of Fascism.

Why similar: Stealth 52.4%, Third-Person Shooter 9.5%, Third Person 8.8%, Action 7.8%, Shooter 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like Absolution, it rewards patient planning, isolated kills, body hiding, and adapting on the fly when a stealth run starts to unravel.

The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.

Why similar: Stealth 55.9%, Third-Person Shooter 16.2%, Third Person 6.7%, Action 6.2%, Shooter 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its assassination-focused missions, sandbox maps, stealth entries, and strong third-person gunplay make it a very natural follow-up to Absolution.

Experience one of the most critically acclaimed stealth-action games of all time. Uncover a conspiracy that hits close to home and stop World War III.

Why similar: Stealth 76.7%, Third Person 8.8%, Action 4.8%, Tactical 3.2%, Third-Person Shooter 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is one of the best pure stealth games on Steam, with excellent infiltration, takedowns, and tactical control for players who valued Absolution’s sneaking most.

World-renowned Kojima Productions brings the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Steam with METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Play as the legendary hero Snake and infiltrate a Cuban military base to rescue the hostages. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Stealth 62.1%, Tactical 7.9%, Third Person 6.9%, Action 6.1%, Third-Person Shooter 6%

Why You'll Like It: This compact infiltration sandbox captures the same appeal of replaying a mission to find cleaner routes, smarter stealth kills, and faster completions.

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 44.3%, Assassins 29.2% ★, Action 5.9%, Tactical 5.4%, Shooter 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its contract structure, replayable stealth kills, and tactical target-hunting strongly echo Absolution’s mission-focused assassination rhythm.

The Most Mysterious Secret Service Agency of WWII This is a third-person stealth-action game describing the activities of the SMERSH, the most mysterious secret service agency of World War II. Moment of Truth is a sequel to the popular stealth action title Death to Spies.

Why similar: Stealth 81%, Action 11.8%, Third Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It doubles down on the Hitman-like formula with more stealth assassination scenarios, disguise play, and mission-based infiltration.

Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.

Why similar: Stealth 57.1%, Assassins 33.5% ★, Action 4.1%, Story Rich 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its mission-based structure and focus on stalking high-value targets offer a very similar satisfaction loop to Absolution’s best assassination stages.

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 53%, Assassins 37.3% ★, Action 4.4%, Story Rich 2%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Although first-person, it scratches the same assassination itch with replayable target missions, stealth routes, creative kills, and lethal or nonlethal options.

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: Stealth 41.5%, Assassins 35.9% ★, Tactical 9.1%, Difficult 4.4%, Crime 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures Absolution’s ruthless tactical feel by rewarding stealthy movement, suppressed kills, and quick adaptation when a mission turns violent.

Smersh is Russian for "Death to Spies" and was the name of a set of counterintelligence agencies formed in the Soviet Army during World War II. Their mission was to secure the rear of the active Red Army by arresting traitors, deserters, spies and criminal cells.

Why similar: Stealth 80.2%, Action 10.8%, Third Person 5.8%, Adventure 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the closest non-Hitman games mechanically, built around disguises, stealth assassinations, restricted areas, and careful social infiltration.

In the sequel to the 2005 Game of the Year, Splinter Cell: Double Agent, play as legendary covert operative Sam Fisher, infiltrate a ruthless terrorist organization, and destroy it from within.

Why similar: Stealth 74.8%, Third Person 9.3%, Action 9.1%, Third-Person Shooter 2.6%, Multiplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its undercover theme, stealth-action structure, and emphasis on balancing open combat with covert play make it a good match for Absolution fans.

Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.

Why similar: Stealth 54.5%, Tactical 13.8%, Crime 10.6%, Shooter 6.8%, Action 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Even from a top-down view, it nails the same stealth-versus-firefight tension as Absolution, where silent takedowns and lethal backup plans both matter.

SGW Contracts 2 is a modern warfare shooter set in the Middle East. Play as Raven, Contract Sniper Assassin, as you take out a series of targets across a dramatic single-player campaign. With extreme-range shots exceeding 1000m, gear up for the most challenging entry to the series yet.

Why similar: Stealth 47.5%, Assassins 26.7% ★, Tactical 9%, Shooter 5.8%, Multiplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It builds on the first game with more refined stealth sniping, structured eliminations, and a satisfying mix of planning and improvisation.

