Games like Hitman
Closest overall match: Hitman 2 (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Hitman: Blood Money at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: Kane and Lynch: Dead Men at about 1 hours.
We compared Hitman against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. The strongest common threads are Third Person, Third-Person Shooter and Stealth. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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68%
1. Hitman 2
Shares Assassin, Nudity, Stealth, Third Person and Open World and 2 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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64%
2. Hitman: Absolution
Shares Assassin, Crime, Third-Person Shooter, Stealth and Tactical and 2 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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64%
3. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Shares Heist, Crime, Nudity, Third-Person Shooter and Third Person and 2 more tags; same developer; rated 0.7 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
62%
4. Just Cause 3
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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62%
5. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Shares Heist, Third-Person Shooter, Stealth, Tactical and Third Person and 4 more tags; about 15h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 22h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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62%
6. Hitman: Blood Money
Shares Assassin, Crime, Third-Person Shooter, Stealth and Third Person and 2 more tags; same developer; rated 0.4 higher; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
61%
7. Hitman 3
Shares Assassin, Crime, Third-Person Shooter, Stealth and Tactical and 3 more tags; same developer; rated 0.3 higher.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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61%
8. Kane and Lynch: Dead Men
Shares Heist, Crime, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person and Open World and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 0.3 lower; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 67
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
9. Mafia II
Shares Crime, Nudity, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person and Open World and 2 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; about 6h longer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
58%
10. Just Cause 2
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World, Full controller support and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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58%
11. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Shares Heist, Illuminati, Nudity, Stealth and Open World and 2 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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58%
12. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Shares Assassin, Crime, Stealth, Third Person and Great Soundtrack and 1 more tags; same developer; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Hitman?
On our similarity model, Hitman 2 is the closest match to Hitman — shares Assassin, Nudity, Stealth, Third Person and Open World and 2 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
Which game like Hitman is rated highest?
Hitman: Blood Money holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 1,045 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Hitman on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.