Games like HITMAN™
If HITMAN™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are HITMAN™, HITMAN™ 2 and HITMAN World of Assassination — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cinematic mission design, atmospheric and challenging. 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™ is a stealth sandbox action game set in the World of Assassination where players control Agent 47. The game features large sandbox levels with extensive creative freedom for completing assassination missions. Key mechanics include a disguise system, environmental interaction, NPC routine manipulation, and replayable challenges through contracts mode. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and contemplative, with mission design that encourages organic discovery of assassination methods. Reviewers highlight the cinematic quality of mission structures and the endless creative ways available to eliminate targets. The episodic structure lets players master each level before new content arrives. With an 81% positive rating from over 11,000 Steam reviews, the game is playable on Steam Deck.
About HITMAN™: 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.
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HITMAN™
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Top pick for HITMAN™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares sandbox stealth, disguise system and an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Second-strongest match for HITMAN™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
HITMAN World of Assassination
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Third-strongest match for HITMAN™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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: Absolution™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Ranked #4 for HITMAN™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
Hitman: Codename 47
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Shares a challenging mood with HITMAN™.
Ranked #5 for HITMAN™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
As the enigmatic Hitman, you must use stealth and tactical problem solving to enter, execute and exit your assignment with minimum attention and maximum effectiveness. For a price, you have access to the most devious devices, but how you use them will determine if you retire as a millionaire or get permanently retired.
Hitman: Blood Money
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with HITMAN™.
Ranked #6 for HITMAN™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
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Shares an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Ranked #7 for HITMAN™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Ranked #8 for HITMAN™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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™
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Sniper Elite
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Shares an immersive mood with HITMAN™.
Reviewers of HITMAN™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
As World War II draws to a close, the first covert battles of the Cold War begin. Caught in the life and death struggle between Soviets and Germans in war-torn Berlin, you control the fate of a lone American OSS Sniper.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Reviewers of HITMAN™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
Hitman: Blood Money
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with HITMAN™.
Reviewers of HITMAN™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with HITMAN™.
Reviewers of HITMAN™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
Dishonored 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Reviewers of HITMAN™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
Mercenaries Blaze
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with HITMAN™.
Reviewers of HITMAN™ cross-mention this title as a similar play.
“Mercenaries Blaze”is the 5th fantasy tactical simulation RPG. Turn-based battles are carried out on an isometric map. Attack and defense results vary depending on the direction you face, distance and elevation, making gameplay challenging enough to satisfy the even pickiest strategy lovers.
Cyberpunk 2077
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Reviewers of HITMAN™ cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
Dishonored
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Reviewers of HITMAN™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
Free alternatives
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 with HITMAN™.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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HITMAN World of Assassination
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Another title from IO Interactive A/S, the studio behind HITMAN™. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares sandbox stealth, disguise system and an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Another title from IO Interactive A/S, the studio behind HITMAN™. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
HITMAN™
WHY THIS
Another title from IO Interactive A/S, the studio behind HITMAN™. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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: Codename 47
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with HITMAN™.
Another title from IO Interactive A/S, the studio behind HITMAN™. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
As the enigmatic Hitman, you must use stealth and tactical problem solving to enter, execute and exit your assignment with minimum attention and maximum effectiveness. For a price, you have access to the most devious devices, but how you use them will determine if you retire as a millionaire or get permanently retired.
Freedom Fighters
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with HITMAN™.
Another title from IO Interactive A/S, the studio behind HITMAN™. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
Freedom Fighters is an intense third-person action game set in an alternate history New York during the invasion of a foreign superpower. Take on the role of Chris Stone, a hard-working plumber, and rise through the ranks of the resistance to prove yourself as a charismatic leader.
007 First Light
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Shares environmental interaction and an immersive mood with HITMAN™.
Another title from IO Interactive A/S, the studio behind HITMAN™. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
HITMAN™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares sandbox stealth, disguise system and an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
HITMAN World of Assassination
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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.
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with HITMAN™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with HITMAN™.
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?
Frequently asked about HITMAN™
- Does HITMAN™ run on Steam Deck?
- HITMAN™ is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- What games are most similar to HITMAN™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HITMAN™ are HITMAN™, HITMAN™ 2, HITMAN World of Assassination.
- Who developed HITMAN™?
- HITMAN™ was developed by IO Interactive A/S, Feral Interactive (Linux), Feral Interactive (Mac) and published by IO Interactive A/S, Feral Interactive (Linux), Feral Interactive (Mac).
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