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.
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Developer: Gameloft, Ubisoft Montreal
Platform: 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... more
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414127Developer: Kojima Productions, Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Bluepoint Games
Platform: PlayStation 2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is an action-adventure stealth video game directed by Hideo... more3
417147Metal Gear Solid
1998Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Konami
Platform: Game Boy Color, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast, PlayStation Portable
Metal Gear Solid is an action-adventure stealth video game developed by Konami Computer... more4
238124Developer: Rocksteady Studios
Platform: 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... more5
17550Developer: Gameloft, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Shanghai
Platform: 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... more6
21596Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Success, Bluepoint Games, Konami
Platform: PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is an action-adventure stealth game directed by Hideo... more7
208120Developer: Rocksteady Studios
Platform: 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,... more8
222113Developer: IO Interactive
Platform: GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a stealth video game developed by IO Interactive and published by... more9
17647Developer: Kojima Productions
Platform: 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... more10
Developer: Ubisoft Shanghai
Platform: Mobile phone, GameCube, Xbox, Personal computer, PlayStation 2
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow is a stealth game, developed and published by... more11
309216Dishonored
2012Developer: Arkane Studios
Dishonored is a 2012 stealth action-adventure video game developed by Arkane Studios and... more12
Developer: Kojima Productions
Platform: PlayStation 3
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is an action-adventure stealth video game developed... more13
173107Developer: Looking Glass Technologies, Inc., Looking Glass Studios
Platform: Microsoft Windows
Thief: The Dark Project is a 1998 first person stealth video game developed by Looking Glass... more14
192126The Last of Us
2013Developer: Naughty Dog
Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3
The Last of Us is an action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Naughty Dog and... more15
186119Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Platform: Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Assassin's Creed II is a 2009 historical fiction action-adventure open world stealth video... more16
14490Developer: Looking Glass Technologies, Inc., Looking Glass Studios
Platform: Microsoft Windows
Thief II: The Metal Age is a 2000 stealth game developed by Looking Glass Studios and... more17
200147Developer: Eidos Montreal
Platform: Personal computer, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a cyberpunk-themed first-person action role-playing stealth video... more18
144102Assassin's Creed
2007Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Platform: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, iOS
Assassin's Creed is a 2007 historical fiction action-adventure open world stealth video game... more19
12195Developer: Nixxes Software BV, IO Interactive
Hitman: Absolution is a stealth video game developed by IO Interactive and published by Square... more20
10868Developer: Kojima Productions, Kojima Productions
Platform: PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is an action-adventure stealth video game produced by Konami... more21
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist is an action-adventure stealth video game published by... more22
10276Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Platform: Xbox 360, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a 2010 historical fiction action-adventure open world stealth... more23
6470Developer: Ubisoft Ukraine, Ubisoft Romania, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Montpellier
Platform: 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... more24
270181Developer: Ion Storm
Platform: Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Mobile phone
Thief: Deadly Shadows is a stealth game developed by Ion Storm for Microsoft Windows and Xbox... more25
9071Developer: Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Sofia
Platform: PlayStation Vita
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation is a historical action-adventure open world stealth video... more
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