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More about this game →We filtered the 39 games similar to Monaco 2 down to the 33 that fit the “Melee” category. Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine, Aragami and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Monaco 2.
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Within the “Melee” category, the closest game to Monaco 2 is Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine — scoring 86/100 on our similarity scale. Aragami and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent follow close behind.
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The best melee games like Monaco 2
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Monaco 2. Each one has been evaluated across 16 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.

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics
≠ Stands apart with combat magic and setting anime, while skipping vibe casual
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 Monaco 2: tone and visuals.
It predates Monaco 2 by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and combat tactical, while skipping vibe casual
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 Monaco 2: tone and visuals.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly negative, against mixed for Monaco 2.
It predates Monaco 2 by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and melee combat
≠ Stands apart with shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping vibe casual
Where it drifts furthest from Monaco 2: visuals.
It predates Monaco 2 by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Stands apart with shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design, while skipping vibe casual
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 Monaco 2: progression and game mode.
It predates Monaco 2 by 26 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ 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 vibe casual
Where it drifts furthest from Monaco 2: tone and visuals.
It predates Monaco 2 by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and third-person shooting, while skipping vibe casual
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.
Where it drifts furthest from Monaco 2: visuals and game mode.
It predates Monaco 2 by 23 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and melee combat
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, deep simulation and sandbox freedom, while skipping vibe casual
Where it drifts furthest from Monaco 2: tone and world.

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, real-time strategy and survival mechanics, while skipping vibe casual
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 Monaco 2: game mode and visuals.

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing vibe casual, melee combat and stealth mechanics
≠ Its own twist: battle royale tension, shooter and PvP competition, while skipping adventure storytelling
Just UpdatedHidden in Plain Sight is now available for SteamOS/Linux and Mac OS X! About the GameLOCAL-MULTIPLAYER ONLY. NO SINGLE PLAYER OR ONLINE. REQUIRES XBOX COMPATIBLE (OR EMULATED) CONTROLLERS.
Where it drifts furthest from Monaco 2: visuals.
It predates Monaco 2 by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, precision platforming and setting scifi, while skipping vibe casual
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 Monaco 2: visuals and game mode.
It predates Monaco 2 by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing strong narrative focus, stealth mechanics and melee combat
≠ Its own twist: shooter, combat tactical and visual first person, while skipping adventure storytelling
The high point of the series and arguably of stealth: dynamic light and shadow you read as terrain, a knife, and levels with several genuine routes through them, plus a co-op campaign built for two. Twenty years on it holds up completely. The PC release does not — running it on modern hardware routinely needs community patches, and even then it crashes for many players.
Where it drifts furthest from Monaco 2: visuals and tone.
It predates Monaco 2 by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing melee combat, stealth mechanics and co op
≠ Stands apart with real-time strategy, combat tactical and historical setting, while skipping adventure storytelling
The game is a continuation of the three previous games from the Commandos series. As in other games of this series, the action takes place during WW2, and the player commands a detachment of saboteurs operating in the enemy's rear rear. All missions in the game are divided into three campaigns.
Where it drifts furthest from Monaco 2: visuals.
It predates Monaco 2 by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Stands apart with shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping vibe casual
Where it drifts furthest from Monaco 2: world and visuals.
It predates Monaco 2 by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: stealth mechanics, melee combat and single-player focus
≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, real-time strategy and punishing difficulty, while skipping adventure storytelling
The first game in the Commandos series. The action takes place during WW2. The player commands a detachment of saboteurs. The game offers twenty missions.
Where it drifts furthest from Monaco 2: tone and visuals.
It predates Monaco 2 by 27 years, with what that implies technically.
Complete list of melee games like Monaco 2
The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Monaco 2, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
RTS

Mark of the Ninja
Adventure · Platformer

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India
Adventure · Platformer

Assassin's Creed Revelations
Adventure · Sandbox

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Adventure · Puzzle

Assassin's Creed III
Adventure · Sandbox

Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Adventure

Assassin's Creed II
Adventure · Platformer

Hitman: Codename 47
Third-person shooter · Shooter

Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD
Adventure

Desperados III
RTS

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Adventure · Puzzle

Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
Adventure · Platformer

Hitman
Shooter · Third-person shooter

Death to Spies
Adventure · Shooter

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
RTS · Simulation

Hitman: Blood Money
Shooter · Third-person shooter

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Shooter · Third-person shooter
