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The grandfather of stealth games: as Solid Snake you sneak alone into the enemy fortress of Outer Heaven, avoiding guards to destroy the nuclear walking tank Metal Gear. Hideo Kojima's debut features backtracking, keycards and radio support.
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A 1984 classic in which you play a secret agent searching rooms of Elvin's fortress for puzzle pieces, dodging robots and racing the clock to stop a missile launch.
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Challenging difficulty
You are a test subject trying to escape an SCP Foundation facility while escaped anomalies like the statue SCP-173 hunt you. Blinking as a mechanic, randomly generated corridors and constant dread make for a tense, scary experience.
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Focus on a single character
A tactical first-person shooter with stealth elements: as agent David Jones you infiltrate sprawling enemy bases, hack computers and choose between quiet infiltration and open firefights. Missions are tough and the save system is notoriously limited.
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Sci-fi setting
A grim 1996 first-person shooter that recreates the Alien films across 30 levels, as you blast through corridors full of facehuggers, xenomorphs and Queens with a range of weapons. The claustrophobic atmosphere and motion tracker build constant tension.
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Pure single-player experience
An early Star Wars first-person shooter where you play mercenary Kyle Katarn aiding the Rebels, starting with stealing the Death Star plans. Its maze-like levels, key hunts and vertical design set it apart as a Doom contemporary with its own identity.
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Pure single-player experience
A groundbreaking sci-fi first-person shooter with RPG elements: alone on Citadel Station, you explore bleak corridors, piece together the story through audio logs and face the murderous AI SHODAN. Its dense atmosphere and environmental storytelling shaped later immersive sims.
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Pure single-player experience
Agent 47's debut: open-ended assassination contracts where disguises, planning and quiet execution matter more than firepower. Harsh, clunky and without mid-mission saves, it's a rough but influential stealth classic.
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Sci-fi setting
Capcom's survival horror classic sends agent Regina into a research facility overrun by dinosaurs. Scarce ammo, puzzles and relentless raptors keep the tension high throughout.
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Pure single-player experience
A third-person spy game based on the 1996 film, mixing stealth, gadgets, disguises and gunplay across missions loosely following the movie plot. The PlayStation port adds voice acting.
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Focus on a single character
A classic first-person shooter with three separate campaigns as Marine, Predator or Alien. Each species has its own abilities and weapons, giving a very different feel from tense horror to stalking prey.
