Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Hitman: Absolution (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Hitman: Absolution 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 made by the same studio, Feral Interactive.
- Hitman: Absolution is tagged Stealth, Action, Third Person, Assassin, Singleplayer, Third-Person Shooter, Tactical, Shooter 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.
- 3 are from the same studio: Hitman: Blood Money, Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
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: made by the same studio, Feral Interactive; both stealth, crime, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; 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 PersonThird-Person ShooterReplay ValueCrimeShooterDifficult
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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, story-rich, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 9 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 PersonAssassinShooterDifficultCrimeThird-Person ShooterTactical
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Hitman: Codename 47
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; 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 ShooterDifficultCrimeTactical
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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; 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 StealthStory RichTacticalCinematicThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterReplay Value
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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; released around the same time (2013).
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 RichControllerStrategy
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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 Tactical.
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 PersonTacticalShooterStory RichControllerThird-Person ShooterStrategy
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Shooter.
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 PersonShooterThird-Person ShooterDifficultControllerTacticalStrategy
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Tomb Raider
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Crystal Dynamics; both stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Third Person, Story Rich and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2013).
Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
Tomb Raider at a glance Released 2013 Studio Crystal Dynamics Player sentiment 96% positive of 269,385 Price $2.99 Third PersonStory RichThird-Person ShooterShooterStealthCinematic
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, atmospheric and difficult; shares 7 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 PersonShooterDifficultCrimeThird-Person Shooter
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The Evil Within
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Stealth and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2014).
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 Third PersonStealthThird-Person ShooterDifficultCinematicShooterStory Rich
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Final Fantasy XIII
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Linear, Story Rich and Cinematic; published by the same company; released around the same time (2009).
Final Fantasy XIII is a fantasy RPG in which a band of brave humans struggle against fate in the utopian sky city of Cocoon and the primeval world of Pulse. Follow stylish heroine Lightning's fast paced battles and high adventure in a mysterious new world.
Final Fantasy XIII at a glance Released 2009 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 75% positive of 19,914 Price $15.99 LinearStory RichCinematicThird PersonStrategyDifficult
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Tactical, Third-Person Shooter and Third Person; released around the same time (2013).
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified at a glance Released 2013 Studio 2K Marin Player sentiment 70% positive of 12,080 Price $19.99 TacticalThird-Person ShooterThird PersonStrategyShooterStory RichStealth
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Watch Dogs 2
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Shooter; released around the same time (2016).
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 Rich
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Mafia
Why it matched: both crime, story-rich, atmospheric and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Crime and Third Person.
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 RichCrimeThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterDifficultController
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Mafia III
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person; 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 CrimeStory RichThird PersonShooterThird-Person ShooterStealth
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, Strategy and Tactical; 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 StealthStrategyTacticalAssassinDifficultThird Person
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PAYDAY The Heist
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Crime, Shooter and Stealth; released around the same time (2011).
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 CrimeShooterStealthDifficultTacticalStrategy
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L.A. Noire
Why it matched: both crime, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person; released around the same time (2011).
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
L.A. Noire at a glance Released 2011 Studio Team Bondi Player sentiment 86% positive of 36,822 Price $19.99 CrimeStory RichThird PersonCinematicThird-Person ShooterStrategy
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Watch_Dogs 2
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Shooter; released around the same time (2016).
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 Rich
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Shooter, Stealth and Tactical; released around the same time (2013).
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 takes the bulls-eye precision of its predecessor to new and exciting heights!
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 at a glance Released 2013 Studio City Interactive Player sentiment 76% positive of 18,757 Price $9.99 ShooterStealthTacticalStrategyControllerDifficult
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Crystal Dynamics; both stealth, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 4 player tags including Third Person, Story Rich and Stealth.
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 PersonStory RichStealthShooter
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Mark of the Ninja
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, Assassin and Controller.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Mark of the Ninja at a glance Released Not recorded Studio Klei Entertainment Player sentiment 97% positive of 15,877 Price Not listed StealthAssassinControllerReplay ValueStory RichStrategy
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Desperados III
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Stealth and Tactical.
Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
Desperados III at a glance Released 2020 Studio Mimimi Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 16,591 Price $39.99 StrategyStealthTacticalAssassinDifficultThird Person
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Quantum Break
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Cinematic and Third Person; released around the same time (2016).
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
Quantum Break at a glance Released 2016 Studio Remedy Entertainment Player sentiment 86% positive of 30,932 Price $39.99 Story RichCinematicThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterControllerStealth
Common questions
What game is most like Hitman: Absolution?
Hitman: Blood Money, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Feral Interactive. 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: Absolution" 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: Absolution. 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: Absolution do?
Hitman: Blood Money, Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider are also from Nixxes Software, 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.