Games Like Mark of the Ninja: Remastered

Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

Why similar: Stealth 48.1%, Ninja 40.6% ★, Assassin 5.8% ★, Violent 2.1%, Indie 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers the definitive real-time tactical stealth experience set in feudal Japan, sharing the same strategic depth and ninja themes.

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: Ninja 40% ★, Stealth 39.6%, Assassin 12.8% ★, Action 2.4%, Indie 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person stealth game that puts you in the role of a shadow-controlling assassin, mirroring the core mechanics of light and shadow manipulation.

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Ninja 41.8% ★, Platformer 17.9%, Violent 12.3%, Gore 8.6%, Action 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the high-stakes, one-hit-kill intensity of being a lethal assassin with a focus on stylish, fast-paced 2D action.

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 75.3%, Platformer 8.1%, 2D 5.2%, Indie 4.2%, Action 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D puzzle-stealth game focuses on creative infiltration and using gadgets to manipulate the environment, much like the toolset in the seed game.

Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

Why similar: Stealth 98.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that emphasizes stealth and resource management, requiring careful planning to avoid detection in high-security environments.

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 78.8%, Assassin 12.6% ★, Violent 4%, Singleplayer 1.5%, Action 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pinnacle of real-time tactical stealth that demands careful observation and coordinated takedowns, similar to the tactical planning required in the seed game.

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 59%, Assassin 19.2% ★, Violent 11.9%, Action 4.2%, Atmospheric 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a dedicated stealth-focused experience where verticality and environmental interaction are key to survival.

Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.

Why similar: Stealth 71.2%, Platformer 16.9%, Indie 3.8%, Action 3.5%, 2D 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pure stealth-platformer that forces players to navigate complex, light-sensitive levels while avoiding detection.

Ronin is stylish a turn-based action platformer following the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation.

Why similar: Ninja 48.8% ★, Stealth 30.3%, Platformer 9.5%, 2D 3.8%, Action 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based action platformer that emphasizes tactical movement and planning before executing lethal strikes.

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

Why similar: Ninja 66.3% ★, Platformer 15.3%, 2D 6.2%, Side Scroller 4.4%, Action 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fantastic ninja-themed platformer that balances tight movement mechanics with a compelling, evolving world.

Pure stealth action and infinite level creation from the award-winning studio behind Thomas Was Alone. Enter the Volume to halt Gisborne Industries' corruption and train the masses to rob from the rich.

Why similar: Stealth 78.2%, Action 7.3%, Indie 5.3%, Atmospheric 2.9%, Puzzle 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A pure stealth-puzzle game that strips away combat to focus entirely on vision cones, sound management, and clever navigation.

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: Ninja 47.1% ★, Stealth 33.8%, Assassin 15.4% ★, Action 2.9%, Story Rich 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original with improved movement and combat, maintaining the core focus on ninja-themed stealth and shadow abilities.

Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.

Why similar: Ninja 36.4% ★, Stealth 36%, Assassin 14.2% ★, Violent 5.1%, Action 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A standalone expansion that provides more of the high-quality, tactical stealth gameplay found in the original Shadow Tactics.

DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.

Why similar: Stealth 58.4%, Side Scroller 8.7%, Gore 8.6%, Violent 5.9%, 2D 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D stealth-action game where you must clear rooms of enemies using tactical planning and environmental awareness.

Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

Why similar: Stealth 80.8%, Action 6.7%, Indie 5.8%, 2D 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows for creative infiltration of procedurally generated spaceships using a wide array of stealth gadgets and tactical gadgets.

Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.

Why similar: Ninja 62.4% ★, Violent 22.1%, Action 11.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%, Adventure 1%

Why You'll Like It: While faster and more action-oriented, it captures the high-speed, lethal precision of a ninja navigating dangerous environments.

The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.

Why similar: Ninja 66.9% ★, Platformer 12.6%, Side Scroller 8.1%, 2D 5.5%, Action 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D action-platformer that captures the classic feel of ninja games with modern, responsive controls.

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 59.8%, Assassin 25.8% ★, Violent 5.9%, 2D 2.8%, Action 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down stealth-action game that rewards tactical play and sound management, similar to the tension found in 2D stealth titles.

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 58.8%, Assassin 18.3% ★, Violent 9.5%, Gore 4.8%, Action 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim that provides unparalleled freedom in how you approach stealth and assassination objectives.

The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weaponry and moves to use in order to...

Why similar: Side Scroller 21.8%, Platformer 18.9%, Action 15.9%, Gore 15.6%, 2D 12%

Why You'll Like It: Features fluid 2D combat and platforming that shares the high-quality animation and visual style of the seed game.

Bloody stealth platformer, about the ninja in which you cut the enemies into pieces.

Why similar: Ninja 42.4% ★, Stealth 21.6%, Platformer 8.4%, Side Scroller 6.2%, Gore 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A ninja-themed action platformer that incorporates stealth elements and crafting, focusing on the life of a feudal assassin.

