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We filtered the 41 games similar to Tenchu: Stealth Assassins down to the 20 that fit the “Historical” category. Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins, Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD and Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Tenchu: Stealth Assassins.

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth

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Year 1998Dev ACQUIRE Corp.

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Within the “Historical” category, the closest game to Tenchu: Stealth Assassins is Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins — scoring 97/100 on our similarity scale. Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD and Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India follow close behind.

#1Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins97 #2Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD93 #3Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India92 #4Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition92 #5Assassin's Creed Syndicate90

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The best games with a historical setting like Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

20 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Tenchu: Stealth Assassins. Each one has been evaluated across 6 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.

#1Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins

97

Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthFantasyHistoricalThird Person

Year 2000Dev ACQUIRE Corp. · Activision

✓ Nearly identical: adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and fantasy world.

#2Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD

93

Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthHistoricalFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 54%· 3.2KIGDB55· 3OC65· 16

Year 2014Dev Ubisoft Sofia · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and historical setting

≠ Its own twist: open world exploration, melee combat and setting scifi

#3Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India

92

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthFantasyHistoricalMelee

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 fantasy world

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, melee combat and ranged combat, while skipping visual third person

#4Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition

92

Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthHistoricalFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 81%· 25KRAWG👍 77%· 419MC79

Year 2008Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and historical setting

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

#5Assassin's Creed Syndicate

90

Assassin's Creed Syndicate

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthHistoricalFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 80%· 32KIGDB72· 19OC77· 103

Year 2015Dev Ubisoft Québec · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and historical setting

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat

Steam Epic Xbox

#6Assassin's Creed II

88

Assassin's Creed II

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthHistoricalFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 89%· 60KIGDB90· 8

Year 2009Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and historical setting

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

#7Assassin's Creed III

85

Assassin's Creed III

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthHistoricalFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 74%· 14KIGDB81· 17

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and historical setting

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, strong narrative focus and open world exploration

#8Assassin's Creed Revelations

85

Assassin's Creed Revelations

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthHistoricalFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 84%· 20KIGDB82· 7

Year 2011Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and historical setting

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, strong narrative focus and open world exploration

#9Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

84

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthFantasyHistoricalThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 107KIGDB96· 19OC93· 120

Year 2015Dev Kojima Productions · KonamiOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and fantasy world

≠ Stands apart with shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting

#10Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

84

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthHistoricalFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 88%· 26KIGDB83· 9

Year 2010Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and historical setting

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

#11We Happy Few

49

We Happy Few

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloStealthFantasyHistoricalMelee

Steam👍 77%· 14KIGDB63· 10OC63· 112

Year 2018Dev Compulsion Games · Gearbox PublishingOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Shared with Tenchu: Stealth Assassins: adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and fantasy world

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, shooter and first-person shooting, while skipping visual third person

#12Assassin's Creed Shadows

96

Assassin's Creed Shadows

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthHistoricalThird PersonOpen World

Steam👍 76%· 36KIGDB85· 7OC81· 224

Year 2025Dev Ubisoft Québec · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · Switch · PC

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and historical setting

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping fantasy world

Steam Epic Xbox

#13Desperados III

92

Desperados III

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthHistoricalThird PersonTactical

Steam👍 97%· 16KRAWG👍 90%· 218MC84IGDB86· 9OC85· 118

Year 2020Dev Mimimi Productions · THQ NordicPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing stealth mechanics, historical setting and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: real-time strategy, punishing difficulty and strong narrative focus, while skipping adventure storytelling

#14Death to Spies

91

Death to Spies

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthHistoricalThird PersonMelee

Steam👍 76%· 1.0KRAWG👍 63%· 74MC69IGDB70· 2

Year 2007Dev Haggard Games · 1C-SoftClubPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Both are stealth-action games — sharing adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and historical setting

≠ Stands apart with shooter, open world exploration and melee combat, while skipping fantasy world

#15Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions

91

Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions

GenreActionSubgenreStealth

SoloStealthHistoricalThird PersonMelee

Steam👍 82%· 4.8KIGDB70· 1

Year 1999Dev Konami Computer Entertainment Japan · KonamiOn PlayStation 3

✓ Same family of stealth-action games: adventure storytelling, stealth mechanics and historical setting

≠ Stands apart with shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design, while skipping fantasy world

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