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24 games like Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Hitman 2: Silent Assassin on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Hitman: Blood Money, which both stealth, crime, atmospheric, strategy and difficult.
- Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is tagged Stealth, Action, Third Person, Assassin, Classic, Singleplayer, Shooter, Sandbox by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Hitman: Blood Money
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 11 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person; published by the same company; released around the same time (2006).
Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.
Hitman: Blood Money at a glance Released 2006 Studio Feral Interactive Player sentiment 94% positive of 16,066 Price $9.99 StealthAssassinThird PersonClassicGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterSandboxCrime
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Hitman: Absolution
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, story-rich, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Assassin.
The original assassin is back! Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.
Hitman: Absolution at a glance Released 2012 Studio Nixxes Software Player sentiment 93% positive of 63,506 Price $19.99 StealthThird PersonAssassinThird-Person ShooterTacticalShooterCrimeStory Rich
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Hitman: Codename 47
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 11 player tags including Stealth, Classic and Assassin.
As the enigmatic Hitman, you must use stealth and tactical problem solving to enter, execute and exit your assignment with minimum attention and maximum effectiveness. For a price, you have access to the most devious devices, but how you use them will determine if you retire as a millionaire or get permanently retired.
Hitman: Codename 47 at a glance Released 2007 Studio IO Interactive A/S Player sentiment 71% positive of 5,088 Price $7.99 StealthClassicAssassinThird PersonShooterThird-Person ShooterDifficultSandbox
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, atmospheric and difficult; shares 12 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person.
Enter the world of a HITMAN - a world of crime, sin and greed. Delve into the mind of Agent 47 and encounter his greatest adversaries, completing the work that made him so brutally efficient and shaped him as an assassin. Eliminate your targets by any means necessary. There are no rules... only the contract, signed in blood.
Hitman: Contracts at a glance Released 2014 Studio Io-Interactive A/S Player sentiment 87% positive of 3,658 Price $8.99 StealthAssassinThird PersonClassicGreat SoundtrackShooterDifficultCrime
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Mafia III
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 11 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person.
After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.
Mafia III at a glance Released 2016 Studio Aspyr Player sentiment 57% positive of 64,036 Price $29.99 CrimeStory RichThird PersonShooterGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterStealthClassic
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Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 11 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person.
After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.
Mafia III: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Hangar 13 Player sentiment 57% positive of 64,063 Price $29.99 CrimeStory RichThird PersonShooterGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterStealthClassic
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Story Rich and Tactical.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain at a glance Released 2015 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 92% positive of 107,873 Price $19.99 StealthStory RichTacticalThird PersonGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterShooterSandbox
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Far Cry
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Classic and Shooter; released around the same time (2004).
A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry®, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushes the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels. Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island.
Far Cry at a glance Released 2004 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 82% positive of 11,764 Price $9.99 FPSClassicShooterFirst-PersonDifficultStealthStory RichSandbox
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Classic; released around the same time (2005).
Experience one of the most critically acclaimed stealth-action games of all time. Uncover a conspiracy that hits close to home and stop World War III.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory at a glance Released 2005 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 93% positive of 5,797 Price $9.99 StealthThird PersonClassicGreat SoundtrackTacticalShooterStory RichThird-Person Shooter
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Mafia
Why it matched: both crime, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Story Rich, Crime and Classic; released around the same time (2002).
It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.
Mafia at a glance Released 2002 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 88% positive of 16,301 Price $14.99 Story RichCrimeClassicGreat SoundtrackThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterDifficult
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Watch Dogs 2
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Shooter.
Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.
Watch Dogs 2 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ubisoft Romania Player sentiment 82% positive of 101,471 Price $49.99 StealthThird PersonShooterCrimeThird-Person ShooterStory RichSandboxFPS
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Shooter.
In this stealth-action thriller, a terrorist group known as the Engineers launches the Blacklist, a series of escalating attacks on US interests. Only one man can stop them: legendary covert agent Sam Fisher.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist at a glance Released 2013 Studio Ubisoft Toronto Player sentiment 79% positive of 21,615 Price $19.99 StealthThird PersonShooterTacticalThird-Person ShooterStory RichFPSFirst-Person
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Classic; released around the same time (2002).
