Games Like HITMAN World of Assassination

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 41.9%, Assassins 37.2% ★, Third Person 4.8%, Third-Person Shooter 4.5%, Sandbox 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Blood Money is still one of the purest assassin sandboxes on Steam, with open-ended missions, disguises, accidents, and score-chasing stealth play.

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 40.9%, Assassins 40.2% ★, Third Person 4%, Action 3.9%, Shooter 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its moody mission design and emphasis on sneaking, disguises, and clean target eliminations make it one of the closest classic-era matches.

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

Why You'll Like It: Although more linear than World of Assassination, it still delivers stealthy infiltration, disguises, target takedowns, and signature Hitman style.

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 46.9%, Open World 10.2%, Cinematic 8.9%, Third-Person Shooter 7.3%, Third Person 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Hitman’s love of player freedom, letting you scout, improvise, and use a huge toolset to infiltrate heavily guarded spaces.

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 43.9%, Assassins 43% ★, Third Person 6.2%, Action 4.6%, Adventure 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its rough edges, it is an overt Hitman-style stealth game centered on disguises, open mission routes, and silent assassinations.

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: Assassins 37.2% ★, Stealth 28.8%, Immersive Sim 7.2%, Shooter 6.7%, Multiplayer 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its assassination-driven structure, layered level knowledge, and experimentation with routes and opportunities echo Hitman’s puzzle-box mission design.

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 72.2%, Action 10%, Third Person 6.1%, Open World 5.1%, Adventure 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers classic stealth assassination gameplay built around sneaking into guarded spaces, using disguises, and eliminating targets without raising alarms.

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: Assassins 42.4% ★, Stealth 34.8%, Violent 7.4%, Immersive Sim 3.6%, Action 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This entry focuses even more tightly on stealth assassinations and handcrafted mission spaces with multiple elegant solutions.

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 79.8%, Action 11.9%, Third Person 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the closest non-Hitman games mechanically, with large levels, disguises, covert infiltration, and methodical target-focused stealth.

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: Assassins 48.8% ★, Stealth 36.6%, Open World 3.4%, Action 3.1%, Immersive Sim 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its missions are dense stealth sandboxes full of alternate routes, environmental kills, and creative target eliminations that feel very Hitman-adjacent.

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 42.3%, Assassins 36% ★, Third Person 5.4%, Sandbox 4.5%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This classic sequel helped define the disguise-based stealth-assassin formula that World of Assassination later perfected.

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: Assassins 47.1% ★, Stealth 42.5%, Action 3.1%, Immersive Sim 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers immersive assassination missions with layered levels, hidden paths, and plenty of lethal or nonlethal ways to deal with targets.

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 35.4%, Third-Person Shooter 13.7%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Shooter 8.6%, Violent 7%

Why You'll Like It: Its broad mission maps, target-focused objectives, stealthy infiltrations, and optional environmental kills make it a strong sniper-flavored alternative.

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 35.5%, Shooter 11.2%, Multiplayer 11%, Third-Person Shooter 8.6%, Violent 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Hitman, it shines when you study a sandbox map, set up the perfect kill, and slip away unnoticed.

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: Assassins 32.2% ★, Stealth 30.3%, Shooter 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Realistic 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its contract structure and large mission zones support careful planning, stealth approaches, and precision eliminations from multiple angles.

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 76.1%, Third Person 10.3%, Action 4.9%, Third-Person Shooter 2.7%, Multiplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is one of the best pure stealth games ever made, emphasizing patient infiltration, gadget use, and ghosting through hostile spaces.

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: Assassins 33.3% ★, Stealth 26.8%, Shooter 7.2%, Violent 7%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It scratches a similar itch with mission-based stealth, target hunting, and freedom to line up kills from different vantage points.

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 55.1%, Cinematic 8.2%, Third Person 7.2%, Third-Person Shooter 7.1%, Open World 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This compact stealth sandbox is all about scouting a target area, choosing an entry plan, and executing a clean infiltration.

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 62.8%, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Open World 7.7%, Shooter 7.7%, Action 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its immersive-sim levels reward the same kind of route planning, improvisation, and systems-driven stealth that Hitman fans tend to love.

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: Assassins 42.1% ★, Stealth 31.9%, Violent 8.4%, Third Person 5.9%, Multiplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on sneaking through complex environments, setting up silent kills, and avoiding direct fights fits the stealth-predator side of Hitman.

Paris, 1789. In this action-adventure game, experience the French Revolution through the eyes of Arno Dorian. Become an Assassin and expose the true powers behind the Revolution for the fate of a nation.

Why similar: Assassins 51.7% ★, Stealth 25.3%, Open World 8.6%, Multiplayer 4.8%, Third Person 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its black box assassination missions and crowd-filled urban stealth are some of the closest Assassin's Creed has come to Hitman-style design.

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 80%, Action 6.3%, Immersive Sim 4.7%, Shooter 4.1%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers flexible stealth missions with multiple paths, social manipulation, and a strong emphasis on planning your way through guarded spaces.

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.

Why similar: Stealth 53%, Assassins 25.6% ★, Violent 9.4%, Gore 5.5%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Even in 2D, it captures the same satisfaction of patient scouting, silent takedowns, and executing a perfectly planned infiltration.

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 60% ★, Stealth 20.6%, Open World 6.8%, Third Person 4.3%, Action 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its assassination missions, social stealth elements, and urban infiltration give it some of the same fantasy of eliminating targets in plain sight.

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 64.5%, Immersive Sim 17.7%, Shooter 10.7%, Action 3.8%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its immersive stealth systems, vertical level design, and emphasis on avoiding detection make it a strong pick if you like methodical, systems-based sneaking.

