There’s nothing quite like sneaking past an enemy in a video game and being successful in doing so. That sense of relief after they’ve passed without seeing you is a feeling you can’t quite get anywhere else. That feeling is what drives stealth games. Stealth games rely on the adrenaline rush that comes with the possibility of getting caught and the sense of relief at not having been caught to draw players in. Suffice it to say, the stealth genre is one of the most popular genres when it comes to video games. Without further ado, here are 28 of the best stealth games of all-time for the PlayStation 4:
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Konami’s Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a stealth game set in 1984, 9 years after the events of Ground Zeroes. It provides players a first-rate gaming experience as they utilize tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions with the choice of going about it stealthily or guns blazing. This deal on Amazon includes Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes + all DLC, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain + all DLC, Metal Gear Online + all DLC, and $20 of Mother Base currency for a definitive experience of Metal Gear Solid V.
WB Games’ Hitman 2 is currently 40% off. This stealth game is the seventh entry in the Hitman video game series and is the sequel to the 2016 game Hitman. The game puts you in the shoes of Agent 47 as he travels to various locations around the world to eliminate high-profile targets. Players have to optimize Agent 47’s stealth skills as they try to blend in among crowded areas without drawing attention to themselves after taking their targets out.
Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Mankind Divided combines first-person shooter, stealth, and role-playing elements in its gameplay. Players take the role of Adam Jensen, a man equipped with mechanical cybernetic implants simply called augmentations. Players can approach situations in a number of ways, with one of them being the stealthy approach. Fans of the Cyberpunk genre should feel right at home with this game.
Bethesda’s Dishonored 2 takes place in the fictional city of Karnaca and has players take on the role of either Empress Emily Kaldwin or Corvo Attano. The sequel to Dishonored is a stealth game at its finest, as it is possible to finish the entire game without killing a single person. This game is perfect for stealth enthusiasts looking for a challenge.
SEGA’s Alien: Isolation is a survival horror video game set 15 years after the events of the 1979 Alien film, and follows Amanda Ripley, the daughter of Alien protagonist Ellen Ripley, as she investigates the disappearance of her mother. Unlike other game adaptations of the Alien franchise, this game places an emphasis on stealth as players must navigate their way around the map while avoiding a single Xenomorph.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Kalypso Media’s Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan during the Edo period. Players take on the role of five completely different characters, each with their own unique skillsets which they must use as they perform various acts of espionage, sabotage, and assassinations.
Sony’s The Last of Us Remastered is the winner of over 200 game of the year awards. The game has been praised for its cinematics and impeccable character-driven storytelling. With infected people and survivors all out to get you, players must utilize the game’s stealth mechanic in order to survive. This deal on Amazon includes all DLC packs for the game.
Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Origins is currently 55% off. It is the tenth major installment in the Assassin’s Creed series. The game is set in Ancient Egypt near the end of the Ptolemaic period and follows a Medjay named Bayek. It explores the origins of the centuries-long conflict between the Brotherhood of Assassins and the Order of the Ancients. This action-adventure stealth game is perfect for stealth enthusiasts who are fans of the Assassin’s Creed series.
Maximum Games’ Aragami is an action-adventure stealth game where players take on the role of Aragami, an assassin with supernatural abilities. Each situation in this game has a number of possible approaches, however, there is an emphasis on stealth as you play an assassin. In this game, enemies are lethal and direct confrontation is not an option. Players will have to plan their approaches carefully and sneak around enemies in order to finish the game.
Sniper Elite 4 is currently 50% off. Players take on the role of covert agent and elite marksman Karl Fairburn, who must fight alongside the brave men and women of the Italian resistance. This third-person tactical shooter combines genre-defining ballistics and emergent stealth tactics across the largest and most diverse environments ever seen in any Sniper Elite game.
Maximum Games’ Styx: Shards of Darkness is currently 14% off. Set in a magical fantasy world full of elves and goblins, players must infiltrate places and lurk through dank dungeons in order to progress. The game encourages a stealthy approach as your character has the ability to temporarily turn invisible.
Sony’s Days Gone is currently 33% off. This game puts you in the shoes of Deacon St. John, a bounty hunter. As the story unfolds, players can choose whether to take a stealthy approach or go in guns blazing. While not immediately classified as a stealth game, a stealthy approach in situations is best to save on supplies and keep your character safe.
Maximum Games’ A Plague Tale: Innocence is currently 30% off. This game tells a beautifully-written, emotionally-harrowing story that follows Amica and her little brother Hugo as they try to survive in plague-ridden France. Players must help keep them safe and avoid enemies, both human and rat, using the game’s stealth mechanic. Stealth enthusiasts who enjoy a well-written story will enjoy this game.
Maximum Games’ Call Of Cthulhu is currently 36% off. This role-playing survival horror video game puts you in the role of Edward Pierce, a private investigator and war veteran who is contacted to look into the case of the Hawkins family. Players must use a stealthy approach as they sneak their way past a number of enemies including asylum guards, zombified townsfolk, a creature from another dimension, and cultists.
