Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like HITMAN 2 (2026)
Every game below overlaps with HITMAN 2 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 World of Assassination, which made by the same studio, IO Interactive A/S.
- HITMAN 2 is tagged Stealth, Assassin, Action, Singleplayer, Third Person, Multiplayer, Violent, Open World 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.
- 2 are from the same studio: HITMAN World of Assassination, Hitman: Codename 47.
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 World of Assassination
Why it matched: made by the same studio, IO Interactive A/S; both open world, stealth and puzzle; shares 10 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Sandbox; released around the same time (2022).
Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.
HITMAN World of Assassination at a glance Released 2022 Studio IO Interactive A/S Player sentiment 87% positive of 68,580 Price $27.99 StealthAssassinSandboxShooterViolentThird PersonThird-Person ShooterPuzzle
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 10 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person; released around the same time (2014).
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 PersonGreat SoundtrackShooterPuzzleThird-Person ShooterSandbox
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Hitman: Codename 47
Why it matched: made by the same studio, IO Interactive A/S; both stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person.
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 StealthAssassinThird PersonShooterThird-Person ShooterSandboxGreat SoundtrackViolent
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Hitman: Blood Money
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and puzzle; shares 9 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person.
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 PersonGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterSandboxPuzzleShooter
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Aragami
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Third Person; released around the same time (2016).
Aragami is a third person stealth game that casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Teleport to any shadow, become invisible, materialize weapons or even summon a shadow dragon to infiltrate the enemy ranks and dispose of your targets.
Aragami at a glance Released 2016 Studio Lince Works Player sentiment 90% positive of 12,993 Price $19.99 StealthAssassinThird PersonGreat SoundtrackOnline Co-OpStrategyViolentGore
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Mafia III
Why it matched: both open world, stealth and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Third Person, Violent and Shooter; released around the same time (2016).
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 Third PersonViolentShooterGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterNudityStealthSandbox
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Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, stealth and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Third Person, Violent and Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
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 Third PersonViolentShooterGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterNudityStealthSandbox
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Strategy and Assassin; released around the same time (2016).
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun at a glance Released 2016 Studio Mimimi Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 38,415 Price $3.99 StealthStrategyAssassinViolentThird PersonPuzzleGreat Soundtrack
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Puzzle and Stealth; released around the same time (2018).
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider at a glance Released 2018 Studio Crystal Dynamics Player sentiment 85% positive of 87,978 Price $5.99 Third PersonPuzzleStealthViolentShooterGoreGreat Soundtrack
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Puzzle and Stealth; released around the same time (2018).
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2018 Studio Eidos-Montréal Player sentiment 85% positive of 87,994 Price $5.99 Third PersonPuzzleStealthViolentShooterGoreGreat Soundtrack
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Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Assassin, Stealth and Third Person; released around the same time (2015).
London, 1868. Lead your underworld organization in the midst of the Industrial Revolution to break the corrupt stranglehold on the city in a visceral adventure filled with action, intrigue, and brutal combat.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate at a glance Released 2015 Studio Ubisoft Quebec Player sentiment 80% positive of 33,045 Price $29.99 AssassinStealthThird PersonGreat SoundtrackStrategyGoreFunny
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, Stealth and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2017).
Lead your elite team of Ghosts in this tactical third-person shooter. Explore a massive open world, infiltrate and destroy the deadly Santa Blanca cartel, and save Bolivia and its people.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands at a glance Released 2017 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 78% positive of 113,815 Price $49.99 ShooterStealthThird-Person ShooterOnline Co-OpThird PersonStrategySandbox
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Lucius
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Gore, Nudity and Puzzle.
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Lucius at a glance Released 2012 Studio Shiver Games Player sentiment 81% positive of 10,912 Price $1.99 GoreNudityPuzzleThird PersonStealthViolentFunny
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Rise of the Tomb Raider
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Third Person, Puzzle and Stealth; released around the same time (2015).
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration includes the base game and Season Pass featuring all-new content. Explore Croft Manor in the new “Blood Ties” story, then defend it against a zombie invasion in “Lara’s Nightmare”.
Rise of the Tomb Raider at a glance Released 2015 Studio Crystal Dynamics Player sentiment 94% positive of 155,369 Price $4.49 Third PersonPuzzleStealthThird-Person ShooterShooterGreat Soundtrack
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2015).
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 StealthThird PersonGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterShooterSandbox
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The Escapists 2
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, strategy and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Online Co-Op and Sandbox; released around the same time (2017).
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
The Escapists 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Team17 Player sentiment 91% positive of 33,775 Price $19.99 StrategyOnline Co-OpSandboxStealthFunnyPuzzle
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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Assassin.
Enter the realm of a retired assassin, forced back into action by treason. You may be a hired killer but you still have a sense of loyalty and justice. Visit the dark recesses of a world corrupted by crime, greed, degradation and dishonor. And a past that catches up with you.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin at a glance Released 2002 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 82% positive of 4,890 Price $8.99 StealthThird PersonAssassinShooterSandboxGreat SoundtrackGoreThird-Person Shooter
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The Evil Within 2
Why it matched: both open world, stealth and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Gore, Third-Person Shooter and Third Person; released around the same time (2017).
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
The Evil Within 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 92% positive of 30,959 Price $39.99 GoreThird-Person ShooterThird PersonViolentStealthShooterGreat Soundtrack
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Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
Why it matched: both open world, stealth and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Shooter and Violent; released around the same time (2017).
Go behind enemy lines with the ultimate modern military shooter. Play as an American sniper dropped in Georgia, near Russian border. Choose your own path to accomplish your missions across an unforgiving open world.
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 at a glance Released 2017 Studio CI Games Player sentiment 67% positive of 19,635 Price $19.99 StealthShooterViolentGoreOnline Co-OpNudityStrategy
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, Third-Person Shooter and Shooter.
In Ghost Recon Future Soldier join an elite team of highly trained, cut-throat special-ops soldiers. Armed to the teeth with unrivalled combat technology, Ghost Recon takes you to the globe’s most deadly warzones to hunt down the highest value targets.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier at a glance Released 2012 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 71% positive of 6,170 Price $19.99 StealthThird-Person ShooterShooterThird PersonOnline Co-OpStrategy
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Little Nightmares
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Stealth and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2017).
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Little Nightmares at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tarsier Studios Player sentiment 95% positive of 116,529 Price $19.99 PuzzleStealthGreat SoundtrackThird PersonStrategy
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Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Third Person, Violent and Stealth; released around the same time (2017).
Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War at a glance Released 2017 Studio Monolith Productions Player sentiment 89% positive of 116,690 Price $4.99 Third PersonViolentStealthGoreStrategy
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Watch Dogs
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Third Person, Stealth and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2014).
In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.
Watch Dogs at a glance Released 2014 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 80% positive of 52,443 Price $19.99 Third PersonStealthThird-Person ShooterShooterStrategy
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Assassin's Creed Unity
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Assassin, Stealth and Third Person; released around the same time (2014).
Paris, 1789. In this action-adventure game, experience the French Revolution through the eyes of Arno Dorian. Become an Assassin and expose the true powers behind the Revolution for the fate of a nation.
Assassin's Creed Unity at a glance Released 2014 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 78% positive of 85,519 Price $29.99 AssassinStealthThird PersonOnline Co-OpGreat Soundtrack
Common questions
What game is most like HITMAN 2?
HITMAN World of Assassination, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, IO Interactive A/S. 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" 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. 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.
What else did the makers of HITMAN 2 do?
HITMAN World of Assassination, Hitman: Codename 47 are also from IO Interactive A/S, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
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.