Best Assassins Games on Steam
Games about stalking targets, silent kills, contracts, and lethal precision.
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1Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition - 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.
Mar 21, 2019
In this game, you can…
- come back to life mid-fight and keep swinging.
- stomp a spear thrust by stepping on the attacker's weapon.
- get ambushed by a giant ape that grabs its own poop and throws it at you.
- grapple across rooftops, trees, and cliffs to hit enemies from above.
- erase a mini-boss's first health bar by opening with a stealth backstab.
- turn boss fights into a posture-breaking duel where constant pressure leads to a single finishing blow.
- throw firecrackers and other tools to stun enemies and create openings instead of trading hits.
- replay major bosses in dedicated challenge modes after finishing the story.
2Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ - 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.
Sep 30, 2014
In this game, you can…
- kill a captain, then meet him again later with new mutations and new immunities.
- turn orc captains into sleeper agents, promote them into bodyguard slots, and trigger a betrayal mid–war-chief fight.
- aim your bow in slow motion, then warp straight to the enemy instead of just firing.
- get ambushed by an orc you killed earlier, now scarred up and hunting you.
- interrogate a random grunt for intel, then have the target captain show up minutes later because he can appear unexpectedly.
- learn a captain's specific fears and weaknesses, then plan an assassination that exploits them on purpose.
- drop a hornet's nest, shoot an explosive barrel, free a caged beast, and turn the whole camp into a chain reaction.
- brand enemies in a stronghold, then come back later and watch your turncoats climb the ranks and start a civil war.
3Dishonored - 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.
Oct 8, 2012
In this game, you can…
- stop time, disable an alarm, toss a grenade into the air, shoot it mid-flight, and let it detonate when time restarts.
- possess a guard or an animal to slip into restricted areas and bypass security from the inside.
- finish the whole game without killing anyone, including major encounters, by choking guards out and staying unseen.
- teleport onto rooftops, through windows, or behind guards, then drop straight down for a takedown.
- stop time, fire three arrows into guards, blink, fire three more, then drop-assassinate someone as time begins again.
- pull a whale-oil tank to drop a barrier, grab another tank, throw it, stop time, and shoot it midair to wipe out the area.
- summon a swarm of rats and have them tear enemies apart while you keep moving.
- peek through keyholes and listen through doors to learn what guards and targets are about to do.
4HITMAN™ 2 - 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.
Nov 13, 2018
In this game, you can…
- administer a lethal injection while disguised as a clown
- botch a racecar pit stop so it becomes the assassination
- trigger an oxygen-tank explosion that blows up an entire second floor
- hide in tall grass to slip past outdoor sightlines
- walk through a crowd to break someone's line of sight
- carry a sniper rifle in a briefcase into the mission start
- set up a target to get killed by someone else instead of you
- chain tiny distractions like coins and fuse boxes into a full lure-and-kill setup
5Dishonored 2 - Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.
Nov 11, 2016
In this game, you can…
- pull levers to reconfigure an entire mansion, turning rooms and hallways into a shifting mechanical puzzle box.
- move through the same mansion in two different time periods and change the past to alter what's waiting in the present.
- make choices that let you skip entire levels, even in a story-driven campaign.
- pick one protagonist, then replay as the other with a completely different set of supernatural powers.
- mix both protagonists' powers together in New Game+ and build combinations the campaign wasn't originally balanced for.
- link multiple enemies together so one takedown or one shot drops everyone connected to the chain.
- possess a rat to slip through tiny cracks, then hop bodies to bypass defenses from the inside.
- drop from a huge height, stab someone mid-fall, survive the landing, slow time, detonate an explosive tank, then finish the survivors with a summoned rat swarm.
6Hitman: Absolution™ - 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.
Nov 19, 2012
In this game, you can…
- line up dead-accurate shots by marking enemies, then clear the room in one burst.
- trigger a dance party for cops while disguised as a cop, then hide in plain sight as the DJ.
- replay a checkpoint to kill the same target over and over in totally different ways, like poison, katana, pit drops, or a falling chandelier.
- sparta-kick someone over a ledge.
- poison food, sabotage electrics, and rig machines so a killing looks like an accident.
- swap outfits off an immobilized guard, then hide your face and bluff past people who almost recognize you.
- shoot with both Silverballers at once.
- hide in closets, vents, or garbage bins, then slip into the next area and quietly take someone out before anyone knows you were there.
7007 First Light - Earn the Number. 007 First Light is a thrilling espionage action-adventure game from IO Interactive. Follow James Bond as a young, resourceful and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6's training programme, and discover an origin story of the world’s most famous spy.
May 26, 2026
In this game, you can…
- hack a plane's flight controls mid-gunfight and tilt the wings to send people and gear sliding through the cabin.
- jump out of a plane, chase a parachute, and brawl with a henchman mid-air over who gets it.
- literally throw your gun at someone's head, rush in, and finish the fight with your fists.
- shoot someone's leg to stagger them, shoot their gun out of their hands, then tackle in for a takedown.
- bluff and talk your way through tense checkpoints, redirecting attention with charm and diversions instead of disguises.
- chain hand-to-hand fights by slamming enemies into walls and railings, grabbing nearby objects, and throwing them into the next opponent.
- start a mission by investigating quietly for evidence or a target, then get forced into a sudden all-out 007-style confrontation when the cover breaks.
- walk around Q Lab while technicians test gadgets, letting you watch MI6 gear get built and trialed up close.
8Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - 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.
Dec 6, 2016
In this game, you can…
- queue one command per character, then hit a button to make the whole squad act at once for a synchronized multi-kill.
- walk through hostile areas in a disguise, stop to chat with guards, and hold them in place while teammates slip behind them.
- throw down a bottle of sake to lure a guard, or send out a pet tanuki to pull enemies away from a locked-down area.
- sprint up to two guards and cut them down at the same instant before either can react.
- set a trap, whistle a guard over, and turn a patrol route into a controlled kill zone.
- carry bodies out of sight, including having stronger characters haul two corpses at once to erase evidence before the next patrol loops back.
- run across rooftops, climb up walls, and strike from above to bypass ground patrols entirely.
- leave footprints in snow that guards can follow straight to your hiding spot, then change routes to avoid being tracked.
9Cruelty Squad - An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Jun 15, 2021
In this game, you can…
- harvest organs from enemies, sell them as stock-market assets, and use the profits to buy new gear.
- unlock guns only by finding them in a mission and carrying them to the exit alive.
- shoot someone with a DNA-wrecking pistol, watch them explode into a flesh sculpture, then jump on it to cross the level.
- throw toilet bowls at enemies mid-mission.
- see your target through walls, sprint straight to them, kill them, and be out in under a minute.
- replay old missions with new body upgrades to reach previously unreachable areas and routes.
- fish during a mission, then sell the fish on the stock market between hits.
- grapple across levels using replicated intestines as a rope, then use the new routes to set up your assassination.
10Desperados III - 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.
Jun 16, 2020
In this game, you can…
- queue up five characters' moves while time is paused, then unpause and watch the whole ambush happen at once.
- link two enemies together, then mind-control one and make them kill each other with a single "suicide" shot.
- trigger enough alarms to drain a guard house's limited reinforcements, and turn the map easier by exhausting it.
- use a corpse as bait to lure guards into a trap you've already set.
- preview an explosion's exact blast radius, then time an "accident" kill without using weapons or melee.
- revisit a mission map later and wipe out every enemy without raising an alarm.
- burn through patrol routines with fast-forward, then snap back to the exact second your ambush window opens.
- walk a guarded camp in disguise, charm the right targets, then quietly pull a hidden pistol when the moment's perfect.
