✓ Fits the stealth-action games cluster, with puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus
≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation
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 The Pirate Queen: With Lucy Liu: setting and tone.
It predates The Pirate Queen: With Lucy Liu by 11 years, with what that implies technically.