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Games like Metal Gear Solid

1998USK 12PlayStation

Kojima's stealth classic sends Solid Snake to infiltrate a snowy nuclear weapons facility, rewarding sneaking over shooting. Its cinematic storytelling, codec conversations, memorable bosses like Psycho Mantis and fourth-wall-breaking tricks made it a genre-defining landmark.

  • Sneaking and hiding
  • Boss fights as highlights
  • Strong soundtrack
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Metal Gear Solid special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

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2004PEGI 18PCPlayStationXbox

Brings what grabs you about Metal Gear Solid: sneaking and hiding, interconnected level design as well as a sci-fi setting.

An atmospheric first-person shooter blending stealth, brutal melee and gunplay as Riddick breaks out of the maximum-security prison Butcher Bay. Strong storytelling, cinematic presentation and a grim sci-fi setting set it apart.

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Wolfenstein: The New Order

Strong, story-driven narrative

A punchy first-person shooter set in an alternate 1960s where the Nazis won the war, mixing dual-wielding firefights with optional stealth. Its surprisingly emotional, grim story gives B.J. Blazkowicz real depth.

Hitman: Absolution

Interconnected level design

Hunted by his own agency, Agent 47 sneaks through tightly built, detailed levels where disguises, Instinct and creative kills beat open gunfights. Absolution leans harder than earlier entries into a cinematic, gritty revenge story.

BioShock Infinite

Strong soundtrack

A first-person shooter set in the floating city of Columbia, mixing fast combat with Vigors and skyline rails with a mind-bending tale of alternate realities. Companion Elizabeth and the stunning finale make it a standout narrative experience.

Second Sight

Strong, story-driven narrative

A stealth-action thriller in which you play amnesiac John Vattic and use psychic powers to slip through levels. The story alternates between past and present, gradually uncovering his dark history.

Hitman: Contracts

Strong soundtrack

A feverish Agent 47 relives past hits across grim, rain-soaked levels where disguises, patience and creative kills beat brute force. Its oppressive atmosphere and Jesper Kyd score make it the bleakest entry in the series.

Echo

Lavish presentation

Echo has you play En exploring a lavish, otherworldly palace that learns from your behavior and turns it against you through copies of herself. Habits like sprinting or shooting get adopted by enemies, making stealth a clever cat-and-mouse game.

Hitman: Blood Money

Interconnected level design

As Agent 47 you plan creative assassinations in open sandbox levels, using disguises, staged accidents and dark humor. Clean, silent work pays off, while sloppy kills raise your notoriety and make later contracts harder.

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