Stealth Games! Favourites? Best? Discuss 🥚

[MrEgg]

@CryOn

Don’t want to repeat mentioned games so I suggest Thief 1 and if you want something different play Shadow Tactics. The latter is also on Xbox. Highly recommended

I played the demo of shadow tactics. Really fun! I hope to grab it on sale sometime soon because I wouldn’t mind actually playing the entire game. I Think turn based stealth Games are slept on

[MrEgg]

@Hue

I haven’t played the recent sequel but Ghostrunner was pretty awesome too.

Yeah? So it is stealth? I thought it was like mirrors edge and more focused on parkour. So there’s stealth mechanics that force a slow approach?

[MrEgg]

@Shadowgasm

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Being able to lurk through caves and dungeons to take down enemies with a dagger or from afar with a bow will never stop being satisfying for me. Also, being able to sneak around a town and break into shops to steal all of their goods is an experience that is unmatched by any other game.

Yep. A yearly playthrough for me. Love that game for stealth.

[MrEgg]

@CryOn

If you really want to full stealth in an Elder Scrolls game play Oblivion.

• Get illusion high enough that you can cast chameleon

• enchanted equipment pieces to get 100% chameleon

• you are now completely invisible, can punch everyone and nobody will react. That’s true stealth

Haha I remember that! That was so fun, enchant all your gear with chameleon and go nuts!

[MrEgg]

@bearfellonme

Love stealth in Deus Ex HR and MD, but my favorite has to be Dishonored. Absolutely brutal. But really any game where you can go through the entire story without being seen should qualify imo.

Easily! Dishonoured has a habit of making the gamer feel like a badass. I really hope there’s a sequel coming.

I feel like stealth needs to be up there with FPS and RPG when it comes to popularity

[MrEgg]

@peter42O

Splinter Cell Conviction for me followed by Metal Gear Solid.

Splinter cell conviction! OMG that game was fun! That darkness mechanic was so underrated IMO. I really don’t know why it got so much hate but I didn’t really care because that game was super fun! I even loved blacklist, that’s as fun too.

[peter42O]

@MrEgg

Splinter cell conviction! OMG that game was fun! That darkness mechanic was so underrated IMO. I really don’t know why it got so much hate but I didn’t really care because that game was super fun! I even loved blacklist, that’s as fun too.

I didn’t enjoy Blacklist at all. lol

As for Conviction, I loved it!! The interrogations were great as was the mark and execute feature. Only thing I didn’t like was the Last Known Position as I don’t think the game needed it at all. I also loved Deniable Ops. I used to play them so many times trying to get through it without being detected. Could never do all of them.

[MrEgg]

@peter42O

I didn’t enjoy Blacklist at all. lol

As for Conviction, I loved it!! The interrogations were great as was the mark and execute feature. Only thing I didn’t like was the Last Known Position as I don’t think the game needed it at all. I also loved Deniable Ops. I used to play them so many times trying to get through it without being detected. Could never do all of them.

Yeah that feature might have been a push into a hyper stealth play style, paired with the mark and shoot mechanic it was clear Ubisoft were trying to get a broader audience with this one.

[Hue]

@MrEgg

… Damn you are a big fan of stealth! Awesome go see it popular. Prey is most definitely stealth, it’s so good too! I hope for a sequel. I’ve still yet to play hitman which is stupid because I own the trilogy on current gen busy life, massive backlog *sigh I still haven’t finished plague tale, I was playing it and I didn’t get to finish it in time before it was taken off GP. I’ll have to buy it when I can spare the change one day, it looks so good! Story was very enjoyable too. Yes! Assassin’s Creed is old school stealth, but personally Unity is slept on for stealth. Hands down best stealth game in the AC series IMO. Tenchu!!! Loved it! I still hope for a reboot, I think ninja games would be a genre that’s really missed amongst the stealth fans.

Ha yeah, it wasn’t until I started compiling this list that I realised that either! Most of these titles are some of my favourite games.

It would be awesome to see Tenchu back, I believe Activision sold the rights back to Fromsoftware and they seem to have their hands tied with other titles (Elden Ring) so it may be a long time. You could also add Ghost of Tsushima to the list, it’s not technically stealth but you can approach parts in a stealthy manner (much like AC/FarCry).

A Plague Tale 1 & 2 are definitely up there with my favourite games of all time. Loved the story, the gameplay and the wider mechanics of it all. I’m not sure where your based but you can pick up the first game for about £5/$6.5 on the various cd key websites. The sequel just kicks it up a notch!

My favourite AC game was brotherhood, I wish they would remaster it.

