Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist similar games & best alternatives

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360 • 2013

Should you play it?

In this stealth-action thriller, a terrorist group known as the Engineers launches the Blacklist, a series of escalating attacks on US interests. Only one man can stop them: legendary covert agent Sam Fisher.

What works

  • Multiple playstyles and approaches
  • Engaging stealth and tactical gameplay
  • Co-op and multiplayer modes
  • Customization and progression system
  • Cinematic story and presentation

Things to keep in mind

  • Technical issues and crashes reported
  • Multiplayer population low and servers shut down
  • Some linear mission design
  • Voice actor change for main character
  • Some ai and gameplay quirks

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sniper Elite 5

  • Dying Light

  • Enlisted

  • Far Cry® 4

  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier™

  • Resident Evil Revelations

More intimate

Games that feels like Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist but with more focus on close relationships

  • ARC Raiders

  • Resident Evil 5

  • Zombie Army Trilogy

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • Strange Brigade

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist but with less imaginative fiction

  • America's Army: Proving Grounds

  • Sniper Elite 4

  • Tom Clancy’s The Division™

  • Battlefield 3™

  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2

  • Sniper Elite 3

Less competitive

Games that feels like Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist but with less competition against others

  • Dead Space™ 3

  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction™

  • Sniper Elite V2 Remastered

  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

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Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Domination.

Last update: 21/08/2026