Stealth games

13 games with filters by mode, platforms, budget, length and features.

Stealth is the genre of staying unseen: you study patrol routes, wait in shadow and slip past. The tension is different from action — slow, where one wrong step means restarting the episode.

Stealth games are almost always solo and story-driven, so the “Feel the tension” mood fits best. In some of them you can finish the whole campaign touching no one — usually noted among the features.

See also
Feel the tension Tease your brain Action

13 games found

Stealth
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 92
1–4

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

2005•Ubisoft
StealthEspionageTense

Sam Fisher at his best: light, noise and a superb two-agent co-op.

~400 ₽ 10–20 h
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Hitman: Blood Money 90
1

Hitman: Blood Money

2006•IO Interactive
StealthCrimeFunny

Assassination as improvisation: newspapers will report your mistakes.

~500 ₽ 10–30 h
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 89
1

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

2015•Kojima Productions
ActionOpen worldStory-rich

The best stealth gameplay ever made, wrapped in a very strange story.

~1990 ₽ 45–100 h
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Dishonored 2 88
1

Dishonored 2

2016•Arkane Studios
ActionStory-richChoices matter

Two heroes and dozens of ways to kill or not kill: immersive sim at its best.

~1500 ₽ 15–40 h
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Hitman World of Assassination 88
1–2

Hitman World of Assassination

2023•IO Interactive
StealthHighly replayablePuzzles

The full trilogy: a murder sandbox where failures are funnier than successes.

~3990 ₽ 20–300 h
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun 88
1

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

2016•Mimimi Games
StealthTurn-basedHistorical

Five characters, one mistake and a reload: tactical stealth with no room for noise.

~1990 ₽ 20–40 h
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Beyond Good & Evil 86
1

Beyond Good & Evil

2003•Ubisoft
ActionStory-richSci-fi

Photojournalism, conspiracy and Jade: Ubisoft’s cult oddity.

~400 ₽ 10–15 h
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Payday 2 85
1–4

Payday 2

2013•Overkill
ShooterCo-op focusedLoot & builds

A silent bank heist in 40 seconds or total bloodshed: it all comes down to team coordination.

~300 ₽ 30+ h
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Watch Dogs 2 82
1–4

Watch Dogs 2

2016•Ubisoft
ActionOpen worldCyberpunk

Hackers versus corporations: hacking the city is more fun than shooting it.

~1400 ₽ 20–50 h
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Deathloop 82
1–2

Deathloop

2021•Arkane Lyon
ShooterTime loopHighly replayable

Groundhog Day for an assassin: eight targets, one loop and a rival player.

~1990 ₽ 15–35 h
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Alien: Isolation 81
1

Alien: Isolation

2014•Creative Assembly
HorrorSci-fiTense

The alien does not script: it hunts. Twenty hours of unbroken tension in the style of the first film.

~1200 ₽ 18–30 h
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 79
1

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

2016•Eidos-Montréal
RPGCyberpunkStory-rich

Future Prague and augmentation: the whole game can be finished without a kill.

~1100 ₽ 20–50 h
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Common questions

What are stealth games?

Stealth is a genre where the main goal is to stay unseen: hide in shadows, learn guard routes, distract enemies and get through levels without open combat. A straight fight is usually dangerous or counts as failure.

How is stealth different from action?

Action rewards combat and quick reflexes; stealth rewards observation and patience. Many games allow both approaches, but pure stealth punishes noise and rewards finishing without raising the alarm.