ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeRangedDarkNarrativeHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
Steam👍 68%· 3.3KRAWG👍 84%· 251MC76IGDB80· 2
Year 2005Dev Headfirst Productions · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox
8 Stealth games like Thief that you should try
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More about this game →We filtered the 43 games similar to Thief down to the 8 that fit the “Stealth” category. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, Black and The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Thief.
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Within the “Stealth” category, the closest game to Thief is Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth — scoring 96/100 on our similarity scale. Black and The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay follow close behind.
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The best stealth games like Thief
8 similar games foundUpdated July 2026
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Thief. Each one has been evaluated across 15 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.
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeFirst Person
IGDB71· 4
Year 2006Dev Criterion Games · Electronic Arts
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeSci-FiFirst Person
IGDB89· 5
Year 2004Dev Tigon Studios · Vivendi GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and visual third person, while skipping sandbox freedom
ShooterFPS
SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkHorror
Steam👍 84%· 103KIGDB77· 12OC82· 180
Year 2022Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PC · PS5
ShooterFPS
SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkFirst Person
Steam👍 89%· 2.5KIGDB73· 5OC38· 31
Year 2003Dev Ubisoft Paris · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PC · Mac
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthMeleeDarkHorrorSci-FiFirst Person
Year 2001Dev Monolith Productions · Fox InteractiveOn PC · Mac
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping adventure storytelling
ShooterFPS
SoloStealthFirst Person
Year 2000Dev Innerloop Studios · Eidos InteractiveOn PC
✓ Nearly identical: shooter, first-person shooting and stealth mechanics.
≠ Missing: adventure storytelling.
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SoloStealthFirst PersonMagicFantasy
IGDB41· 4
Year 2010Dev Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC
✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and stealth mechanics
≠ Where it differs: brings combat magic, fantasy world and visual third person, while skipping adventure storytelling