Top 10 Stealth Games to Play in 2025

Agent 47’s latest trilogy stands as the pinnacle of modern stealth gaming. This comprehensive package combines three games’ worth of content into one seamless assassination playground. What makes World of Assassination special is its incredible replayability—each level is a living sandbox where dozens of different approaches lead to creative eliminations.

The game rewards experimentation and observation. You might poison a target’s drink, sabotage a race car, or create an elaborate accident that looks completely natural. The disguise system lets you blend into crowds, while environmental storytelling reveals new opportunities with each playthrough. IO Interactive has perfected the formula of social stealth, making every mission feel like solving a deadly puzzle.

2. Dishonored 2

Arkane Studios created a masterclass in player agency with Dishonored 2. Set in the plague-ravaged Empire of the Isles, you can choose between playing as Empress Emily Kaldwin or the legendary Corvo Attano. Each character offers unique supernatural abilities that completely change how you approach stealth challenges.

The level design is nothing short of brilliant. The Clockwork Mansion transforms around you with mechanical precision, while the time-shifting mechanics of “A Crack in the Slab” create mind-bending infiltration opportunities. You can complete the entire game without killing anyone or being detected by enemies, but the choice is always yours. The game’s chaos system responds to your actions, making moral choices feel genuinely impactful.

3. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Kojima Productions’ final Metal Gear entry transformed the series from linear infiltration missions into an open-world stealth playground. The Phantom Pain gives you unprecedented freedom in how you approach each situation, whether you’re using cardboard boxes, tranquilizer darts, or the infamous Fulton balloon system.

The AI is remarkably sophisticated, adapting to your playstyle over time. Use too many headshots, and enemies start wearing helmets. Favor night missions, and they’ll increase patrols with night-vision equipment. This dynamic response system keeps the stealth gameplay fresh throughout the massive campaign. The smooth controls and realistic physics make every infiltration feel cinematic.

4. Thief: The Dark Project

The game that defined modern stealth mechanics still holds up remarkably well, especially with community patches and mods that enhance the experience for 2025 players. As master thief Garrett, you must stick to shadows, avoid detection, and steal everything that isn’t nailed down in a dark fantasy world.

What sets Thief apart is its pure focus on stealth. Combat is deliberately clunky because you’re not supposed to fight—you’re supposed to hide. The sound design is exceptional, with different surfaces creating distinct footstep noises that guards can hear. Water arrows extinguish torches, moss arrows muffle your footsteps, and rope arrows create new climbing opportunities. It’s stealth gaming in its purest form.

5. Mark of the Ninja: Remastered

Klei Entertainment proved that stealth games work brilliantly in 2D with this ninja masterpiece. The side-scrolling perspective doesn’t limit the stealth mechanics—instead, it creates crystal-clear visual communication about sight lines, sound propagation, and environmental interactions.

Every element of the game serves the stealth fantasy. You can see exactly where sounds will travel, how light affects your visibility, and which surfaces allow silent movement. The kill animations are brutal but satisfying, while the scoring system encourages creative approaches to each encounter. The remastered version includes enhanced visuals and improved controls that make this the definitive way to experience one of the best stealth games ever made.

6. Alien: Isolation

Creative Assembly created something unique with Alien: Isolation—a stealth game where you’re not the predator but the prey. The xenomorph hunting you through the corridors of Sevastopol Station operates on sophisticated AI that can’t be gamed or predicted through pattern memorization.

The tension is unbearable in the best possible way. You’ll spend minutes hiding in lockers, listening to the alien’s movements above you in the ventilation system. The motion tracker provides crucial information, but its beeping can attract unwanted attention. Every decision carries weight because detection usually means death. It’s a masterclass in building atmosphere through gameplay mechanics.

7. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Sam Fisher’s third outing remains the high-water mark for the Splinter Cell franchise. Chaos Theory perfected the series’ light and shadow mechanics while introducing sophisticated co-op missions that require perfect coordination between players.

The game’s technical innovations were groundbreaking. You could shoot out individual light sources to create pockets of darkness, use sound meters to monitor your noise output, and interact with the environment in countless ways. The knife interrogation system added psychological pressure to encounters, while the varied mission objectives kept each level feeling fresh and unique.

8. Deathloop

Arkane Studios’ time-loop thriller puts a unique spin on stealth gameplay by making experimentation consequence-free. When you die or the day resets, you keep the knowledge gained from previous loops, gradually building the perfect plan to eliminate all targets in a single day.

The island of Blackreef is a puzzle box waiting to be solved. Each of the eight targets has routines, weaknesses, and relationships that you can exploit. The supernatural abilities and creative weapons give you tools for both stealth and chaos, depending on your approach. The multiplayer invasion system adds unpredictability, as another player might hunt you as the rival assassin Julianna.

9. Invisible, Inc.

Klei Entertainment’s second entry on this list takes stealth into turn-based strategy territory. Leading a team of corporate spies through procedurally generated facilities, you must steal data while avoiding guards, cameras, and security systems.

The turn-based nature removes twitch reflexes from the equation, focusing entirely on planning and tactical decision-making. Each mission escalates tension as the security level rises, forcing you to work faster while maintaining stealth. The permadeath system makes every agent valuable, creating genuine emotional investment in your team’s survival. It’s chess meets espionage with gorgeous art design.

10. Aragami 2

This ninja stealth game embraces the supernatural aspects of shadow manipulation. You play as an undead assassin with the power to control darkness itself, teleporting between shadows and creating new ones to avoid detection.

What makes Aragami 2 special is its commitment to the ninja fantasy. You move like a ghost through beautiful environments inspired by feudal Japan, dispatching enemies with swift, silent strikes. The shadow-leap ability creates a unique rhythm to stealth gameplay—you’re constantly analyzing light sources and shadow placement to plan your next move. The three-player co-op mode turns infiltration into a coordinated dance of darkness.

These ten games represent the absolute best of stealth gaming in 2025, each offering unique approaches to the fundamental challenge of remaining unseen while accomplishing your objectives. Whether you prefer the methodical planning of Hitman, the supernatural abilities of Dishonored, or the pure tension of Alien: Isolation, there’s something here for every stealth enthusiast. The shadows are waiting—which game will you choose first?