It is the height of the Cold War, a time of global uncertainty and civil unrest. You are Agent Alekhine, a highly skilled Russian assassin, driven by a moral compass that leads you headfirst into a covert operation unsanctioned by the country you previously served.

Why similar: Stealth 56.8%, Assassins 29.5% ★, Third Person 6.9%, Action 5.9%, Adventure 1%

Why You'll Like It: As a spiritual successor to Death to Spies, it offers very Hitman-like missions centered on disguises, target elimination, and stealthy route planning.

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 51.7%, Assassins 30.4% ★, Third Person 6.9%, Action 3.7%, Story Rich 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong pick if your favorite part of Absolution was sneaking through guarded spaces, avoiding detection, and picking off enemies quietly.

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 83.1%, Assassins 9.8% ★, Action 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Adventure 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: It trades assassination for burglary, but its sneaking, guard avoidance, and dark mission-based stealth make it a decent fit for Absolution’s slower, stealthier side.

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 46.7%, Assassins 32.7% ★, Third Person 7.3%, Action 4.2%, Story Rich 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the first game with better movement and more creative stealth infiltration, making it a great choice for stealth-first players.

Aragami 2 is a third person stealth game where you play as an assassin with the power to control the shadows. Join the shadow clan and fight the invader armies to protect your people.

Why similar: Stealth 44.2%, Assassins 40.5% ★, Third Person 7.3%, Action 4.7%, Story Rich 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes stealth kills, shadowy infiltration, and coordinated takedowns in a way that appeals to players who enjoyed Absolution’s predator-style flow.

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 50.1%, Assassins 37.5% ★, Third Person 4.2%, Action 3.8%, Multiplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: This is a more purely stealth-driven assassin game, rewarding silent movement, careful positioning, and instant lethal takedowns.

In Ghost Recon Future Soldier join an elite team of highly trained, cut-throat special-ops soldiers. Armed to the teeth with unrivalled combat technology, Ghost Recon takes you to the globe’s most deadly warzones to hunt down the highest value targets.

Why similar: Stealth 47.9%, Third-Person Shooter 16.7%, Tactical 10.2%, Action 9.3%, Third Person 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is more squad-based than Hitman, but its cover-driven third-person stealth, synchronized takedowns, and tactical shooting align well with Absolution’s action-heavy moments.

No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 33.7%, Action 16.6%, Third Person 13.7%, Cinematic 10.1%, Shooter 7.9%

Sniper Elite 3 is a tactical third-person shooter that combines stealth, gameplay choice and genre-defining ballistics with huge, open levels and the exotic terrain of World War 2 North Africa.

Why similar: Stealth 57.3%, Third-Person Shooter 12%, Action 7.2%, Tactical 5.4%, Third Person 5.4%

After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.

Why similar: Stealth 26.8%, Crime 23.8%, Third-Person Shooter 12.5%, Third Person 11.6%, Action 8.6%

Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”

Why similar: Stealth 37.1%, Crime 20.7%, Action 12.6%, Tactical 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Enter the world of cinematic stealth action with Splinter Cell, the game that propelled the genre to cult status. You are Sam Fisher, an elite covert agent in the NSA's top-secret division: Third Echelon.

Why similar: Stealth 75.4%, Third Person 7.5%, Action 5.1%, Third-Person Shooter 4.6%, Shooter 1.6%

Infiltrate secure locations across the globe in this stealth-action thriller. Uncover a global conspiracy and stop a deadly bio-terror attack in the second game of the award-winning Splinter Cell series.

Why similar: Stealth 44.1%, Third-Person Shooter 19.1%, Third Person 9.5%, Action 6.8%, Tactical 6%

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 73.6%, Third Person 9.4%, Action 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%, Story Rich 2.4%

In the dark days of the end of World War Two amidst the ruins of Berlin, one bullet can change history…

Why similar: Stealth 57.9%, Third-Person Shooter 12.7%, Action 9.5%, Third Person 6.5%, Shooter 4.6%

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 83.4%, Assassins 9.8% ★, Action 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%, Adventure 0.4%

As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.

