Hitman: Absolution™ similar games & best alternatives

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Hitman: Absolution™

PlayStation 3, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch • 2012

Should you play it?

The original assassin is back! Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.

What works

  • Multiple creative assassination methods
  • Immersive stealth gameplay
  • Strong audiovisual presentation
  • Challenging and rewarding difficulty
  • High replayability with contracts mode

Things to keep in mind

  • Linear level design limits freedom
  • Disguise system can be frustrating
  • Some ai inconsistencies
  • Lack of manual save system
  • Contracts mode servers shut down

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • HITMAN World of Assassination

  • Batman™: Arkham Origins

  • DEATHLOOP

  • Hitman: Blood Money

  • METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version

  • The Killing Antidote

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Hitman: Absolution™ but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

  • Beyond Hanwell

  • Fear The Timeloop

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Dead Space

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

Less expressive

Games that feels like Hitman: Absolution™ but with less self-expression and customization

  • Remothered: Tormented Fathers

  • Max Payne

  • Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

Less competitive

Games that feels like Hitman: Absolution™ but with less competition against others

  • The Evil Within

  • Dishonored

  • Prey

  • RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business

  • METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version

  • Resident Evil 4

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • HITMAN World of Assassination

  • Hitman: Blood Money

  • Hitman: Contracts

  • Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

  • Hitman: Codename 47

Similarity map

How to use the graph

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.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • 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).

Hitman: Absolution™: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Competition, Violence.

Last update: 06/08/2026