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

Score breakdown: 10 appearances in 16 critic lists and 9 appearances in 6 fan lists. Best mission decided by a critic vote with 2 out of 3 list appearances.

The only 2D side-scroller on the list, Klei Entertainment’s Mark Of The Ninja proves that the format is not the sole reserve of platformers and bullet-hell shooters, but that it lends itself to a cracking good stealth game, too.

Slick, buttery smooth controls; gadgets and traps that let you to craft the perfect corridor of stealth or arena of creative murder; and a brilliant visualization of sound and light that communicates with precision what you can and cannot get away with - all work seamlessly to create the feeling of being a fast, nimble elite shadow warrior like few other titles can.

A Change In Course adds a spin to the formula. Your job is to sabotage an enemy holdout by sneaking in and surreptitiously flooding the joint in a cloud of flammable gas, then concluding the night’s work by lighting that powder keg and making a thrilling getaway.

The subtle sense of being on a timer, along with many a guard to negotiate, through areas where it is perilously easy to put a foot wrong, means players need to be both bold and precise.