The most popular stealth games

In games involving stealth, the player has a chance to avoid enemies instead of fighting them. This is accomplished by actions such as hiding in the shadows, using a disguise, carefully planning routes. Commandos is a game series notable for the large amount of gameplay requiring stealth to go on.

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Castle Wolfenstein

DOS1984 Muse Software

Before Doom and Wolfenstein 3D turned PC gaming into a pixelated bloodbath, there was Castle Wolfenstein. A stealth game in 1984? Believe it. You sneak around a Nazi fortress, steal uniforms, and hope you don’t get caught wh...

Thief: The Dark Project

Windows XP/98/951998protected Looking Glass Studios

Thief: The Dark Project is a first-person stealth video game developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. Released in 1998, it is considered a groundbreaking title in the stealth genre and has had a signi...

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

Windows XP/98/951998protected Pyro Studios

Forget Rambo. Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is what happens when you drop six experts behind Nazi lines and tell them to behave tactically… or else. Every mission is a deadly puzzle where timing, stealth, and patience are y...

System Shock 2

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999protected Irrational Games

System Shock 2 is a first-person action role-playing video game developed by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios. It was released in 1999 and is known for its innovative gameplay, atmospheric setting, and deep narrative.The...

Hostage: Rescue Mission

DOS1989 Infogrames

The Sentinel

DOS1989 Firebird

The Great Escape

DOS1986protected Denton Designs

As a prisoner of war, you must find a way to escape a prison in Germany in 1942. The prisoner has a daily routine which will follow if not controlled by the player for a certain amount of time.

Metal Gear

DOS1990 Konami

Deus Ex

DOSMac OS2000protecteddemo Ion Storm

Deus Ex is a critically acclaimed action role-playing video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released in 2000 and was designed by Warren Spector, combining elements of first-person shooters, s...

Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

DOS1985 Muse Software

Before Doomguy started ripping and tearing, there was Beyond Castle Wolfenstein. A stealth game where sneaking is mandatory, disguises are fashionable, and stabbing Nazis is encouraged. It’s the sequel to Castle Wolfenstein,...

The Operative: No One Lives Forever

Windows XP/98/952000 Monolith Productions

The Operative: No One Lives Forever is a first-person shooter with stealth gameplay elements, developed by Monolith Productions and released by Fox Interactive in 2000 for Windows, Mac and PS2. As Cate Archer, a spy working for a ...

Assault Trooper

DOS1997 Webfoot Technologies

In Assault Trooper, you're the lone soldier with enough ammo to make Rambo blush, dropped behind enemy lines to shoot first and ask “was that a civilian?” later. This 1997 top-down shooter screams “keyboard-mashi...

CyClones

DOS1994protected Raven Software

CyClones is a first-person shooter where you take on the role of a bio-engineered super-soldier fighting alien invaders. The controls are smooth, the weapons varied, and the level design encourages exploration as much as combat. T...

System Shock

DOS1994protected Looking Glass Studios

Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty

Windows XP/98/951999protected Pyro Studios

You thought the first one was hard? Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty laughs at your pain and then asks you to infiltrate a Gestapo HQ with a knife and a prayer. This standalone expansion throws you into more impossibly complex m...