Games like Mark of the Ninja
If Mark of the Ninja is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mark of the Ninja: Remastered, Ninja Fights and Aragami — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its art design is lovely, controls are intuitive and planting terror. 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 →Mark of the Ninja is a 2D side-scrolling stealth action game from Klei Entertainment, published by Microsoft Studios. The gameplay centers on silent movement and elimination, incorporating body disposal and environmental kills alongside traditional platforming, with progression systems that accommodate different playstyles. Reviewers highlight that the art design is lovely and the controls are intuitive, while players describe the experience as dark, immersive, and tense, with the story being rich and the act of planting terror in enemies proving compelling. The game is verified to run on Steam Deck, offers a short but challenging solo experience designed for focused play, and holds a 91 Metacritic score alongside a 97% positive rating from nearly 7,000 Steam reviews.
About Mark of the Ninja: 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.
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Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Top pick for Mark of the Ninja fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
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.
Ninja Fights
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Mark of the Ninja fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Ninja Fights is a 2D side-scrolling adventure where you become a skilled ninja. Navigate through intricate levels with challenging puzzles and hidden treasures, using stealth and shurikens to overcome obstacles and enemies. Master your ninja abilities in this action-packed platformer!
Aragami
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Third-strongest match for Mark of the Ninja fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Aragami is a third person stealth game that casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Teleport to any shadow, become invisible, materialize weapons or even summon a shadow dragon to infiltrate the enemy ranks and dispose of your targets.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Ranked #4 for Mark of the Ninja fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mark of the Ninja.
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.
Armed with Wings: Rearmed
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Mark of the Ninja fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
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.
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Ranked #6 for Mark of the Ninja fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Built from scratch, enjoy breathtaking visuals, enhanced audio and improved, deeper gameplay as New 'n' Tasty reignites the original Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee using the latest next-generation technology.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Ranked #7 for Mark of the Ninja fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
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.
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Mark of the Ninja fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mark of the Ninja.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
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RONIN
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Mark of the Ninja cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Ronin is stylish a turn-based action platformer following the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation.
Gunpoint
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Mark of the Ninja cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
Invisible, Inc.
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Mark of the Ninja cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Thief: The Dark Project Remastered
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Mark of the Ninja cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mark of the Ninja.
The shadows are your ally. Return to the city as Garrett, master thief, in this remastered classic by Nightdive Studios. Pickpocket, prowl, and outsmart in a world where trust is a luxury and every stolen secret comes at a price.
Dishonored
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Reviewers of Mark of the Ninja cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mark of the Ninja.
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.
Shank
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Reviewers of Mark of the Ninja cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up. Play as Shank in an over-the-top grindhouse game, packed to the rim with enemies, bosses, combos, and more by the award-winning team at Klei Entertainment.
Metroidvania Maker
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Mark of the Ninja cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Reviewers of Mark of the Ninja cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Mark of the Ninja.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Mark of the Ninja.
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 and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mark of the Ninja.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
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.
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More from Klei Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Klei Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Mark of the Ninja. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Oxygen Not Included
WHY THIS
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Mark of the Ninja. Shares Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Don't Starve
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Mark of the Ninja. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mark of the Ninja.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Griftlands
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Mark of the Ninja. Shares Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Rotwood
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Mark of the Ninja. Shares Action and Adventure with Mark of the Ninja.
The world has been thrown into chaos, and it's up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Mark of the Ninja. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
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.
Hot Lava
WHY THIS
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Mark of the Ninja. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.
Invisible, Inc.
WHY THIS
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Mark of the Ninja. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
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.
Ninja Fights
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Ninja Fights is a 2D side-scrolling adventure where you become a skilled ninja. Navigate through intricate levels with challenging puzzles and hidden treasures, using stealth and shurikens to overcome obstacles and enemies. Master your ninja abilities in this action-packed platformer!
Aragami
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
Aragami is a third person stealth game that casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Teleport to any shadow, become invisible, materialize weapons or even summon a shadow dragon to infiltrate the enemy ranks and dispose of your targets.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mark of the Ninja.
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.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Mark of the Ninja.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Mark of the Ninja.
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.
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Mark of the Ninja.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
Frequently asked about Mark of the Ninja
- Is Mark of the Ninja verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Mark of the Ninja is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- What games are most similar to Mark of the Ninja?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mark of the Ninja are Mark of the Ninja: Remastered, Ninja Fights, Aragami.
- Who developed Mark of the Ninja?
- Mark of the Ninja was developed by Klei Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios.
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