Mini Ninjas is a game that combines furious action with stealth and exploration for an experience that appeals to a wide audience across age groups and preferences. It’s an action-adventure with a strong focus on allowing the player freedom to explore the world and has the depth to allow for very varied gameplay and approaches to getting...

Why similar: Ninja 59.6% ★, Stealth 29.5%, Action 4.7%, Platformer 4.2%, Adventure 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A more lighthearted take on the ninja theme that still incorporates stealth and exploration mechanics.

Slip on your flares, grab your shades and hop in your station wagon, it's time to work… as a professional mob cleaner. In this stylish award winning 2D action-stealth game you have to make sure you get in, clean up and get out without leaving a trace - Queue the funky 70s inspired soundtrack!

Why similar: Stealth 71.1%, Gore 10.2%, Action 6.7%, 2D 5.9%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down stealth game where you must avoid detection while cleaning up crime scenes, emphasizing movement and timing.

Throw on your invisibility cloak and put your reflexes to the test in this brutal precision platformer brimming with espionage, intrigue, and betrayal! Featuring an Original Soundtrack by Grammy Award Winner RAC.

Why similar: Stealth 43.4%, Ninja 25.8% ★, Platformer 14.4%, Action 4.3%, Side Scroller 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D platformer that relies heavily on stealth mechanics and timing to bypass security systems.

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 62.5%, Assassin 17.3% ★, Violent 11.4%, Action 3.6%, Atmospheric 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series, focusing on verticality and deep stealth mechanics in a dark fantasy setting.

A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.

Why similar: Ninja 53.4% ★, Platformer 11.5%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Gore 7.9%, Violent 4.6%

Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!

Why similar: Ninja 74.8% ★, Platformer 14.7%, Action 6.2%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced ninja platformer that emphasizes fluid movement and precision strikes against enemy forces.

In Stealth Inc 2, you play the role of a clone escaping a sinister and high-tech testing facility. Stealth Inc 2 tests both your brain and your reflexes over 60 varied levels linked together in a sprawling overworld.

Why similar: Stealth 62.9%, Platformer 18.9%, Action 6.2%, Indie 5.8%, 2D 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-platformer that focuses on stealth mechanics and environmental hazards, requiring careful timing to survive.

You are the sword; cut down your foes with steel and thunder. You are the wings; explore the skies and uncover unreachable mysteries. Embark on a journey through a vicious world ruled by darkness and imperial tyranny - the lands of Blackmist.

Why similar: Ninja 42.8% ★, Assassin 14.2% ★, Platformer 11.3%, Side Scroller 11%, Action 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action game with a focus on swordplay and movement that captures a similar dark, atmospheric aesthetic.

Platform game with a gloomy artistic style. Challenging levels with many traps and enemies. Use all your skills to avoid dangerous traps. Destroy all opponents on your way to revenge.

Why similar: Ninja 51.4% ★, Assassin 16.7% ★, Platformer 13.8%, Side Scroller 7.2%, Action 3.9%

Embody Arbaaz in his quest for retribution through a colourful depiction of Colonial India in 2.5D stealth gameplay. • Travel across an amazing 19th Century India and its legendary landmarks. • Experience the thrill of a stealthy assassin with a unique set of skills and weapons such as the double kill moves and the chakram.

Why similar: Stealth 47.4%, Assassin 24.9% ★, Platformer 12.3%, Action 6.2%, Side Scroller 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A 2.5D stealth-action game that focuses on infiltration and using the environment to outmaneuver guards.

Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.

Why similar: Ninja 53.8% ★, Side Scroller 17.7%, Platformer 15.1%, 2D 6%, Action 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult precision platformer that requires mastery of movement and timing to navigate dangerous, enemy-filled levels.

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 41.1%, Ninja 37.8% ★, Platformer 8.6%, Side Scroller 3.3%, 2D 2.6%

Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up. Play as Shank in an over-the-top grindhouse game, packed to the rim with enemies, bosses, combos, and more by the award-winning team at Klei Entertainment.

Why similar: Side Scroller 27.9%, Platformer 18.9%, Gore 13.1%, Action 13%, 2D 11.5%

Sword With Sauce is a fast-paced stealth-action game where you pick weapons, gadgets, and a playstyle to eliminate enemies. Go in loud or stay unseen—it's your choice.

Why similar: Ninja 45.2% ★, Stealth 33.1%, Violent 9.8%, Gore 5.8%, Action 3.9%

With its cyberpunk city brought to life with retro graphics, Ninja Issen invites players into a world filled with "hyper ninja action" as they work alone to annihilate waves of enemy troops using a variety of ninja skills and fight bosses coming at you with relentless, diverse attack patterns.

Why similar: Ninja 67.6% ★, Side Scroller 8.7%, Platformer 8.5%, Action 5.5%, Violent 3.6%

Evade the guards and the defences to escape the evil facility on this click and play stealth game, there will be difficult on your path, young padawan!

