7 Hardcore games like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun that you should try

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with punishing difficulty, stealth mechanics and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, shooter and adventure storytelling, while skipping real-time strategy

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing real-time strategy, punishing difficulty and stealth mechanics

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: real-time strategy, punishing difficulty and stealth mechanics

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and survival mechanics, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing punishing difficulty, stealth mechanics and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling, while skipping real-time strategy

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: real-time strategy, punishing difficulty and stealth mechanics

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, multiplayer gameplay and co op, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with real-time strategy, punishing difficulty and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings multiplayer gameplay and co op, while skipping deep simulation

✓ Like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, it's known for punishing difficulty, melee combat and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: fighting mechanics, action RPG combat and deep RPG systems, while skipping real-time strategy