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We filtered the 41 games similar to Aphelion down to the 31 that fit the “Adventure” category. Gunpoint, Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist and Hitman: Absolution top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Aphelion.

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The best adventure games like Aphelion

31 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Aphelion. Each one has been evaluated across 7 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1GunpointClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthNarrativeSci-FiMelee

Steam👍 98%· 13KRAWG👍 85%· 293MC83IGDB88· 5

Year 2013Dev Suspicious DevelopmentsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, precision platforming and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data. To get past security, you'll need to make creative use of your main gadget: the Crosslink.

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: visuals.

It predates Aphelion by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind HeistClosest on combat

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthNarrativeCasualFirst Person

Steam👍 93%· 10K

Year 2015Dev Crows Crows CrowsOn PC · Mac

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, visual first person and free to play, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: visuals.

It predates Aphelion by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Hitman: AbsolutionClosest on visuals

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SoloStealthNarrativeThird PersonMultiplayer

Steam👍 93%· 62KIGDB72· 16

Year 2012Dev IO Interactive · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · Android · PC

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

It predates Aphelion by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthNarrativeThird PersonMelee

Steam👍 82%· 4.8KIGDB70· 1

Year 1999Dev Konami Computer Entertainment Japan · KonamiOn PlayStation 3

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics

≠ Stands apart with shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Hundreds of very short training challenges stripped from the original Metal Gear Solid — sneak past guards, clear a room, solve a weapon puzzle — set in abstract wireframe rooms with no world attached. It is the pure mechanical core of the game and nothing else. There is no story to speak of, and this PC release is a widely criticised port that many players replace with a community fix.

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: setting and visuals.

It predates Aphelion by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealth

Year 2004Dev JoWooD Studio Vienna · JoWooD Productions SoftwareOn PC

✓ Nearly identical: adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and single-player focus.

≠ Missing: strong narrative focus.

It predates Aphelion by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthThird PersonFantasyHistorical

Year 1998Dev ACQUIRE Corp. · Activision Publishing

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: setting.

It predates Aphelion by 28 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthThird PersonFantasyHistorical

Year 2000Dev ACQUIRE Corp. · Activision

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: setting.

It predates Aphelion by 26 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Mark of the Ninja

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthMelee2D

Steam👍 97%· 16KRAWG👍 81%· 768MC91IGDB91· 7

Year 2012Dev Klei Entertainment · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, melee combat and visual 2d, while skipping strong narrative focus

Mark of the ninja is a side-scrolling stealth-action. The game follows an unnamed ninja who is tasked to revenge a private military company that attacked ninja’s clan dojo. The gameplay can be described as a mix of 2D platformer and stealth-action.

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: visuals.

It predates Aphelion by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthThird PersonMultiplayerTactical

Steam👍 88%· 3.9KRAWG👍 91%· 489MC91IGDB85· 7

Year 2002Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and third-person shooting, while skipping strong narrative focus

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a stealth-action game developed by Ubisoft Montreal. It is the first installment of the Splinter Cell franchise. ###Plot In 2003, the United States government formed a new covert agency to gather intelligence. It is a top-secret organization named Third Echelon.

It predates Aphelion by 24 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double AgentClosest on tone

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthNarrativeThird PersonMultiplayer

Steam👍 36%· 1.9KRAWG👍 73%· 343MC80IGDB79· 4

Year 2006Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics

≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and melee combat, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

The best-selling Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® saga takes on an entirely new direction. In the highly anticipated sequel to the 2005 game of the year, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent™, play as a double agent spy for the first time ever.

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: game mode.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly negative, against mixed for Aphelion.

It predates Aphelion by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthNarrativeTacticalMelee

Steam👍 93%· 4.8KIGDB87· 3

Year 2021Dev Mimimi Productions · Daedalic EntertainmentPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Linux

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, real-time strategy and survival mechanics, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

A standalone expansion to Shadow Tactics set in the same Edo-period Japan, with the same real-time squad stealth: pause, plan, and execute several characters' actions at once. If you finished the original and want more, this is exactly that. It is also only three real missions long, reuses maps from the base game, and adds nothing mechanically new.

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: setting and visuals.

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#12Hitman: Codename 47

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthThird PersonTacticalMelee

Steam👍 71%· 4.9KRAWG👍 77%· 597MC73IGDB60· 2

Year 2000Dev IO Interactive · Square EnixPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, shooter and punishing difficulty, while skipping strong narrative focus

The game that started the Hitman franchise. The protagonist is a talented yet nameless hitman, known only by his code number 47. He has no past, as he is a clone created by a mad scientist. In the beginning, 47 is being held in a mental hospital, before he escapes to become a killer for hire.

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: tone.

It predates Aphelion by 26 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Manhunt 2

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthThird PersonDarkHorror

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Year 2007Dev Rockstar Toronto · Rockstar GamesOn PC

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: tone and setting.

It predates Aphelion by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14Aragami

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthNarrativeThird PersonMultiplayer

Steam👍 90%· 13KRAWG👍 62%· 226MC71IGDB70· 9OC72· 50

Year 2016Dev Lince WorksPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics

≠ Stands apart with melee combat, combat magic and setting anime, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

You are Aragami, a vengeful spirit with the power to control the shadows. You’ve been summoned by Yamiko, a girl imprisoned in the city fortress of Kyuryu. Embark on a dark journey full of blood and secrets to discover the truth about aragami.

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: setting and game mode.

It predates Aphelion by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#15Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthMeleeRangedFantasy

Steam👍 66%· 1.1KIGDB60· 9OC63· 48

Year 2016Dev Climax Studios · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, melee combat and ranged combat, while skipping strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Aphelion: setting and visuals.

It predates Aphelion by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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