the stealth game one of gaming’s most
revered and frustrating pastimes welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
video games stealth franchises for this
list we’ll be counting down what we
consider to be the greatest stealth
franchises in video game history we’ll
only be looking at franchises as a whole
meaning that the series will have to
have more than one entry games without a
sequel despite how stellar they may be
will not be included number 10 The
Chronicles of Riddick encompassing two
games escape from butcher Bay and
assault on Dark Athena The Chronicles of
Riddick franchise proves that tie-in
games are not always terrible just 99%
of the time these games act as a prequel
to pitch black the first entry in the
Riddick movie franchise and they contain
some of the most rewarding and
best-looking stealth gameplay on
consoles at the time
complete with state of the art graphics
brutal violence and a surprisingly
decent performance from Vin Diesel
himself these games perfectly blended
South shooting and fighting into one
unique package number 9 Assassin’s Creed
okay so while the stealth elements on
hand in this franchise might not be as
robust to some of the other entries on
this list there’s no denying that the
Assassin’s Creed games have had a huge
impact on gaming as a whole the stealth
gameplay is nonetheless engaging
complete with multiple paths in which
you can approach the objective and a
functioning blending system allowing you
a very obviously clad assassin to blend
in with regular citizens as you walk
away from a bloody corpse the game’s
historic settings are always
unbelievably detailed as well ranging
from Renaissance Italy to Victorian
England to 18th century Caribbean by
blending diverse gameplay and beautiful
locales these games have earned their
reputation as some of the most memorable
of the seventh generation best they
never change and may it never change us
number eight Sly Cooper doors jump and
press the square button that’ll slam the
shot a PlayStation exclusive series the
Sly Cooper games all the adventures up
well you know Sly Cooper and his gang of
thieves called the Cooper gang as they
steal various objects around the world
all in an absolutely gorgeous and finely
detailed film noir comic book art style
if that art style itself doesn’t win you
over with its unique beauty the complex
level design certainly will as the
game’s expertly combined platforming
with stealth elements while the games
may be a tad short they were nonetheless
beautiful challenging and above all else
quite fun
number seven Dishonored
a series that rewards play your
creativity and experimentation
dishonored follows The Adventures of
Corvo attano as he attempts to clear his
name from one assassination the only way
he knows how by assassinating more
people
yeah revenge baby what did you do with
young lady Emilie treta by emphasizing
player choice and agency through the use
of multiple paths tools and supernatural
powers everyone’s experience with these
games will differ making each
playthrough unique and equally as
venturous set in the expansive steampunk
city of dunwall the games are immersive
all while promoting experimentation and
discussion with other gamers number six
thief but he quiets now good set in
another steampunk world the thief series
was unique to the stealth genre in that
it emphasized and avoidance of
confrontation in 1998 a first-person
game where you could fight but probably
shouldn’t because you’ll die was a
rather novel idea coming into the scene
at a time when three-dimensional stealth
games were still very rare and
perfecting the concept of sticking to
the shadows thief can be considered a
grandfather to the genre and helped
influence many games that would follow
in its footsteps it’s very quiet
footsteps where are now hidden
number five Batman Arkham series I lost
one of you idiots beginning with the
widely acclaimed Arkham Asylum and
finishing with the more lukewarm Arkham
Knight these games rose and dipped in
quality throughout four entries but when
taken as a whole the series can be seen
as a revolution they perfectly mixed
brutal fluid and fast-paced combat with
Batman’s signature sneaky style
by emphasizing the use of gadgets
shadows and stealth players truly got a
sense of what it would feel like to be
Batman and it was just as fun if not
better than how we always envisioned it
number four Deus Ex
combining different styles including RPG
action and stealth into one cohesive
whole the Deus Ex series is both
brilliant and inventive one of the main
draws to the series is freedom of choice
players have the ability to combat an
objective basically any way they see fit
whether it’s walking in the front door
guns a-blazing stealthily making your
way through a convenient vent hacking a
computer for access or maybe just a
combination of all of those
I’m not leaving my 6 exposed give me
something lethal
y’all coal these games are a sandbox of
creative choices and by letting us loose
in its playground Deus Ex rewards
intelligence and creativity just like a
good stealth cities always should number
3 hitman playing is agent 47 a cloned
assassin for hire players must take
advantage of a wide variety of options
in order to fulfill their given contract
