Core Mechanics
Best Stealth Games
Avoiding detection as a core mechanic
48 games ranked by stealth intensity
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
WindowsmacOSLinux
StealthMethodicalResource managementSolo contemplativeReal-time combat
Desperados III
WindowsmacOSLinux
StealthMethodicalResource managementSolo contemplativeSkill mastery
Invisible, Inc.
WindowsmacOSLinux
StealthDialogue choicesSci-fi technologySkill masteryTurn-based combat
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Windows
Melee combatStealthOpen worldSkill masterySolo contemplative
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
Windows
Open worldStealthSolo contemplativeLinear storyExploration
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Windows
Open worldExplorationStealthLinear storySolo contemplative
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
Windows
Open worldStealthSolo contemplativeExplorationLinear story
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Windows
StealthResource managementShootingCompetitive rankedCo-op chaos
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Windows
StealthTenseSolo contemplativeExplorationLinear story
The Masterplan
WindowsmacOSLinux
StealthMethodicalSolo contemplativeCollectionPuzzle solving
Far Cry® 5
Windows
Open worldShootingStealthExplorationCo-op chaos
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Windows
Open worldStealthSolo contemplativeExplorationLinear story
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
Windows
Open worldStealthSolo contemplativeExplorationLinear story
Dead by Daylight
Windows
StealthTenseExistential dreadCo-op chaosResource management
Stray
WindowsmacOS
ExplorationOpen worldStealthSci-fi technologySolo contemplative
UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection
Windows
StealthPlatformingExplorationLinear storySolo contemplative
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
WindowsmacOSLinux
Cosmic horrorStealthTenseMeditativePuzzle solving
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
Windows
Open worldStealthSandboxFantasy mythologyExploration
Amnesia: Rebirth
WindowsLinux
StealthCosmic horrorExplorationPuzzle solvingLinear story
Metro: Last Light Redux
WindowsmacOSLinux
ShootingStealthOpen worldLinear storyTense
Gotham Knights
Windows
Open worldStealthCo-op chaosSolo contemplativeExploration
HITMAN™
WindowsmacOSLinux
StealthOpen worldSandboxSolo contemplativeMethodical
HITMAN™ 2
Windows
StealthOpen worldSandboxSolo contemplativePuzzle solving
Thief
WindowsmacOS
StealthOpen worldShootingTenseExploration
The Ship: Single Player
Windows
ShootingStealthSolo contemplativeExplosiveFrantic
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Windows
ShootingStealthOpen worldSolo contemplativeWar and conflict
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
WindowsmacOSLinux
Open worldStealthExplorationLinear storySolo contemplative
Tomb Raider Game of the Year
WindowsmacOS
StealthPlatformingExplorationLinear storySolo contemplative
Six Days in Fallujah
Windows
ShootingStealthWarfare emphasisMethodicalPhotorealistic
Metro 2033 Redux
WindowsmacOSLinux
ShootingStealthOpen worldLinear storyTense
Metro Exodus
WindowsmacOSLinux
ShootingOpen worldStealthExplorationSolo contemplative
Friday the 13th: The Game
Windows
StealthOpen worldTenseResource managementCo-op chaos
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
Windows
Open worldStealthMystery and detectiveSandboxExploration
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
Windows
StealthOpen worldMystery and detectiveTenseExploration
DEATH STRANDING
Windows
Open worldStealthExplorationMeditativeSolo contemplative
Little Nightmares
Windows
StealthPlatformingTenseExplorationLinear story
This War of Mine
WindowsmacOSLinux
Dialogue choicesStealthBase managementCraftingResource management
Untitled Goose Game
WindowsmacOS
StealthLocal multiplayerSandboxWhimsicalCo-op chaos
Chants of Sennaar
Windows
Mystery and detectiveFantasy mythologyStealthPuzzle solvingExploration
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
WindowsmacOS
Open worldExplorationStealthPuzzle solvingWhimsical
R.E.P.O.
Windows
StealthExplorationTenseCo-op chaosPhysics puzzles
Cogmind
Windows
StealthTurn-based combatExplorationSci-fi technologyLinear story
The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time
WindowsmacOSLinux
SandboxDialogue choicesStealthWhimsicalCompetitive ranked
Little Nightmares II
Windows
StealthPlatformingTenseExplorationLinear story
The Escapists 2
WindowsmacOSLinux
Pixel artCraftingLocal multiplayerSandboxStealth
Mark of the Ninja
WindowsmacOSLinux
StealthPlatformingSolo contemplativeExplorationLinear story
The Evil Within
Windows
StealthOpen worldTenseSolo contemplativeResource management
The Evil Within 2
Windows
Open worldStealthTenseLinear storyExploration