Why similar: Ninja 50.5% ★, Stealth 39.5%, 2D 3.3%, Indie 2.6%, Action 2.1%

Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.

Why similar: Ninja 47.6% ★, Stealth 27.2%, Assassin 8.2% ★, Violent 5.7%, Action 4.3%

Play as a ninja through the Sengoku period of Japan. There are many possible ways to assassinate the target and find your own nindou.

Why similar: Ninja 50.3% ★, Stealth 25.5%, Assassin 16% ★, Action 4%, Indie 2.3%

The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.

Why similar: Ninja 61.8% ★, Platformer 16.8%, Action 9.6%, 2D 5.7%, Side Scroller 4.5%

The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.

Why similar: Platformer 60.9%, Action 17.8%, Indie 11.3%, Singleplayer 6.1%, Adventure 3.8%

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 61.2%, Assassin 14.2% ★, Violent 13.6%, Action 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Why similar: Platformer 43.6%, Action 14.4%, 2D 13.3%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Indie 9.3%

After a long vacation our ninja is a little rusty, can you help him with his training? Ninja Stealth III brings you 30 new challenging levels, are you ready?

Why similar: Ninja 47.4% ★, Stealth 43%, 2D 3.1%, Indie 2.4%, Action 2%

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 66.2%, Assassin 21.5% ★, Action 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%, Indie 1.4%

Ninja Stealth 2 is the sequel of Ninja Stealth - A.I. Revolution, now as a RPG with more puzzles than sensors.

Why similar: Ninja 50.1% ★, Stealth 38.5%, 2D 3.9%, Indie 2.6%, Action 2.4%

Shinobi alert! Use your 7 shinobi weapons to survive the bloodshed! Introducing a hard core 2D ninja action game by Hyper-retro graphics.

Why similar: Ninja 88.1% ★, Action 6.6%, 2D 4.3%, Singleplayer 1%

Leap, slash, splash! You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces.

Why similar: Ninja 66.3% ★, Platformer 15.6%, Action 6.3%, 2D 6%, Indie 4.8%

Here we go again.

Why similar: Ninja 50.7% ★, Stealth 38.2%, 2D 3.7%, Indie 2.9%, Action 2.3%

After 34 years in the shadows, prepare to see this legendary action adventure in a new light! Looking and playing better than ever before, Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn is Tengo Project’s remake of a cult classic, that the fans have been waiting for.

Why similar: Ninja 61.1% ★, Side Scroller 14.3%, Platformer 12.8%, 2D 5.5%, Action 4.4%

A 2D stealth Metroidvania with parkour platforming. Explore the majestic palace and ancient prisons of a kingdom under siege. Don the mantle of the legendary Sandfox as you venture into the ruins below, and discover the true threat from a sand-borne evil.

Why similar: Stealth 53.7%, Assassin 18.8% ★, Platformer 10.6%, 2D 6%, Action 5.4%

Save the Ninja Clan is a platformer for casual players as well as speed runners. There are two ways to play this game: play through the normal story mode or find secrets/"bugs" in the game to annoy the Game Manager watching.

Why similar: Ninja 48.7% ★, Violent 19.5%, Gore 13.1%, Indie 6.4%, Action 6%

He's back!

Why similar: Ninja 49.7% ★, Stealth 39.8%, 2D 3.5%, Indie 2.5%, Action 2.2%

One try, one kill - a gory TDS game, in which you must clean the areas of ruthless mercenary. The game is a top-down so you could view the battle situation as it's best.

Why similar: Ninja 39.5% ★, Stealth 30.8%, Action 16.9%, Indie 12.8%

Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!

Why similar: Ninja 62.8% ★, Platformer 19.9%, Side Scroller 10.8%, Action 4.7%, 2D 0.9%

10 SECOND NINJA X is a hardcore sidescroller. You're a ninja, there are robots, you've got ten seconds to destroy them all. Get three star ratings, climb leaderboards, discover secrets and stop Captain Greatbeard.

Why similar: Ninja 51% ★, Platformer 21.7%, Action 9.4%, Indie 6.5%, Side Scroller 6.1%

Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.

Why similar: Platformer 51.4%, Action 13.8%, 2D 9.8%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Singleplayer 5.4%

In this 2d precision platformer with a teleportation twist, play as Ninja Ming and embark on the Path of Trials. Dash through 241 levels using dynamic teleportation and diverse ninjutsu skills. Conquer challenges with style—growing stronger at every turn.

Why similar: Ninja 44.7% ★, Platformer 20.7%, 2D 7.7%, Side Scroller 7.5%, Action 6.4%

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Platformer 21.6%, Gore 17.3%, Violent 13.8%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Action 10.4%

SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.

Why similar: Platformer 29.7%, Side Scroller 18.7%, Action 15.7%, 2D 14.2%, Indie 7.7%