Why similar: Third Person 27.3%, Crime 26.2%, Action 21%, Third-Person Shooter 10%, Story Rich 4.7%

Offering unparalleled sniping mechanics, stealth and tactical third-person combat, Sniper Elite: Resistance turns the attention of the award-winning series towards a hidden war, far from the front lines, deep within the heart of occupied France.

Why similar: Stealth 46.8%, Third-Person Shooter 21.1%, Action 10.4%, Third Person 9.9%, Multiplayer 5.5%

In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.

Why similar: Crime 36%, Third Person 18.7%, Cinematic 11.5%, Third-Person Shooter 8.9%, Action 7.9%

Hitman GO is a simple to play, but difficult to master turn-based strategy game set in a stunning interpretation of the Hitman universe.

Why similar: Stealth 65.1%, Assassins 25.7% ★, Strategy 6.1%, Singleplayer 3.1%

MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.

Why similar: Stealth 30.9%, Crime 22.5%, Third Person 18%, Action 10.4%, Story Rich 5.7%

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. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but 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...

Why similar: Stealth 84.3%, Action 6.5%, Story Rich 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Shooter 1.9%

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 54.3%, Assassins 35% ★, Action 5.3%, Story Rich 2%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily. Fight to survive as Enzo Favara and prove your worth to the Family in this immersive third-person action-adventure.

Why similar: Stealth 42.1%, Third-Person Shooter 14.6%, Crime 10.3%, Third Person 8.4%, Cinematic 6.5%

Get Batman: Arkham City and all DLC for one low price with the release of the GOTY Edition!

Why similar: Stealth 64.9%, Third Person 14.4%, Action 11.8%, Cinematic 2.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%

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 77%, Action 6.9%, Story Rich 4.1%, Shooter 4.1%, Third Person 2.9%

A remake of the 2004 game METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER, with the same gripping story and engrossing world, now with all new graphics and 3D audio that enhance the jungle atmosphere. Get ready for the ultimate survival stealth action experience.

Why similar: Stealth 55.4%, Third-Person Shooter 12.4%, Cinematic 7.5%, Tactical 7.4%, Action 6%

Experience what it’s like to be Batman and face off against Gotham's greatest villians. Explore every inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island.

Why similar: Stealth 67.6%, Third Person 14.4%, Action 11.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%, Story Rich 1.6%

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 takes the bulls-eye precision of its predecessor to new and exciting heights!

Why similar: Stealth 61.2%, Action 10.2%, Tactical 8.1%, Shooter 7.5%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Earn the Number. 007 First Light is a thrilling espionage action-adventure game from IO Interactive. Follow James Bond as a young, resourceful and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6's training programme, and discover an origin story of the world’s most famous spy.

Why similar: Stealth 47.5%, Third-Person Shooter 16.3%, Third Person 10.2%, Cinematic 7.2%, Action 5.9%

In the dark days of the end of World War 2 amidst the ruins of Berlin, one bullet can change history… Elite sniper Karl Fairburne returns to the front line in the remaster of this award-winning stealth-action experience. Packed with new features, contemporary visuals and definitive content.

Why similar: Stealth 56.4%, Third-Person Shooter 13.3%, Action 9.2%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Shooter 5%

Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.

Why similar: Stealth 59.5%, Assassins 19.9% ★, Tactical 9.8%, Third Person 3%, Strategy 2.6%

Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.

Why similar: Stealth 30.6%, Third-Person Shooter 17.7%, Third Person 15%, Action 13.1%, Multiplayer 4.8%

War hero Vito Scaletta becomes entangled with the mob in hopes of paying his father’s debts. Vito works to prove himself, climbing the family ladder with crimes of larger reward and consequence.

Why similar: Crime 25.1%, Third-Person Shooter 20.2%, Action 18.3%, Third Person 14.3%, Story Rich 6.5%

Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 35.8%, Action 16.6%, Third Person 13.6%, Crime 8.5%, Shooter 6.7%

The classic first person shooter from Crytek is back with the action-packed gameplay, sandbox world, and thrilling epic battles you loved the first time around – now with remastered graphics optimized for a new generation of hardware.

Why similar: Stealth 58.7%, Action 9.5%, Shooter 8.6%, Tactical 7.8%, Cinematic 6.7%