The Slater similar games & best alternatives

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The Slater

2018

Should you play it?

Get ready to kill drug dealers, crime bosses and anyone who stands in your way as you seek revenge for your father’s murder. The Slater is a story-driven first-person stealth-action-puzzle game that puts you in the shoes of a former cop Mark Slater.

What works

  • Engaging stealth gameplay
  • Well-designed levels with multiple paths
  • Immersive noir atmosphere
  • Affordable price especially on sale
  • Developer passion and responsiveness

Things to keep in mind

  • No mid-mission save or checkpoints
  • Limited killing methods and equipment
  • Short game length with only six missions
  • Basic ai and animations
  • Linear mission design limits replayability

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Red Alliance

  • Hitman: Contracts

  • Somber Echoes

  • Blood West

  • Tyrant's Realm

  • Eternal Evil

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like The Slater but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Withering Rooms

  • Flesh Made Fear

  • Hitman: Absolution™

  • Them and Us

  • Resident Evil 2

  • Hitman: Blood Money

Less expressive

Games that feels like The Slater but with less self-expression and customization

  • Remothered: Tormented Fathers

  • Outlast 2

  • The Story of Henry Bishop

  • The Beast Inside

  • Wick

  • The Night of the Scissors

Choose your own criteria ->

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with The Slater. These titles are not in What to play next.

The Slater: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation.

Last update: 21/08/2026