Best Assassin Games on Steam

1. Counter-Strike

Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role.

Counter-Strike holds the #1 spot for "best Assassin game on Steam" with a Player Score of 96. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 245,033 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 238,750 positive reviews and 6,283 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $9.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Counter-Strike on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).

2. Dishonored

Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.

Dishonored has achieved a Player Score of 96, placing it in the #2 spot for the best Assassin games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 80,798 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 78,903 positive reviews and 1,895 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $9.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

3. Dishonored RHCP

Dishonored RHCP has achieved a Player Score of 95, placing it in the #3 spot for the best Assassin games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 13,731 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 13,452 positive reviews and 279 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $0.00 to play and is not available to play on Windows, Mac OS, or Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

4. Cruelty Squad

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Cruelty Squad has achieved a Player Score of 95, placing it in the #4 spot for the best Assassin games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 18,871 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 18,299 positive reviews and 572 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $19.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is not possible to play or run Cruelty Squad on the Steam Deck.

5. Mark of the Ninja

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. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.

Mark of the Ninja has achieved a Player Score of 94, placing it in the #5 spot for the best Assassin games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 15,812 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 15,338 positive reviews and 474 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $0.00 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

6. Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition

Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.

Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition has achieved a Player Score of 94, placing it in the #6 spot for the best Assassin games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 305,838 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 291,434 positive reviews and 14,404 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $59.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

7. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

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.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun has achieved a Player Score of 94, placing it in the #7 spot for the best Assassin games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 36,516 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 35,090 positive reviews and 1,426 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $3.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

8. Desperados III

Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.

Desperados III has achieved a Player Score of 94, placing it in the #8 spot for the best Assassin games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 13,936 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 13,475 positive reviews and 461 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $9.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Desperados III on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).

9. Mark of the Ninja: Remastered

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.

Mark of the Ninja: Remastered has achieved a Player Score of 93, placing it in the #9 spot for the best Assassin games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 5,890 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 5,663 positive reviews and 227 negative reviews — making it "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $19.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Valve has also verified it as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.

10. Hitman: Blood Money

Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.

Hitman: Blood Money has achieved a Player Score of 92, placing it in the #10 spot for the best Assassin games. Its score was calculated by analyzing a total of 13,197 reviews on Steam. This breaks down to a total of 12,418 positive reviews and 779 negative reviews — making it "Very Positive" on Steam.

It is priced at $0.99 to play and can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Hitman: Blood Money on the Steam Deck (though some functionality may be limited).