The Assassins Zone

Games about stalking targets, silent kills, contracts, and lethal precision.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone - Players say: Take contracts against a criminal network as a gunman, clearing missions with customizable weapons and slow-motion combat in VR or on PC. Players like: Satisfying Gunplay · Cinematic VR Action · Detailed Visuals ·
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"Gunman Contracts - Stand Alone" is an intense, action-movie inspired single player shooter created for VR and Non-VR. As a professional hitman, take on ruthless forces in the criminal underworld - one contract at a time.

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Sep 10, 2026
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Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow - Step into the shadows in Thief VR. You are Magpie, a cunning thief orphaned by Baron Northcrest and shaped by the streets. Use VR mechanics to steal, evade, and outsmart the City's forces. Your goal? A relic in Northcrest's vault, which uncovers a far greater artifact with a powerful legacy.
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Dec 4, 2025
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NIGHT SHIFT NIGHTMARE - First-person horror game where you work the night shift at a Mexican convenience store, handling daily tasks while facing eerie and unexpected events.
Neon Inferno - NYC 2055: a city beyond salvation. Blast your way through this dense cyberpunk jungle in NEON INFERNO, an explosive fusion of 2D run-and-gun and gallery-shooter, and help the Family dominate its streets!
The Lacerator - Lose a limb? You’ll adapt in THE LACERATOR! A titillating mix of survival horror and trashy 80’s film.
THE LAST TRAIN: Baquedano - In this short first-person psychological horror game, falling asleep on the subway takes you to the final station, abandoned and eerie. Explore the area and try to survive the entity chasing you in the darkness. Who is it? Its face looks strangely familiar...
Assassin’s Creed Shadows - Players say: In feudal Japan, shinobi Naoe and samurai Yasuke hunt enemies across an open world using stealth, parkour, and direct combat. Players like: Beautiful Japanese Landscapes · Naoe's Stealth Gameplay · Contrasting Hero Styles ·
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Experience an epic action-adventure story set in feudal Japan! Become a lethal shinobi assassin and powerful legendary samurai as you explore a beautiful open world in a time of chaos.

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Mar 19, 2025
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The Slater - Players say: As former cop Mark Slater, infiltrate criminal sites in first person, steal disguises and credentials, and hunt his father's killers. Players like: Stealth Planning · Rewarding Clean Runs · Dark Atmosphere ·
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Get ready to kill drug dealers, crime bosses and anyone who stands in your way as you seek revenge for your father’s murder. The Slater is a story-driven first-person stealth-action-puzzle game that puts you in the shoes of a former cop Mark Slater.

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Sep 20, 2018
74% 👍
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition - Players say: As a one-armed shinobi in Sengoku Japan, rescue your young lord through stealth, grappling traversal, and timing-based sword duels. Players like: Satisfying Deflections · Rewarding Skill Growth · Memorable Boss Fights ·
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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.

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Trash Horror Collection - Players say: Choose among short, retro-styled horror stories centered on eerie mysteries, dangerous killers, and occasional absurd comedy. Players like: Poop Killer Comedy · Retro Horror Atmosphere · Varied Short Stories ·
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Welcome to a true 80's trash horror experience. This collection has 10 short horror games that you can freely choose which one you want to play.

Immortal Mantis - Discover secrets, solve puzzles and survive the serial-killer in this pixelated topdown. You are Akin, an exterminator, who bought a house in a rural area, but the past of this house will affect your present.
Lycans - Lycans is a multiplayer game. It can accommodate up to 12 players. Investigate to find the werewolves hiding among the villagers during the day and hide at night to survive their attacks !
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Dec 4, 2023
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Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.3 - "Grisaia: Phantom Trigger" is a visual novel, specifically a kinetic novel (without branching routes). Returning character artist Akio Watanabe and writer Ryuta Fujisaki bring you the latest installment in the acclaimed Grisaia series.
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Jul 27, 2017
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Brush Burial - A lo-fidelity First Person Snatcher inspired by the immersive sims of yesteryear. Play as Fennel, a knife-wielding swamp devil with an eye for gold and a penchant for violence. Use your tail to toy with your prey: grab and fling objects, climb impossible heights, and knock your enemies off balance.
Armed with Wings: Rearmed - Players say: A resurrected rebel warrior battles a tyrant across Blackmist, using a lightning-charged sword and an eagle to solve puzzles and explore. Players like: Flash Game Nostalgia · Striking Art Style · Powerful-Feeling Combat ·
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You are the sword; cut down your foes with steel and thunder. You are the wings; explore the skies and uncover unreachable mysteries. Embark on a journey through a vicious world ruled by darkness and imperial tyranny - the lands of Blackmist.

Ereban: Shadow Legacy - Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a fast-paced stealth platformer game where you become Ayana, the last descendant of a forgotten race. Harness mystical shadow powers, high-tech gadgets and avoid or kill to uncover the truth about your past and the key to saving a dying, morally grey universe.
Mr. Fast - Mr. Fast is a top-down shooting game with a bullet time twist! Enemy's time moves more slowly than yours. You're fast enough and you can kill others with one shot.

Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Dishonored - Players say: Framed for an empress’s murder, Corvo hunts those responsible across plague-struck Dunwall with stealth, weapons, and supernatural powers. Players like: Flexible Mission Routes · Dunwall’s Atmosphere · Replayable Level Design ·
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Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.

Desperados III - Players say: Lead John Cooper's outlaw crew through Wild West missions, scouting patrols and combining skills for real-time stealth takedowns. Players like: Tactical Puzzle Solving · Distinct Character Abilities · Flexible Mission Approaches ·
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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.

Mark of the Ninja - Players say: Guide a tattoo-marked ninja through 2D levels, using shadows, sound, gadgets and varied routes to evade or silently defeat guards. Players like: Flexible Stealth · Clear Stealth Cues · Distinctive Art Style ·
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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.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Players say: Lead five Edo-era specialists through stealth missions, combining unique skills and synchronized plans to evade or eliminate guards. Players like: Tactical Puzzle Solving · Distinct Specialist Abilities · Multiple Mission Routes ·
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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.

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Dec 6, 2016
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Mark of the Ninja: Remastered - Players say: A ninja with cursed tattoos infiltrates guarded stages, using stealth, distractions, and precise attacks to choose how each mission unfolds. Players like: Flexible Stealth · Clear Stealth Cues · Smooth Movement ·
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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.

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Oct 9, 2018
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Hitman: Blood Money - Players say: As Agent 47, infiltrate guarded locations, study routines and disguises, then eliminate contract targets through stealth or staged accidents. Players like: Flexible Mission Routes · Creative Accidents · Replayable Contracts ·
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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.

Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ - Players say: As ranger Talion, bound to a wraith in Mordor, hunt Sauron's captains through stealth, combat, and shifting rivalries. Players like: Nemesis Rivalries · Fluid Combat · Orc Personalities ·
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Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.

Hitman: Absolution™ - Players say: As Agent 47, evade the Agency and police through stealth-action stages, using disguises, Instinct, and improvised kills. Players like: Cinematic Personal Story · Dark Visual Atmosphere · Varied Stealth Approaches ·
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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.

Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice - Players say: Lead kunoichi Aiko and four assassins through Edo Japan, planning stealth missions with disguises, traps, and coordinated takedowns. Players like: Tactical Puzzle Missions · Distinct Character Skills · Returning Cast ·
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Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.

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Dec 6, 2021
93% 👍
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