Mark of the Ninja: Remastered similar games & best alternatives

Mark of the Ninja: Remastered

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Highly replayable with multiple playstyles and unlockables
  • Tight and fluid stealth gameplay mechanics
  • Beautiful hand-drawn art style and atmospheric sound design
  • Engaging ninja fantasy theme with strategic depth
  • Includes dlc and new game plus for extended content

Things to keep in mind

  • Relatively short main story campaign
  • Checkpoint save system can be inconvenient
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some minor control quirks and occasional bugs
  • Limited narrative depth compared to gameplay

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Intravenous 2: Mercenarism

  • Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

  • Rogue Legacy 2

  • Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

  • The Messenger

  • Dead Cells

Less expressive

Games that feels like Mark of the Ninja: Remastered but with less self-expression and customization

  • TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT

  • Terrian Saga: KR-17

  • Gunbrella

  • CARRION

  • HAAK

  • Gloom

More intense

Games that feels like Mark of the Ninja: Remastered but with a more intense feel

  • Nine Sols

  • D'LIRIUM

  • Chronicles of the Wolf

  • Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition

  • Within the blade

  • Lovecraft's Untold Stories

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

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  • Shank

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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).

Mark of the Ninja: Remastered: 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 Expression, Strategy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 04/08/2026