Enter the world of cinematic stealth action with Splinter Cell, the game that propelled the genre to cult status. You are Sam Fisher, an elite covert agent in the NSA's top-secret division: Third Echelon.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell at a glance Released 2002 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 88% positive of 4,023 Price $9.99 StealthThird PersonClassicShooterThird-Person ShooterDifficultTactical
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PAYDAY The Heist
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Crime and Shooter.
Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”
PAYDAY The Heist at a glance Released 2011 Studio OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. Player sentiment 93% positive of 40,968 Price $9.99 FPSCrimeShooterFirst-PersonGreat SoundtrackStealthDifficultTactical
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Watch_Dogs 2
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Shooter.
Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.
Watch_Dogs 2 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ubisoft Player sentiment 82% positive of 101,514 Price $49.99 StealthThird PersonShooterCrimeThird-Person ShooterStory RichSandboxFPS
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Shooter and FPS.
Become the ultimate assassin in the most realistic modern warfare sniping game available. Engage in an immersive single-player campaign across large, open-ended maps. Tactical thinking, stealth approach and precision in execution of long shots required.
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts at a glance Released 2019 Studio CI Games Player sentiment 73% positive of 13,229 Price $2.99 StealthShooterFPSFirst-PersonAssassinGoreTacticalDifficult
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Difficult, Stealth and Third Person.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice at a glance Released 2019 Studio FromSoftware Player sentiment 95% positive of 354,843 Price $59.99 DifficultStealthThird PersonStory RichAssassinGoreGreat Soundtrack
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Deus Ex
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Classic and FPS; published by the same company; released around the same time (2000).
The year is 2052. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider. Worst of all, an ages old conspiracy bent on world domination has decided that the time is right to emerge from the shadows and take control.
Deus Ex at a glance Released 2000 Studio Ion Storm Player sentiment 95% positive of 15,619 Price $6.99 StealthClassicFPSStory RichGreat SoundtrackFirst-PersonShooter
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Resident Evil
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Classic, Third Person and Story Rich; released around the same time (2002).
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Resident Evil at a glance Released 2002 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 92% positive of 36,244 Price $19.99 ClassicThird PersonStory RichDifficultGoreShooterGreat SoundtrackThird-Person Shooter
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Difficult, Stealth and Third Person.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition at a glance Released 2019 Studio FromSoftware, Inc. Player sentiment 95% positive of 354,898 Price $59.99 DifficultStealthThird PersonStory RichAssassinGoreGreat Soundtrack
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Gore.
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
Wolfenstein: The New Order at a glance Released 2014 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 92% positive of 62,216 Price $19.99 FPSShooterGoreFirst-PersonStory RichStealthOld SchoolGreat Soundtrack
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Tomb Raider II
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Classic, Third Person and Old School; published by the same company.
The second instalment in the Tomb Raider series invites you to join Lara as she travels around the globe to retrieve a precious artefact before it falls into the wrong hands. The legendary artefact, the Dagger of Xian, is said to give its possessor the power of a fire breathing dragon.
Tomb Raider II at a glance Released 1997 Studio Core Design Player sentiment 87% positive of 2,360 Price $3.49 ClassicThird PersonOld SchoolThird-Person ShooterShooterDifficultStory Rich
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The Evil Within
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Gore, Third Person and Stealth.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
The Evil Within at a glance Released 2014 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 85% positive of 33,579 Price $19.99 GoreThird PersonStealthThird-Person ShooterDifficultShooterStory Rich
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GTFO
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Difficult and Shooter.
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
GTFO at a glance Released 2021 Studio 10 Chambers Player sentiment 84% positive of 66,650 Price $39.99 FPSDifficultShooterStealthTacticalGoreFirst-Person
Common questions
What game is most like Hitman 2: Silent Assassin?
Hitman: Blood Money, on the evidence we have. It both stealth, crime, atmospheric, strategy and difficult. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Hitman 2: Silent Assassin" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.