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1998 PlayStation

A pioneering stealth game in which you play a ninja in feudal Japan, sneaking up on guards for silent stealth kills with a grappling hook and gadgets. Its eerie, moody atmosphere defines the missions.

What defines Tenchu: Stealth Assassins:

  • Tactical depth
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Action-packed real-time combat

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Death to Spies

88 %

2007 PC 4.99 € 👍 76 % Mostly positive, 939 reviews on Steam

  • Tactical depth
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

A punishing World War II stealth game where you play a Soviet counterintelligence agent, relying on disguises, careful planning and patience. Mistakes are punished harshly.

Severance: Blade of Darkness

Action-packed real-time combat

A brutal third-person swordfighting game where you play a Knight, Barbarian, Dwarf or Amazon and carve through enemies with heavy combos and gory, weighty combat on the hunt for a Necromancer. Its demanding, physical combat and grim dark-fantasy mood made it a cult classic.

Deadbolt

Challenging difficulty

A brutally tough 2D stealth shooter where you play the Reaper hunting the undead. Every mistake can be fatal, so you must carefully plan your stealth, takedowns and shooting.

Velvet Assassin

Pure single-player experience

A third-person WWII stealth game where you play spy Violette Summer, silently eliminating enemies behind enemy lines. Dark morphine-dream flashbacks and a light-and-shadow system shape its moody atmosphere.

Sniper Elite

Focus on a single character

A third-person shooter set in 1945 Berlin where patience, positioning and precise long-range shots matter more than run-and-gun action. As an OSS sniper you work to keep Germany's nuclear research out of Soviet hands.

Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In

Pure single-player experience

A tactical first-person shooter from 2000 where you infiltrate large military compounds alone as ex-soldier David Jones. Stealth, realistic weapons and careful planning matter more than run-and-gun play, and it is known for punishing difficulty with sparse checkpoints.

Manhunt

Pure single-player experience

Rockstar's notoriously brutal stealth thriller casts you as a death-row convict forced to star in a snuff film, stalking gangs through a decaying city. Lurking in shadows and executing hunters creates a grim, deeply unsettling atmosphere.

Exanima

Challenging difficulty

Exanima is an unforgiving isometric dungeon-crawling RPG built on a realistic physics simulation where weight, momentum and positioning decide every fight. Combat is slow, risky and demands careful, deliberate play.

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