TOP 100 ESPIONAGE GAMES

Ah, espionage. The genre that lets us live out all of our James Bond fantasies without ever leaving the couch. It's the perfect blend of action, mystery, and sneaky-sneaky, and players just can't get enough. There's something about outwitting enemy spies and completing daring missions that really gets the heart pumping. And lucky for you, we've pored through the best games in the genre to bring you a list of the absolute top picks. No need to waste time sifting through the duds -- we've got you covered. But what makes espionage games so great? Maybe it's the thrill of taking on the role of a super-spy, complete with all the gadgets and swagger. Or maybe it's the satisfaction of outsmarting your opponents and completing missions with style and finesse. Whatever the reason, one thing's for sure: espionage games are a blast. So why not dive into the thrilling world of espionage with our expertly curated list of the top games in the genre? You'll be hooked before you know it. Happy spying!

#01	Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars License: n/a Platforms: PC, Wii, DS, iPhone / iPad, Mac, Android Release: 1996 Rating: 9.2/10
#02	GoldenEye 007 License: n/a Platforms: Wii, XSX, DS, Xbox One, Switch Release: 1997 Rating: 8.9/10
#03	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty License: n/a Platforms: PS5, PC, Switch, PS4, XSX, PS2, Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita Release: 2001 Rating: 8.8/10
#04	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain License: n/a Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Xbox One, PS4 Release: 2015 Rating: 8.8/10
#05	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots License: Commercial Platforms: Console, PS3 Release: 2008 Rating: 8.8/10
#06	World in Conflict License: Commercial Platforms: PC Release: 2007 Rating: 8.8/10
#07	No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac Release: 2002 Rating: 8.7/10
#08	Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker License: n/a Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One Release: 2010 Rating: 8.5/10
#09	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops License: n/a Platforms: Release: 2006 Rating: 8.5/10
#10	Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater License: n/a Platforms: PS2, 3DS, Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita Release: 2004 Rating: 8.5/10
#11	Metal Gear Solid License: n/a Platforms: PC, Console, Switch, PS3 Release: 1998 Rating: 8.5/10
#12	Metal Gear Solid HD Collection License: n/a Platforms: PS Vita, Xbox 360, Console, PS3 Release: 2011 Rating: 8.5/10
#13	Dishonored License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, Xbox One Release: 2012 Rating: 8.5/10
#14	The Operative: No One Lives Forever License: Commercial Platforms: PC, Mac, PS2 Release: 2000 Rating: 8.5/10
#15	Call of Duty: Black Ops License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, Mac, Wii, PS3, DS Release: 2010 Rating: 8.3/10
#16	Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror License: n/a Platforms: PS2, PS5, PS4 Release: 2006 Rating: 8.3/10
#17	Tom Clancys Splinter Cell License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Mac, PS3, Xbox One Release: 2002 Rating: 8.3/10
#18	Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves License: n/a Platforms: PS2, PS3 Release: 2005 Rating: 8.2/10
#19	Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 1998 Rating: 8.2/10
#20	Deus Ex: Human Revolution License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, Mac, PS3, Xbox One Release: 2011 Rating: 8.2/10
#21	Tom Clancys Splinter Cell Double Agent License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Console, Wii, PS3, Xbox One, XSX Release: 2006 Rating: 8.2/10
#22	Beyond Good & Evil License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS5, XSX, Switch, PS4, PS2, Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One Release: 2003 Rating: 8.2/10
#23	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege License: n/a Platforms: PS4, PC, PS5, XSX, Xbox One Release: 2015 Rating: 8.1/10
#24	Deus Ex License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, Mac, PS3, PS2 Release: 2000 Rating: 8.1/10