Square Enix’s Thief is set in The City, a dark fantasy world inspired by Victorian, Gothic, and steampunk aesthetics, and puts players in the role of Garrett, a dark and solitary thief with an unrivaled set of skills. Players embark on several missions focusing on stealing from the rich. As you can probably guess from the title, stealth is a must as you go about your thieving.
Deep Silver’s Metro Redux includes Metro 2033 and its sequel Metro: Last Light, both of which are first-person shooter survival horror games that emphasize the use of stealth. Both games are set in Russia following a nuclear war that forced survivors to live in underground Metro tunnels. Players take on the role of Artyom as he faces the dangers lurking within the Metro. You encounter both human and mutant enemies, and players can employ stealth to evade or silently kill both kinds of enemies.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Maximum Games’ Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden explores a post-human earth filled with talking animals and other mutants. While humans are still present, players are tasked with controlling a team of mutants as they make their way through abandoned cities in search of resources. Players must employ stealth in this turn-based game in order to ambush enemies, which puts players at an advantage.
White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
PQube’s White Day: A Labyrinth Named School is an atmospheric first-person horror packed with scares. Set in South Korea, players take on the role of Lee Hui-min, a transfer student who sneaks into school after hours to prepare a white day surprise for his crush, Han So-young. Players must then use stealth to navigate their way around the haunted school and battle the ghosts that haunt it.
Playdead’s Inside and Limbo Double Pack is currently 15% off. Both games are puzzle-platformers that depend on stealth to get around. As players are hunted in both games, they must rely on carefully-timed approaches to evade enemies and progress further. Both games have received more than 100 awards and nominations each, and have a 90+ Metacritic rating. These games are sure to keep the stealth enthusiast occupied.
Maximum Games’ The Sinking City is currently 17% off. This action-adventure mystery horror game is heavily inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Set in the fictional city of Oakmont, Massachusetts, the story follows private investigator and war veteran Charles W. Reed. Players explore the open world using an integrated combat/stealth system and can choose to either fight or sneak past the Eldritch horrors they encounter in the game.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is currently 46% off. This tactical shooter game is the first in the Ghost Recon series to feature an open-world environment. Players take on the role of members of the Delta Company, First Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, also known as “Ghosts.” Players are allowed to use multiple ways to complete objectives, one of which is utilizing stealth. Stealth enthusiasts will enjoy coming up with ways to stealthily get objectives done in this game.
Bethesda’s Dishonored is a stealth action-adventure game set in the fictional, plague-ridden city of Dunwall. It follows Corvo Attano as he seeks revenge against the people who framed him for the murder of the Empress. Stealth enthusiasts will enjoy trying to get through the entire game without killing a single person by utilizing stealth and Corvo’s numerous supernatural abilities.
WB Games’ Middle-Earth: Shadow of War is an open-world action role-playing game set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth universe. Players take on the role of ranger Talion, and the spirit of the elf lord Celbrimbor, who shares Talion’s body. As you infiltrate your enemies’ bases, stealth becomes a vital skill to depend on. Players must avoid alerting guards as they sneak in and destroy the enemy from within. This game is perfect for stealth enthusiasts who are fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s works.
Capcom’s Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is currently 50% off. This survival horror game has players taking on the role of Ethan Winters as he searches for his wife in a plantation occupied by a cannibal family. Players must utilize stealth in order to sneak past the cannibalistic members of the Baker family and avoid capture. Stealth enthusiasts who are fans of the Resident Evil series will have loads of fun playing this game.
Bethesda’s The Evil Within is directed by Shinji Mikami, who is heralded as the father of survival horror. Players take on the role of Sebastian Castellanos as he is pulled through a distorted world filled with nightmarish locations and horrid creatures. Players must utilize stealth in order to get past nightmarish creatures present in the game with no clear possibility of ever killing them.
Sony’s Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is an action-adventure game and the fourth main entry in the Uncharted series. Players take on the role of Nathan Drake, a former treasure hunter who is coaxed out of retirement by his older brother. The stealth play in this game has been altered in order to increase realism. This game is perfect for stealth enthusiasts looking for a realistic stealth gaming experience.
Bandai’s Little Nightmares is a puzzle-platformer horror adventure game that follows a girl in a yellow raincoat names Six who is trapped in the Maw. Players must guide Six through a series of challenges and puzzles, and avoid monstrous-looking creatures while doing so. The game received positive reviews for its atmosphere, graphics, and sound. It’s perfect for the stealth enthusiast who is just starting out in the genre.
WB Games’ Batman: Arkham Knight is the fourth main installment in the Batman: Arkham series. Set a year after the events of Batman: Arkham City, players take on the role of Batman as he confronts Scarecrow, who has launched an attack on Gotham City. Players must utilize Batman’s signature stealthy approach in dealing with the many enemies they encounter in the city. Stealth enthusiasts who are fans of Batman will enjoy this game greatly.