killing these games are well known for
the imaginative ways to dispatch targets
allowing players to kill their contract
however they see fit and forcing them to
improvise should things turn south there
are countless ways of killing a given
target whether it’s forcefully sneekly
by making it look like an accident
secretly poisoning them well you get the
idea due to the choices presented to the
player these games provide hours upon
hours of replayability each playthrough
more outrageous and innovative than the
last I have a feeling it’s going to be
the one you’ll be remembered for number
2 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
why did you torch your Morgan hold the
video game series they even your
grandfather might have heard of the
Splinter Cell games are cornerstones of
the stealth genre and have sold over 30
million copies indicating their extreme
popularity even with casual players
playing as Sam Fisher of the Third
Echelon players must act like a secret
agent and take out enemies without being
detected forcing them to naturally stick
to the shadows and take the less obvious
route sure you can use your guns but
that’s no fun and that’s not why it’s on
this list am i right
remaining popular for well over a decade
this series is hugely influential both
in terms of the stealth genre and per
video games as a whole it’s simply
impossible to discuss stealth and not
bring up mr. Fisher it’s been a while
Fisher my god man you’re getting old
before we sneak our way into our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
number one Metal Gear series a soldier
needs to be strong and spirit body and
technique and the only thing you can
learn from someone else is technique was
there ever any doubt the granddaddy of
the stealth genre and some of the
greatest video games of all time
snakes influence has certainly been
pretty at him solid camouflage I hope
that’s not your only trick these games
are often considered masterpieces
ranging from the rich characterizations
to the deep rewarding gameplay to
wide-reaching and somewhat controversial
storylines not to mention those
interesting fourth wall breaking
scenarios these games helped popularize
the stealth genre turning it mainstream
and perfecting the recipe along the way
stealth games including those mentioned
before on this list would arguably not
be where they are today without the help
of Metal Gear do you agree with a list
what do you think are the greatest
stealth franchises for more sneaky top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com everything is
in place we can initiate whenever you
wish
you
revered and frustrating pastimes welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
video games stealth franchises for this
list we’ll be counting down what we
consider to be the greatest stealth
franchises in video game history we’ll
only be looking at franchises as a whole
meaning that the series will have to
have more than one entry games without a
sequel despite how stellar they may be
will not be included number 10 The
Chronicles of Riddick encompassing two
games escape from butcher Bay and
assault on Dark Athena The Chronicles of
Riddick franchise proves that tie-in
games are not always terrible just 99%
of the time these games act as a prequel
to pitch black the first entry in the
Riddick movie franchise and they contain
some of the most rewarding and
best-looking stealth gameplay on
consoles at the time
complete with state of the art graphics
brutal violence and a surprisingly
decent performance from Vin Diesel
himself these games perfectly blended
South shooting and fighting into one
unique package number 9 Assassin’s Creed
okay so while the stealth elements on
hand in this franchise might not be as
robust to some of the other entries on
this list there’s no denying that the
Assassin’s Creed games have had a huge
impact on gaming as a whole the stealth
gameplay is nonetheless engaging
complete with multiple paths in which
you can approach the objective and a
functioning blending system allowing you
a very obviously clad assassin to blend
in with regular citizens as you walk
away from a bloody corpse the game’s
historic settings are always
unbelievably detailed as well ranging
from Renaissance Italy to Victorian
England to 18th century Caribbean by
blending diverse gameplay and beautiful
locales these games have earned their
reputation as some of the most memorable
of the seventh generation best they
never change and may it never change us
number eight Sly Cooper doors jump and
press the square button that’ll slam the
shot a PlayStation exclusive series the
Sly Cooper games all the adventures up
well you know Sly Cooper and his gang of
thieves called the Cooper gang as they
steal various objects around the world
all in an absolutely gorgeous and finely
detailed film noir comic book art style
if that art style itself doesn’t win you
over with its unique beauty the complex
level design certainly will as the
game’s expertly combined platforming
with stealth elements while the games
may be a tad short they were nonetheless
beautiful challenging and above all else
quite fun
number seven Dishonored
a series that rewards play your
creativity and experimentation
dishonored follows The Adventures of