#25	Hitman: Blood Money License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Browser, Xbox One, PS4, Switch, iPhone / iPad Release: 2006 Rating: 8.1/10
#26	TimeSplitters: Future Perfect License: n/a Platforms: PS2, Xbox 360, Xbox One, XSX Release: 2005 Rating: 8.1/10
#27	Phantom Doctrine License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One Release: 2018 Rating: 8/10
#28	Papers, Please License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad, PS Vita, Android Release: 2013 Rating: 8/10
#29	Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence License: n/a Platforms: PS2, PS Vita, Xbox 360, PS3 Release: 2005 Rating: 8/10
#30	Hitman 2 License: Commercial Platforms: PC, PS2, PS4, Xbox One Release: 2018 Rating: 8/10
#31	Perfect Dark Zero License: Commercial Platforms: Xbox 360, Console, Xbox One Release: 2005 Rating: 8/10
#32	Syphon Filter License: n/a Platforms: Console, PS4, PS5, Android, PS3 Release: 1999 Rating: 8/10
#33	Team Fortress 2 License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac Release: 2007 Rating: 8/10
#34	The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, XSX Release: 2010 Rating: 8/10
#35	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, Xbox 360, iPhone / iPad, Xbox One Release: 2010 Rating: 8/10
#36	Hitman License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Browser, PS4, Mac, Xbox One Release: 1984 Rating: 8/10
#37	Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You License: n/a Platforms: Mac, PC, iPhone / iPad Release: 2016 Rating: 8/10
#38	The Last Express License: commercial Platforms: PC, Mac, iPhone / iPad, Android Release: 1997 Rating: 8/10
#39	Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus License: commercial Platforms: PS2, Console, PS3 Release: 2002 Rating: 7.9/10
#40	Hitman 2: Silent Assassin License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, PS3 Release: 2002 Rating: 7.8/10
#41	Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS4, Mac, Xbox One Release: 2016 Rating: 7.8/10
#42	Gunpoint License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac Release: 2013 Rating: 7.8/10
#43	Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow License: n/a Platforms: PS5, PS4, PS2 Release: 2007 Rating: 7.8/10
#44	Time Crisis License: n/a Platforms: Console Release: 1996 Rating: 7.7/10
#45	watch dogs License: n/a Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii U, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, XSX Release: 2014 Rating: 7.7/10
#46	Silent Bomber License: n/a Platforms: Console, PS3 Release: 1999 Rating: 7.6/10
#47	Tropico 5 License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Mac Release: 2014 Rating: 7.5/10
#48	GoldenEye 007: Reloaded License: n/a Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3 Release: 2011 Rating: 7.5/10
#49	Robert Ludlums The Bourne Conspiracy License: commercial Platforms: Xbox 360, Console, PS3 Release: 2008 Rating: 7.5/10
#50	Eve Online License: commercial Platforms: PC, Mac, Browser Release: 2003 Rating: 7.5/10
#51	Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine License: n/a Platforms: PC, Mac, Switch, Xbox 360 Release: 2013 Rating: 7.5/10
#52	Deus Ex: Invisible War License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2003 Rating: 7.5/10
#53	Live A Live License: n/a Platforms: Switch, Wii U, PS5, PS4, PC Release: 1994 Rating: 7.5/10
#54	Hotel Dusk: Room 215 License: n/a Platforms: DS Release: 2007 Rating: 7.5/10
#55	Invisible, Inc. License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS4, Mac, iPhone / iPad, Switch Release: 2015 Rating: 7.4/10
#56	I Expect You to Die License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS4 Release: 2016 Rating: 7.4/10
#57	Secret Agent Clank License: n/a Platforms: PS2 Release: 2008 Rating: 7.4/10
#58	Watch Dogs: Legion License: n/a Platforms: PS4, PC, PS5, XSX, Xbox One Release: 2020 Rating: 7.4/10
#59	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS3 Release: 2007 Rating: 7.4/10
#60	Impossible Mission License: n/a Platforms: PS2, Wii, DS, Switch Release: 1984 Rating: 7.4/10
#61	Soldier of Fortune License: commercial Platforms: PC, PS2 Release: 2000 Rating: 7.4/10
