The Best Stealth Games for Linux

Update : Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo added at rank #3.
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Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice (2024)

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Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.


  • real-time
  • tactical
  • stealth
  • ninja
  • strategy
  • isometric
  • assassin
  • historical

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Desperados III (2020)

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Get ready to lead a gang of unique characters through a gripping story-driven tactical adventure in the Wild West. With stunning environments and countless ways to overcome obstacles, Desperados III offers a clean and satisfying stealth-strategy gameplay that rewards experimentation and strategic thinking. Explore the liberty to choose multiple paths and approaches to each situation while you plan your moves carefully.


What we like:
  • Clean and satisfying stealth-strategy gameplay
  • Multiple ways to approach each situation
  • Good level design
  • Fun characters with unique abilities
  • Wild West setting adds a unique twist to the genre
What could be improved:
  • Frequent need for quick saving and loading( if you are like me )
  • Limited enemy types
  • Some characters are less enjoyable to play as

  • stealth
  • tactical
  • real-time
  • western
  • isometric
  • strategy

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Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo (2025)

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Use your wits, kindness, and maybe a good whack to gather clues, items, and evidence that will help the residents of Limbo move on. Untangling an afterlife is no easy feat, especially when you don’t have feet!


  • manipulation
  • emotional
  • time
  • stealth
  • detective
  • 2.5d
  • mystery
  • philosophical
  • exploration
  • scroller
  • heart-warming
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • linear
  • puzzle

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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (2016)

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Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.


  • stealth
  • tactical
  • ninja
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • isometric

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Mark of the Ninja Remastered (2018)

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In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation.


  • ninja
  • stealth

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Aragami (2016)

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Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Aragami is a third person stealth game that casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Teleport to any shadow, become invisible, materialize weapons or even summon a shadow dragon to infiltrate the enemy ranks and dispose of your targets.


  • stealth
  • assassin
  • ninja

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Party Hard (2015)

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It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.


  • stealth
  • violent
  • pixel
  • strategy
  • crime
  • villain
  • mario
  • ninja
  • difficult
  • protagonist
  • top-down
  • action

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)

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Experience the thrilling conclusion of Lara's origin story in Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition. Master an unforgiving jungle, explore underwater tunnels, and unleash chaos on your enemies. Conquer terrifying tombs with advanced traversal skills and uncover a hidden city. With the base game and all DLC included, this is the ultimate way to become the Tomb Raider you're destined to be. Are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime?


What we like:
  • Excellent graphics
  • Well-acted story
  • Fun combat
  • Precise controls
  • Cool optional challenge tombs
What could be improved:
  • Collecting materials for upgrades felt pointless
  • Frequent loss of weapons
  • Tedious climbing
  • Occasional bugs with jumping

  • puzzle
  • stealth
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • underwater
  • combat
  • action-adventure
  • platform
  • action
  • cover
  • narrative
  • shooter
  • survival
  • crafting
  • skill

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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice (2021)

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j PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Linux

Aiko's Choice is the anticipated standalone expansion to the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Set in Edo Japan, you take control of the skillful kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.


  • tactical
  • stealth
  • real-time
  • ninja
  • assassin
  • isometric
  • strategy

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12 is Better Than 6 (2015)

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12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down hardcore shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The action takes place in 1873, the noon of lawless and cruelty all over North America.


  • top-down
  • stealth
  • first-and-third-person
  • western
  • shooter
  • non-interactive
  • cover
  • trial-and-error
  • horses
  • action

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