Corvo attano as he attempts to clear his
name from one assassination the only way
he knows how by assassinating more
people
yeah revenge baby what did you do with
young lady Emilie treta by emphasizing
player choice and agency through the use
of multiple paths tools and supernatural
powers everyone’s experience with these
games will differ making each
playthrough unique and equally as
venturous set in the expansive steampunk
city of dunwall the games are immersive
all while promoting experimentation and
discussion with other gamers number six
thief but he quiets now good set in
another steampunk world the thief series
was unique to the stealth genre in that
it emphasized and avoidance of
confrontation in 1998 a first-person
game where you could fight but probably
shouldn’t because you’ll die was a
rather novel idea coming into the scene
at a time when three-dimensional stealth
games were still very rare and
perfecting the concept of sticking to
the shadows thief can be considered a
grandfather to the genre and helped
influence many games that would follow
in its footsteps it’s very quiet
footsteps where are now hidden
number five Batman Arkham series I lost
one of you idiots beginning with the
widely acclaimed Arkham Asylum and
finishing with the more lukewarm Arkham
Knight these games rose and dipped in
quality throughout four entries but when
taken as a whole the series can be seen
as a revolution they perfectly mixed
brutal fluid and fast-paced combat with
Batman’s signature sneaky style
by emphasizing the use of gadgets
shadows and stealth players truly got a
sense of what it would feel like to be
Batman and it was just as fun if not
better than how we always envisioned it
number four Deus Ex
combining different styles including RPG
action and stealth into one cohesive
whole the Deus Ex series is both
brilliant and inventive one of the main
draws to the series is freedom of choice
players have the ability to combat an
objective basically any way they see fit
whether it’s walking in the front door
guns a-blazing stealthily making your
way through a convenient vent hacking a
computer for access or maybe just a
combination of all of those
I’m not leaving my 6 exposed give me
something lethal
y’all coal these games are a sandbox of
creative choices and by letting us loose
in its playground Deus Ex rewards
intelligence and creativity just like a
good stealth cities always should number
3 hitman playing is agent 47 a cloned
assassin for hire players must take
advantage of a wide variety of options
in order to fulfill their given contract
killing these games are well known for
the imaginative ways to dispatch targets
allowing players to kill their contract
however they see fit and forcing them to
improvise should things turn south there
are countless ways of killing a given
target whether it’s forcefully sneekly
by making it look like an accident
secretly poisoning them well you get the
idea due to the choices presented to the
player these games provide hours upon
hours of replayability each playthrough
more outrageous and innovative than the
last I have a feeling it’s going to be
the one you’ll be remembered for number
2 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
why did you torch your Morgan hold the
video game series they even your
grandfather might have heard of the
Splinter Cell games are cornerstones of
the stealth genre and have sold over 30
million copies indicating their extreme
popularity even with casual players
playing as Sam Fisher of the Third
Echelon players must act like a secret
agent and take out enemies without being
detected forcing them to naturally stick
to the shadows and take the less obvious
route sure you can use your guns but
that’s no fun and that’s not why it’s on
this list am i right
remaining popular for well over a decade
this series is hugely influential both
in terms of the stealth genre and per
video games as a whole it’s simply
impossible to discuss stealth and not
bring up mr. Fisher it’s been a while
Fisher my god man you’re getting old
before we sneak our way into our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
number one Metal Gear series a soldier
needs to be strong and spirit body and
technique and the only thing you can
learn from someone else is technique was
there ever any doubt the granddaddy of
the stealth genre and some of the
greatest video games of all time
snakes influence has certainly been
pretty at him solid camouflage I hope
that’s not your only trick these games
are often considered masterpieces
ranging from the rich characterizations
to the deep rewarding gameplay to
wide-reaching and somewhat controversial
storylines not to mention those
interesting fourth wall breaking
scenarios these games helped popularize
the stealth genre turning it mainstream
and perfecting the recipe along the way
stealth games including those mentioned
before on this list would arguably not
be where they are today without the help
of Metal Gear do you agree with a list
what do you think are the greatest
stealth franchises for more sneaky top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com everything is
in place we can initiate whenever you
wish
you
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