#62	Just Cause 2 License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, Console, PS3, Xbox One Release: 2010 Rating: 7.3/10
#63	Spy Hunter License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Mac, PS Vita Release: 1983 Rating: 7.3/10
#64	Tom Clancys Splinter Cell Chaos Theory License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Console, 3DS, DS Release: 2005 Rating: 7.3/10
#65	Time Crisis 3 License: commercial Platforms: PS2, Console Release: 2002 Rating: 7.3/10
#66	Hitman: Contracts License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, PS3 Release: 2004 Rating: 7.3/10
#67	Headhunter License: commercial Platforms: PS2, Console Release: 2001 Rating: 7.3/10
#68	Hitman: Absolution License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Mac, PS4, Xbox One Release: 2012 Rating: 7.3/10
#69	MySims Agents License: n/a Platforms: Wii, DS Release: 2009 Rating: 7.3/10
#70	Cold Winter License: n/a Platforms: PS2, Xbox 360 Release: 2005 Rating: 7.3/10
#71	Sniper Elite License: commercial Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Console, Wii Release: 2005 Rating: 7.2/10
#72	Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, DS Release: 2010 Rating: 7.2/10
#73	Evil Genius License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2004 Rating: 7.2/10
#74	Spycraft: The Great Game License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 1996 Rating: 7.1/10
#75	Uplink: Hacker Elite License: commercial Platforms: PC, Android, Mac, iPhone / iPad Release: 2001 Rating: 7.1/10
#76	Need for Speed Undercover License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, DS, iPhone / iPad Release: 2008 Rating: 7/10
#77	Republique License: n/a Platforms: PC, Android, PS4, Mac, iPhone / iPad Release: 2015 Rating: 7/10
#78	CounterSpy License: n/a Platforms: PS4, Android, iPhone / iPad, PS3 Release: 2014 Rating: 7/10
#79	Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes License: n/a Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Xbox One, PS4 Release: 2014 Rating: 7/10
#80	Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D License: n/a Platforms: 3DS Release: 2012 Rating: 7/10
#81	Metal Gear Solid: Touch License: n/a Platforms: iPhone / iPad Release: 2009 Rating: 7/10
#82	The Club License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS3 Release: 2008 Rating: 7/10
#83	Among Us License: n/a Platforms: PC, iPhone / iPad, Switch, XSX, PS5, PS4, Android, Xbox One Release: 2018 Rating: 7/10
#84	Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2021 Rating: 7/10
#85	Evil Genius 2: World Domination License: n/a Platforms: PC, XSX, PS5, PS4, Xbox One Release: 2021 Rating: 7/10
#86	Fights in Tight Spaces License: n/a Platforms: PC, XSX, Switch, PS4, Xbox One Release: 2020 Rating: 7/10
#87	Budget Cuts License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5 Release: 2018 Rating: 7/10
#88	Traitors Gate License: commercial Platforms: PC, Mac Release: 1999 Rating: 6.9/10
#89	Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions License: n/a Platforms: PS2 Release: 2002 Rating: 6.9/10
#90	Army of Two License: n/a Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3 Release: 2008 Rating: 6.8/10
#91	Tomb Raider: Underworld License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Mac, Wii, PS3, DS Release: 2008 Rating: 6.8/10
#92	Death to Spies: Moment of Truth License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2008 Rating: 6.8/10
#93	Cold War License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, Mac Release: 2005 Rating: 6.8/10
#94	Syphon Filter 3 License: commercial Platforms: Console, Android, PS5, PS4, PS3 Release: 2001 Rating: 6.8/10
#95	XIII License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Mac, Console, PS4, Switch, PS5, Xbox One Release: 2003 Rating: 6.7/10
#96	Rolling Thunder 2 License: n/a Platforms: Switch, PS4, Wii Release: 1991 Rating: 6.6/10
#97	Tom Clancys Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Console, PS3 Release: 2004 Rating: 6.6/10
#98	The Sum of All Fears License: n/a Platforms: PC, PS2 Release: 2002 Rating: 6.6/10
#99	Velvet Assassin License: n/a Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, Mac Release: 2009 Rating: 6.5/10
#100	Death to Spies License: n/a Platforms: PC Release: 2007 Rating: 6.5/10