Slip on your ninja slippers for a list of the best stealth-based games of all time, including every console or system. These highly-rated stealth games are ordered by popularity according to votes from slippery, stealthy gamers just like yourself, so only the greatest stealth games make it to the very top of the list. Spanning the entire history of the genre, these stealth-based games are considered the most inventive and well-executed sneaky video games ever made.
This list includes all the most challenging and rewarding stealth games ever to line the shelves, so it doesn't necessarily have every obscure game that happens to be your personal favorite, but you can make like Solid Snake and infiltrate the list by adding any should-have stealth adventures yourself. If you're all about franchises like Batman: Arkham Asylum, Assassin's Creed, or Metal Gear Solid, you'll be able to vote up the most worthy games that rely on superior wit and guile rather than the brute force of the average first person shooter.
This list is designed to answer the questions like, "Hey, what are the best stealth-based games?" and "What is the greatest stealth game game of all time?" So bust out the night vision goggles and start voting.
1
Developer:Â Gameloft, Ubisoft Montreal
Platform:Â Personal computer, Nintendo DS, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Mobile phone
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is a stealth game developed by Ubisoft and released across all sixth-generation video game platforms in March 2005. Though originally slated for release in ...more
2
1998Developer:Â Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Konami
Platform:Â Game Boy Color, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast, PlayStation Portable
Metal Gear Solid is an action-adventure stealth video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first published by Konami for the PlayStation in 1998. The game was directed, produced ...more3
shoma199812 added2006Developer:Â IO Interactive
Platform:Â Microsoft Windows, Mobile phone, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360
Hitman: Blood Money is a stealth video game developed by the Danish IO Interactive and published by Eidos Interactive. It is the fourth installment in the Hitman game series. It was released on May ...more4
Developer:Â Gameloft, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Shanghai
Platform:Â OS X, Mobile game, GameCube, N-Gage, PlayStation 2
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a stealth video game, developed by Ubisoft Montreal and built on the Unreal Engine 2. It is the first Splinter Cell game in the series. Endorsed but not created by ...more5
PS3Gamer added2011Developer:Â Rocksteady Studios
Platform:Â PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Wii U, OS X
Batman: Arkham City is a 2011 action-adventure video game developed by Rocksteady Studios and released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game ...more6
Developer:Â Rocksteady Studios
Platform:Â PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 4
Batman: Arkham Asylum is a 2009 action-adventure video game based on the DC Comics superhero, Batman. It was developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in conjunction with ...more7
2012Developer:Â Arkane Studios
Dishonored is a 2012 stealth action-adventure video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was released worldwide in October 2012 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation ...more8
Camille Naidoo added2015Developer:Â Kojima Productions
Platform:Â Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an open world action-adventure stealth video game developed by Kojima Productions and directed, co-produced and co-written by Hideo Kojima, currently in ...more9
10
vitor.castro added1998Developer:Â Looking Glass Technologies, Inc., Looking Glass Studios
Platform:Â Microsoft Windows
Thief: The Dark Project is a 1998 first person stealth video game developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. Set in a medieval steampunk metropolis called the City, the ...more11
Developer:Â Kojima Productions
Platform:Â PlayStation 3
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is an action-adventure stealth video game developed by Kojima Productions exclusively for the PlayStation 3 console. It was the sixth Metal Gear game directed ...more12
Developer:Â Eidos Montreal
Platform:Â Personal computer, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a cyberpunk-themed first-person action role-playing stealth video game developed by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix, which also produced the game's CGIÂ ...more13
Mabie1 added2013Developer:Â Naughty Dog
Platform:Â PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3
The Last of Us is an action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation 3 on June 14, 2013; an ...more14
Mabie1 added2007Developer:Â Ubisoft Montreal
Platform:Â PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, iOS
Assassin's Creed is a 2007 historical fiction action-adventure open world stealth video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the first major installment in the ...more15
Mabie1 added2009Developer:Â Ubisoft Montreal
Platform:Â Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Assassin's Creed II is a 2009 historical fiction action-adventure open world stealth video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the second major installment in the ...more16
Developer:Â Kojima Productions, Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Bluepoint Games
Platform:Â PlayStation 2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is an action-adventure stealth video game directed by Hideo Kojima. Snake Eater was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the ...more17
jaden-long added2014Developer:Â The Creative Assembly
Platform:Â PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Alien: Isolation is a survival horror game developed by Creative Assembly and based on the Alien science fiction horror film series. It was published by Sega and released for Windows, PlayStation 3, ...more18
vitor.castro added2000Developer:Â Ion Storm Inc.
Deus Ex is a series of cyberpunk-themed first-person action role-playing video games. The series was developed by Ion Storm for the first two games and Eidos Montreal for later entries in the series. ...more19
Developer:Â Kojima Productions, Kojima Productions
Platform:Â PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is an action-adventure stealth video game produced by Konami and Kojima Productions that was released for the PlayStation Portable in 2010. Peace Walker is the sixth ...more20
PS3Gamer added2012Developer:Â Nixxes Software BV, IO Interactive
Hitman: Absolution is a stealth video game developed by IO Interactive and published by Square Enix. It is the fifth installment in the Hitman game series, and runs on IO Interactive 's proprietary ...more21
alim862 added2013Developer:Â Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist is an action-adventure stealth video game published by Ubisoft. It is the seventh installment of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series and is the direct sequel to ...more22
Developer:Â TKO Software
Platform:Â PlayStation 2
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven is an action-adventure stealth video game developed by K2 LLC and published by Activision worldwide and From Software in Japan for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. It was later ...more23
david.esotica added2012Developer:Â Klei Entertainment
Platform:Â Xbox 360
Mark of the Ninja is a side-scrolling action stealth video game developed by Klei Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios. It was announced on February 28, 2012 and later released for the ...more24
PS3Gamer added2004Developer:Â Ubisoft Shanghai
Platform:Â Mobile phone, GameCube, Xbox, Personal computer, PlayStation 2
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow is a stealth game, developed and published by Ubisoft Shanghai, while Ubisoft Montreal, creator of the original Splinter Cell, was working on Chaos ...more25
Developer:Â Ubisoft Ukraine, Ubisoft Romania, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Montpellier
Platform:Â PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U PlayStation 4,PC, Xbox One
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is a 2013 historical fiction action-adventure open world stealth video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth major installment ...more
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
