For those of you who love the gameplay seen in games like Assassin’s Creed, we have a great collection of alternative choices for you here. There are so many challenging missions in these types of games, which is why we cannot get enough of them. Our below list has the most popular ones that are available currently, so you now have a good variety of them to choose from.
1. Thief:
This 2014 edition of Thief comes at the very top of our list of games similar to Assassin’s Creed that we have for you. Out here you will be playing as an expert Thief by name of Garret, as he goes out daily to do his full time job i.e. stealing of course. When you play this one will get to see what goes through to the mind of a professional thief when he spots his next victim.
Being very discreet is the name of the game and you also have to be patient in order to successfully complete picket-pocketing a person. So since you are mostly doing this slowly and carefully your misdeeds will mostly go unnoticed but beware if you are detected by guards as that may spell immediate doom for you and the entire mission.
2. Hitman: Absolution
How could we leave out the gaming worlds famous killer i.e. Agent 47 from our list? The Hitman franchise has come up with another new exciting edition to series subtitled Absolution. If you have already played most of the previous games you will know what Agent 47’s modus operandi is. He takes up an assignment, gets the job done undetected, escapes and then gets paid big-time. Besides his silent take-downs Agent 47 also has a cool range of professional weapons that he can whip out at any point of time during a mission.
But this happens only if things get too heated up, as the usual method is to dress up in different disguises to avoid suspicion. There are many ways in which you can complete a mission and the designers have left it up to you to decide which method you would want to adopt. Many new features are available in Absolution including the ‘instinct mode’ which allows you to check the patrol route of guards and then make your strategy.
3. Far Cry 3:
The third one of this list of Assassin’s Creed alternatives is Far Cry created by Ubisoft. There a whole new dangerous adventure in this pick for Jason and his friends as they find themselves stuck on island filled with maniacal pirates. Since you are playing as Jason your main objective is to somehow fight off this army of bad guys and escape safely along with your friends. But you will be a long way from that goal as you first need to strengthen your skills in combat.
The developers have assigned separate skill sets for your stealth and assault take-downs where you mostly have to sneak up from behind an unsuspecting enemy and finish him off for stealth points and go guns blazing for assault points. There are also a lot of interesting side quests and mini-games which you can play in this one.
4. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
The potency of nanotechnology is seen in its ultimate best in this part of Deus Ex titled Human Revolution. Here you will be put in the shoes of an ex-S.W.A.T police officer who was fitted with this advanced technology after a terrorist attack had left him almost crippled.
The stealth in this one goes to a whole new level as you can actually gain the ability to go invisible for a certain period of time. Once in this mode you can easily position yourself behind your enemy and kill him with the blades that are augmented into your arms. There are many such weapons that you can keep installing throughout the game which allow you to complete your missions with a lot more ease.
5. Just Cause 2:
Your favorite grappling and parachuting special operative Rico Rodriguez returns in Just Cause 2. In this one he is sent on an assignment to the island of Panau to hunt down his former partner and ex-agency operative. The way the game has been designed allows you to dream up all different kinds of ways of killing your targets.
You can use your grappling hook to grab them unawares and then tie them to the walls or get up to the roofs above them and shoot them at close range. Or you can just opt for the standard sniper rifle and shoot them in the head from miles away. Whichever way you would want to play it is entirely up to you. As you have the necessary weapons and equipment that will turn you into a natural born killer.
6. Dishonored:
We have literally saved the best for last on this list of games similar to Assassin’s Creed with this amazing title. Dishonored is all about thinking and acting like a master assassin who will stop at nothing to achieve his goal. And in this pick you will even get an awesome set of powerful magic abilities to help you out in your tasks.
These magical powers turn you into a part time sorcerer when you are not time lethal killer. You can easily summon you dark powers at any point of time during a mission to help you attack your enemies and even see their movements through walls. The best one is the ability to possess a living thing in order to eavesdrop on a conversation or to use their bodies for any other motive. There are lots of ways to play this game which need not always be through intense bloody violence.
Conclusion:
The above six games like Assassin’s Creed not only focus on the stealth aspects but give you much more in terms of action and adventure. All of these above options give you the opportunity to try out a different style of gaming which consists of careful planning and execution instead of extremely violent gun battles.