Games like Hitman: Absolution™
If Hitman: Absolution™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hitman: Blood Money, HITMAN™ and HITMAN World of Assassination — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Hitman: Absolution is a 2012 action game developed by Io-Interactive A/S, available for $19.99 USD and marked as Playable on Steam Deck. The game combines stealth-mission gameplay with character-development and interactive-storytelling elements, tasks that see Agent 47 navigating a corrupt world following a betrayal. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, challenging, and dark, with reviewers highlighting the strategic depth of its mission design and multiple approaches to eliminate targets. The game received a Metacritic score of 79 and holds an 88% positive rating from over 13,600 Steam reviews.
About Hitman: 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.
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Hitman: Blood Money
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Top pick for Hitman: Absolution™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
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™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Second-strongest match for Hitman: Absolution™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
There is a world beyond ours. Beyond nations, justice, ethics. It never sleeps. It exists everywhere. And once you enter....there is no going back. Welcome to the World of Assassination. You are Agent 47, the world's ultimate assassin.
HITMAN World of Assassination
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Third-strongest match for Hitman: Absolution™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.
Hitman: Contracts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Ranked #4 for Hitman: Absolution™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
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 2: Silent Assassin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Ranked #5 for Hitman: Absolution™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
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.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Ranked #6 for Hitman: Absolution™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
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.
Mafia: The Old Country
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hitman: Absolution™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily. Fight to survive as Enzo Favara and prove your worth to the Family in this immersive third-person action-adventure.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Ranked #8 for Hitman: Absolution™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
World-renowned Kojima Productions brings the Metal Gear Solid franchise to Steam with METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES. Play as the legendary hero Snake and infiltrate a Cuban military base to rescue the hostages. Can you make it out alive?
Reviewers mention these as similar to Hitman: Absolution™
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction™
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Reviewers of Hitman: Absolution™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
In this stealth-action thriller, Sam Fisher investigates his daughter’s death, only to uncover a betrayal by his former agency. Now hunted, he races against time to thwart a terrorist plot threatening millions.
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Reviewers of Hitman: Absolution™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
In this stealth-action thriller, a terrorist group known as the Engineers launches the Blacklist, a series of escalating attacks on US interests. Only one man can stop them: legendary covert agent Sam Fisher.
Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Reviewers of Hitman: Absolution™ cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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.
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Reviewers of Hitman: Absolution™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Shares character development with Hitman: Absolution™.
Reviewers of Hitman: Absolution™ cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Reviewers of Hitman: Absolution™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
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.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Reviewers of Hitman: Absolution™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
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.
XIII
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Reviewers of Hitman: Absolution™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
You play as “XIII”, a man without an identity, in a solo campaign with numerous twists and turns. Inspired by the eponymous graphic novel, the game features a completely reinvented and unique cel-shading design. In XIII, players can also take part in fierce multi-player fights.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hitman: Absolution™ at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hitman: Absolution™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hitman: Absolution™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hitman: Absolution™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Priced ~50% under Hitman: Absolution™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Hitman: Absolution™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Hitman: Absolution™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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More from Io-Interactive A/S
Other recommendable Steam games by Io-Interactive A/S, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Hitman: Blood Money
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Another title from Io-Interactive A/S, the studio behind Hitman: Absolution™. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
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 2: Silent Assassin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Another title from Io-Interactive A/S, the studio behind Hitman: Absolution™. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
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: Contracts
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Hitman: Absolution™.
Another title from Io-Interactive A/S, the studio behind Hitman: Absolution™. Shares Action with Hitman: Absolution™.
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.
Frequently asked about Hitman: Absolution™
- Does Hitman: Absolution™ run on Steam Deck?
- Hitman: Absolution™ is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Hitman: Absolution™ cost?
- Hitman: Absolution™ is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hitman: Absolution™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hitman: Absolution™ are Hitman: Blood Money, HITMAN™, HITMAN World of Assassination.
- Who developed Hitman: Absolution™?
- Hitman: Absolution™ was developed by Io-Interactive A/S.
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