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We filtered the 40 games similar to Hitman: Codename 47 down to the 8 that fit the “Hardcore” category. Hitman: Absolution, Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice and Desperados III top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Hitman: Codename 47.
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Within the “Hardcore” category, the closest game to Hitman: Codename 47 is Hitman: Absolution — scoring 81/100 on our similarity scale. Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice and Desperados III follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Hitman: Codename 47. Each one has been evaluated across 10 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
It meets Hitman: Codename 47 on punishing difficulty, stealth mechanics and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. Its own ground is first-person shooting and strong narrative focus.
Same studio: IO Interactive.
Genre puts it alongside Hitman: Codename 47, and so does punishing difficulty, stealth mechanics and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and tone: this one brings strong narrative focus and an isometric view.
Released 21 years after Hitman: Codename 47.
With Hitman: Codename 47 it shares punishing difficulty, stealth mechanics and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.
Released 20 years after Hitman: Codename 47.
It shares the essentials of what Hitman: Codename 47 does: punishing difficulty, stealth mechanics and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: an isometric view.
Released 16 years after Hitman: Codename 47.
The genre is the same as Hitman: Codename 47’s, and with it punishing difficulty, stealth mechanics and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and game mode — its own ground is multiplayer gameplay and an isometric view.
Genre puts it alongside Hitman: Codename 47, and so does punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and game mode: this one brings multiplayer gameplay and an isometric view.
Held in common with Hitman: Codename 47: adventure storytelling, punishing difficulty and stealth mechanics. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and genre — its own ground is survival mechanics and strong narrative focus.
Released 23 years after Hitman: Codename 47.
The thread back to Hitman: Codename 47 runs through adventure storytelling, punishing difficulty and melee combat. To that it adds a third-person camera and single-player focus. They part company on genre and combat: this one brings fighting mechanics.
Released 22 years after Hitman: Codename 47.
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