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: Assassins 49% ★, Stealth 34.7%, Multiplayer 3.7%, Third Person 3.4%, Action 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a more supernatural take on stealth assassination, built around staying unseen, picking off enemies, and navigating guarded spaces creatively.

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 32.2%, Third-Person Shooter 19.4%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Violent 8.1%, Third Person 7.9%

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: Assassins 55.4% ★, Stealth 32%, Third Person 6.2%, Action 3.5%, Multiplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on stalking enemies, isolating targets, and using stealth tools creatively across open-ended combat spaces.

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 69.1%, Third Person 10%, Action 8.6%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Third-Person Shooter 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its undercover framing and stealth-first mission design make it a solid fit for players who enjoy sneaky infiltration over open combat.

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Stealth 53.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 10.5%, Realistic 5.6%, Immersive Sim 5.3%

PAYDAY 3 is the ultimate co-op FPS crime fantasy. Choose between stealth or loud playstyles, customize your character, and get ready to pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Stealth 51.8%, Multiplayer 16%, Shooter 15.5%, Realistic 9.1%, Action 7.7%

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 41.3%, Assassins 39.4% ★, Third-Person Shooter 4.3%, Third Person 4%, Action 3.4%

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 71.7%, Third Person 8.3%, Third-Person Shooter 5.8%, Action 5%, Shooter 3.5%

The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!

Why similar: Stealth 60%, Open World 12.5%, Action 6.4%, Sandbox 5.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%

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 48.4% ★, Stealth 25.6%, Open World 7%, Third Person 5.4%, Violent 4.7%

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 47.3%, Assassins 35.2% ★, Puzzle 13.7%, Singleplayer 3.8%

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 45.7%, Third-Person Shooter 12.8%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Shooter 9%, Action 5.9%

Create a team with up to 3 friends in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands and enjoy the ultimate military shooter experience set in a massive, dangerous, and responsive open world.

Why similar: Stealth 33.5%, Open World 14.9%, Third-Person Shooter 13%, Shooter 12.1%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Rogue agent Rico Rodriguez journeys to Solis, a huge South American world home of conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Strap into your wingsuit, equip your fully customizable grappling hook, and get ready to bring the thunder!

Why similar: Open World 18.5%, Third-Person Shooter 18.4%, Sandbox 17.4%, Violent 10.6%, Shooter 10.1%

Experience entertainment blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online — now upgraded for a new generation with stunning visuals, faster loading, 3D audio, and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.

Why similar: Open World 20.7%, Third-Person Shooter 14.4%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Sandbox 13.3%, Shooter 12.5%

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 41.1%, Sandbox 21.6%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Open World 10.4%, Puzzle 4.8%

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 66.6%, Third Person 8.2%, Third-Person Shooter 6.5%, Action 5.7%, Shooter 5.2%

Become a Ghost, fighting against a rogue spec ops faction called the Wolves, in the latest Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®!

Why similar: Stealth 30.6%, Third-Person Shooter 13.4%, Open World 12.7%, Shooter 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.6%

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 34.9%, Violent 14.2%, Third-Person Shooter 11%, Gore 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.1%

Become a thief in VR! Feel the thrill of stealing in free roam sandbox neighborhoods. Use lockpicks and hi-tech hacking tools. Observe your target, gather information and hide from police. Or drive a car like crazy to get out of trouble!

Why similar: VR 35.8%, Stealth 29.3%, Sandbox 8.1%, Open World 7.6%, Multiplayer 6.4%

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 40.6%, Third-Person Shooter 23.6%, Shooter 11.5%, Third Person 10.3%, Action 6.4%

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 59.5%, Violent 17.4%, Third Person 8.9%, Action 7.2%, Adventure 3.8%

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 48.2%, Third-Person Shooter 14.5%, Cinematic 14.1%, Violent 8.1%, Third Person 5.9%

Go behind enemy lines with the ultimate modern military shooter. Play as an American sniper dropped in Georgia, near Russian border. Choose your own path to accomplish your missions across an unforgiving open world.

Why similar: Stealth 43.4%, Open World 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Shooter 11.4%, Violent 8.1%

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 73.5%, Assassins 16.3% ★, Action 4%, Open World 2.3%, Adventure 2%

Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.

Why similar: Realistic 20.2%, Shooter 17.3%, Multiplayer 15.4%, Violent 14.9%, VR 13.9%

The first 3D title in the METAL GEAR series pioneering a new level of stealth action with live action footage, cinematic cut scenes, and innovative gameplay.

Why similar: Stealth 48.7%, Third-Person Shooter 15.8%, Cinematic 12.5%, Action 7.9%, Violent 6.8%

Grab your rifle, gaze down the scope and take aim in this stealth-action WW2 first-person shooter built exclusively for VR. With an explosive campaign, astonishing immersion, authentic weaponry, and signature gunplay from the award-winning Sniper Elite series

Why similar: VR 40.2%, Shooter 12.7%, Stealth 11%, Action 10.2%, Violent 10.1%

Experience an epic action-adventure story set in feudal Japan! Become a lethal shinobi assassin and powerful legendary samurai as you explore a beautiful open world in a time of chaos.

Why similar: Assassins 48.3% ★, Stealth 26.6%, Open World 7.4%, Violent 6.6%, Third Person 4.9%

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: Assassins 40.6% ★, Stealth 36.5%, Violent 8.7%, Third Person 5.7%, Action 2.7%

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: Assassins 45.5% ★, Stealth 36.7%, Third Person 5.2%, Action 4.6%, Open World 2.6%

Build a resistance as you fight to take back a near-future London facing its downfall. Welcome to the Resistance.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 20.2%, Open World 14.7%, Shooter 13.9%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Third Person 12.9%

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 86.1%, Immersive Sim 8.4%, Action 2.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Adventure 1%