Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Hitman: Codename 47 (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Hitman: Codename 47 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: Codename 47 is tagged Stealth, Action, Classic, Assassin, Singleplayer, Third Person, Shooter, Third-Person 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.
- 1 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 1 are from the same studio: HITMAN 2.
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; 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 2: Silent Assassin
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 11 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 PersonAssassinClassicShooterSandboxGreat SoundtrackDifficult
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, atmospheric and difficult; shares 11 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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Hitman: Absolution
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, 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 ShooterTacticalShooterCrimeDifficult
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HITMAN 2
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.
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
HITMAN 2 at a glance Released 2018 Studio IO Interactive A/S Player sentiment 91% positive of 74,796 Price Not listed StealthAssassinThird PersonViolentSandboxStrategyShooterThird-Person Shooter
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Desperados III
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 8 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 PersonViolentGreat Soundtrack
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Stealth, Strategy and Tactical.
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 StealthStrategyTacticalAssassinDifficultViolentThird PersonGreat Soundtrack
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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 Classic.
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 ShooterDifficultTacticalStrategy
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PAYDAY The Heist
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Crime, Shooter and Great Soundtrack; 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 CrimeShooterGreat SoundtrackStealthDifficultTacticalStrategy
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Mafia III
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Crime, Third Person and Violent.
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 CrimeThird PersonViolentShooterGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterStealthClassic
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Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Crime, Third Person and Violent.
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 CrimeThird PersonViolentShooterGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterStealthClassic
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Why it matched: both stealth, 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 SoundtrackTacticalShooterThird-Person ShooterStrategy
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Tactical and Third Person.
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 StealthTacticalThird PersonGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterShooterSandbox
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Mafia
Why it matched: both crime, atmospheric and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Crime, Classic and Great Soundtrack.
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 CrimeClassicGreat SoundtrackThird PersonViolentThird-Person ShooterShooterDifficult
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Police Stories
Why it matched: both crime, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Tactical and Shooter.
A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!
Police Stories at a glance Released 2019 Studio HypeTrain Digital Player sentiment 85% positive of 9,697 Price $2.99 StrategyTacticalShooterCrimeViolentDifficult
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Manhunt
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Violent, Stealth and Classic; released around the same time (2003).
You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.
Manhunt at a glance Released 2003 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 71% positive of 9,522 Price $3.49 ViolentStealthClassicThird PersonGreat SoundtrackDifficultShooter
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Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, Shooter and Assassin.
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 StealthShooterAssassinViolentTacticalDifficult
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, Stealth and Tactical.
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 ShooterStealthTacticalThird-Person ShooterThird PersonStrategySandbox
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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
Why it matched: both stealth, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, Third-Person Shooter and Tactical.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at a glance Released 2017 Studio PUBG Corporation Player sentiment 61% positive of 2,748,446 Price Free ShooterThird-Person ShooterTacticalStrategyThird PersonDifficultStealth
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Far Cry
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Classic, Shooter and Difficult; 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 ClassicShooterDifficultStealthSandboxGreat Soundtrack
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GTFO
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Difficult, Shooter and Stealth.
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 DifficultShooterStealthTacticalViolent
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Dead by Daylight
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Stealth, Third Person and Violent.
10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.
Dead by Daylight at a glance Released 2016 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 78% positive of 931,065 Price $7.99 StealthThird PersonViolentStrategyDifficult
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Why it matched: both stealth, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Shooter, Stealth and Tactical.
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 ShooterStealthTacticalStrategyDifficult
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Mafia II (Classic)
Why it matched: both crime and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Crime, Third Person and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2011).
Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...
Mafia II (Classic) at a glance Released 2011 Studio 2K Czech Player sentiment 94% positive of 58,640 Price $29.99 CrimeThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterGreat SoundtrackClassicSandbox
Common questions
What game is most like Hitman: Codename 47?
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: Codename 47" 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: Codename 47. 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: Codename 47 do?
HITMAN 2 is also from IO Interactive A/S, and appears 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.