10 Best Stealth Video Game Missions (According To The Internet)

Score breakdown: Appears in 12 out of 16 critic lists, with 9 appearances in 6 fan lists. Best mission a narrow win decided by 10 nominations out of 70 (21 missions nominated), with Code Talker, Mission 28, coming second with 9.

When it comes to the greatest stealth games of all time Metal Gear Solid V appears on every single list, and Mission 30, Skull Face, rises to the top as the pick of the bunch.

The objective is simplicity itself – get yourself from point A to point B. Between the two are three gates guarded by snipers, walker gears, and mortar teams, with the final challenge a fortified military base complete with heavy armour and patrolling gunship that would give a full infantry platoon pause, never mind a lone special forces operator.

Sticking a ghost run requires patience and nerves of steel as you crawl through the dust mere inches from a roving searchlight, the only thing keeping you hidden some tall grass and the cover of night. For a predator run? Well, you had better ace those headshots.

And therein lies Mission 30’s appeal. There is no one to extract, and no boss fight. It is what Metal Gear Solid says on the tin – tactical espionage operations – distilled to its purest form, just you, a ton of enemies, and puzzling your way through without being seen.