21 Stealth games like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas that you should try

What brings it close to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas is tactical combat, single-player focus and skill tree progression, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to a first-person view. Where the two diverge is progression: loot and gear systems.

Its point of contact with Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas is melee combat, single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode: deep simulation and historical setting.

What carries over from Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas is tactical combat, co-op play and a first-person view. They part company on progression: this one brings loot and gear systems.

It meets Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas on punishing difficulty, melee combat and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view.

The genre is the same as Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas’s, and with it tactical combat, single-player focus and skill tree progression. Both also lean on a first-person view. The distance is in tone and progression — its own ground is loot and gear systems, and dark, oppressive atmosphere.

Held in common with Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas: stealth mechanics, offline play and a first-person view. It sets itself apart with a sci-fi setting.

Held in common with Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas: tactical combat, offline play and a first-person view. It sets itself apart with a sci-fi setting.

It meets Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas on tactical combat, offline play and a first-person view. What it adds of its own: a third-person camera.

The thread back to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas runs through melee combat, single-player focus and a first-person view. The distance is in tone — its own ground is strong narrative focus.

Shelved next to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas for good reason: tactical combat and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and game mode: this one brings a third-person camera.

Shelved next to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas for good reason: melee combat, multiplayer gameplay and skill tree progression. The common ground extends to a first-person view. Where the two diverge is tone and progression: loot and gear systems, and dark, oppressive atmosphere.

What carries over from Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas is punishing difficulty, tactical combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode: deep simulation and historical setting.

On paper it is what Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas is — melee combat, single-player focus and skill tree progression — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on a first-person view. The distance is in tone and progression — its own ground is loot and gear systems, and strong narrative focus.

It meets Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas on melee combat, single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on game mode: this one brings historical setting.

Same family as Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas: tactical combat and co-op play. Where the two diverge is visuals and game mode: an isometric view.