Stealth games Hacker News commenters recommend
6 stealth games were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and October 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 1 earns the Hacker Approved badge.
On Hacker News, the most recommended stealth game that earns the badge is Thief video game: 10 people recommended it and 2 criticized it between November 2025 and October 2026. More people recommend Thief: The Dark Project (12), but it was recommended in only 2 of 12 months.
Top pick
The most recommended stealth game with the badge. Each figure is one person. RecommendsMixed feelingsCriticizes One comment
Light and shadow stealth
“Splinter Cell and Thief are the only series I'm familiar with that actually have light and shadow based stealth”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Splinter Cell veteran says realistic modern lighting has screwed up stealth game” Stealth game built around light, shadow and sound, credited with pioneering immersive sim genres; critics say later entries, the 2014 reboot and a VR game, disappointed fans.
All 6 stealth games, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Mixed counts the people with mixed feelings, who count toward neither side. Approval share is recommenders out of recommenders and critics; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 12, in which someone recommended it. Had for is the median time people say they have had or used it, shown when 10 or more said.
| Rank | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thief: The Dark Project | 12 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| 2 | Thief video game | 10 | 0 | 2 | 83% | 5 | — | Approved |
| 3 | Metal Gear Solid | 9 | 6 | 2 | 82% | 4 | — | — |
| Tied 4 | Metal Gear Solid V | 7 | 1 | 3 | 70% | 3 | — | — |
| Tied 4 | Splinter Cell | 7 | 4 | 2 | 78% | 3 | — | — |
| 6 | Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | 6 | 1 | 2 | 75% | 4 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment between November 2025 and October 2026. Someone who praises the same stealth game in five threads counts once, in the column of their latest opinion.
A stealth game earns the badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it.
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Counts come from Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 3 Nov 2026. How it works