It acts as a disincentive, challenging you to engage with the stealth-based gameplay Gunpoint demands. Fail to do so, and a shooter will be waiting for you by the exit. However, if you set off an alarm a timer starts, rushing you toward the exit if you can complete the objective in time. Okay, if you want to cheat and pistol whip a henchman then you can. That’s why each level tasks you with hacking everything from light switches and door panels, to CCTV systems and trap doors, creating openings to sneak on through to your objective.

This stealth game puts you in the modded boots of a detective, framed for a crime he didn’t commit but was there to see.Īs a trenchcoated problem solver, you’re not one for fighting. No wonder, then, that Gunpoint proves to be so thrilling. Every move is considered and requires a dollop of thought. To us, stealth games are a lot like puzzles. Nothing beats the thrill of doing things on the down-low. The best stealth games highlight that neat joy of entering a space and leaving it unchanged except for the briefcase you were told to extract, or that one person who was your target now laying dead without anyone having noticed – the alarms going off at the precise moment you coolly walk away from the scene undetected. Sorry Assassin’s Creed, you had about 20 chances). Most of the time, though, stealth is just one of several means by which you can navigate a game, as you consciously opt for the path of the shadowy rogue or incisive assassin over more forceful approaches.Īny game that features stealth is eligible for our best stealth games list, but it needs to do it pretty damn well (sorry Skyrim, you had your chance. Occasionally, the best stealth games are their own thing, a result of a developer channelling all of the mechanics of a game into the suspense and satisfaction of killing, stealing, and infiltrating unnoticed. Stealth games occupy a curious niche in PC gaming.

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