[Hue]

@MrEgg

Yeah? So it is stealth? I thought it was like mirrors edge and more focused on parkour. So there’s stealth mechanics that force a slow approach?

No, it’s very different from the other games I suggested. It’s very much a faster approach but you get to essentially become a cyberpunk ninja with a sword. You have to make decisions on the fly about the approach you take to get behind enemies quickly and dispatch them. This also includes identifying snipers and taking them out first.

Visually it’s pretty awesome and although there are pipes and air ducts etc they aren’t really designed for stealth and it feels like you get punished if you move slowly. You also get abilities which are similar to Dishonored.

It was just another suggestion if you like the whole ‘Ninja’ type experience .

[Freed]

@MrEgg

Yeah can’t argue with that list, iconic AF. TLOU P2 is stealth? I saw it had the mechanics but can it be played in mostly stealth? Outside of forced combat.

You can play most encounters in stealth. The game tries to go for more dynamic cinematic predator stealth where you’re likely to alert enemies at some point (esp clickers) and either lose them and regain stealth or go John Wick on them and it works either way. I can’t put it on pure stealth like Thief or classic Splinter Cell though.

[CallMeCraig]

Deus Ex, Skyrim with a bow, Assassins Creed 1 and Splinter Cell were already mentioned so i want to add Sniper Elite. Not only is a stealthy playstyle really well implemented here, sniping the balls off Nazis from hundred meters away in slow motion never gets old

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@CallMeCraig

Deus Ex, Skyrim with a bow, Assassins Creed 1 and Splinter Cell were already mentioned so i want to add Sniper Elite. Not only is a stealthy playstyle really well implemented here, sniping the balls off Nazis from hundred meters away in slow motion never gets old

I have to agree but I only played Sniper Elite 5 and I was surprised with it, it was almost like a smaller mission based version of MGS 5! I liked it a lot

[Zip]

Probably a slightly odd take, but I typically play the sniper elite games as some kind of stealth game, I try to sneak up behind people or pick them off one at a time from close range with a silenced pistol and hide them in bushes or in the water etc. I kind of prefer to do a stealth like approach in most stuff, doing Far Cry 4 right now and am trying to get the last few outposts and strongholds without being spotted or setting off an alarm.

Edit, I guess I’m not the first to think of that one after all

@Freed

I only played Sniper Elite 5 and I was surprised with it,

I liked a lot of what 5 did and the maps are good, but I honestly liked a lot of 4 slightly better. You can pick up the version with the extra dlc maps relatively cheap in a sale if you keep your eyes open.

5 also had some good dlc, the last one in a ship repair yard I especially liked and managed a play through without alerting anyone but it took forever. Was great.

[Arnor-Frost]

@MrEgg

… Yeah Thief was good if I recall. I wonder how it plays on current gen. FPS boosted perhaps? Sounds like me I often do stealth archer/sniper for Bethesda games. Weirdly enough I haven’t tried stealth sniper on StarField yet, I’ve heard it’s OP. I’ll check out the mechanics on my next playthrough, maybe when it’s been updated more. I can wait Ghost of the tale? Is that’s 2D? Stealth forced? Sounds kind of cool.

Ghost is a 3D game, with a semi-open world. The environments remind me a bit of Fable and the graphics are great.

Very forced yeah, early on you’ll get checkpoint reloads for being detected. It’s very short and easy at about 10 hours, one of my favourite games last gen.

[RedSparrows]

Should add games like Shadow Tactics, Desperadoes III and Shadow Gambit are not necessarily stealth games, but they reward stealth play strongly. Clearing out some maps without an alarm is great fun.

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@RedSparrows

Should add games like Shadow Tactics, Desperadoes III and Shadow Gambit are not necessarily stealth games, but they reward stealth play strongly. Clearing out some maps without an alarm is great fun.

Those are fantastic I hate that I forgot to mention them. Very sad the studio shut down

[Shpeshal_Nick]

@MrEgg

… I hadn’t yet played MGS when I was gaming back then but I did love Splinter Cell. I believe I played that one, unsure. I wasn’t in the know with gaming back then. That sounds really fun actually, might try that style of gameplay on my next playthrough. I hope Dishonoured 3 is planed. That’s a rich universe with fun gameplay. Can’t sleep on it. Mark of the ninja! Currently playing it because @Shpeshal_Nick recommended it and it’s so good! It being 2D actually adds to the pure fun you get out of one of the best stealth Games I’ve played and Ive barely started it. I think you get powers? It seems to be indicating that in the story. Mission 3 I believe Perfect Dark is most definitely on my Rader for stealth. I never played the original game so I don’t know what to expect.

Mark of the Ninja is literally a game I dreamt of as a child

I’ve said this before

It’s just…so damn good