Hidden in Plain Sight similar games & best alternatives

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Hidden in Plain Sight

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2014

Should you play it?

Hidden in Plain Sight is a local-multiplayer stealth party game. Blend into the crowd of AI characters and eliminate the other players before they eliminate you!

What works

  • Unique and original local multiplayer gameplay
  • Highly fun and engaging party experience
  • Easy to learn and accessible to non-gamers
  • Multiple game modes with customization options
  • Strong social interaction and laughter

Things to keep in mind

  • Requires multiple controllers and local play
  • Limited game modes and content
  • Minimal graphics and sound presentation
  • No online multiplayer by default (though beta available)
  • Can become repetitive over long sessions

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Shipped

  • Feign

  • Samurai GUNN

  • Impact Point

  • Town of Salem

  • 8Bit Fiesta - The Drinking Game

More fantastical

Games that feels like Hidden in Plain Sight but with more imaginative fiction

  • Party Club

  • Enemy On Board

  • Rubber Bandits

  • Crawl

  • The Last Conflict

  • Fighties

More exploratory

Games that feels like Hidden in Plain Sight but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • CS2D

  • Project Winter

  • Unspottable

  • Invisigun Reloaded

  • TowerFall Ascension

  • Of Guards And Thieves

Choose your own criteria ->

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Hidden in Plain Sight: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression, Fantasy, Exploration.

Last update: 03/08/2026