17 Best Assassin Games for Xbox One

Devil May Cry 4 is the latest addition to the already trending and one of the most played series Devil May Cry. The game offers a marvelous combination of Action-Adventure and Hack and Slash elements and tells the story of a new character named as Nero. Nero possesses multiple demonic powers and is on a mission to encounter the main character, Dante. In the previous game, Dante assassinates the Demons from the Order of the Sword along with their Leader and removes them from existence. The story starts off where it ended in the previous game, and the player gets to control both Dante and Nero. Both of the main characters are now hunting down the Evil and have similar goals. Devil May Cry 4 focuses on close combats including the Melee and allows the players to use different weapons such as Firearms, Swords and loads of other things to Hack and Slash their way through the hordes of demonic enemies. Devil May Cry 4 offers an engaging gameplay, revamped game mechanics, and new characters and rebuilt graphics and offers a great Action-focused experience to all the hardcore fans of the series.

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is an Action-Adventure, Stealth and Third-person Perspective video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. The game supports Single-player mode and serves as the 9th title in the series of Assassin’s Creed video game. The plot of the game takes place in the fictional history of the world and follows the struggle between Assassins, who battle against enemies for peace with liberty, and the Templars, who wants peace through order and chaos. The story takes place in Victorian ear London and focuses on twin assassins named as Evie Frye and Jacob as they explore the corridors of planned crime and struggle to take back the city from the Templar. It offers open-ended gameplay and enables the player freely roam the fictional London. During the gameplay, the player explores the wonderful landscapes from a third-person perspective and can navigate the land either or foot or by carriage. The game brings new travelling systems for the player and pure stealth and combat mechanics. In the game, the player control one of two lead protagonists such as Evie Frye and Jacob. The game deals with exploration, stealth, combat, and parkour elements. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Assassin’s Creed: Origins is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Stealth element developed and published by Ubisoft. It is the 10th title in the series of Assassin’s Creed and serves as the successor to Assassin’s Creed Syndicate released in 2015. The plot takes place in the Ancient Egypt during the period of Ptolemaic and revolves around the fictional history of real-world events. The story of the game focuses on the centuries-long battle between the Order of the Ancients and the Brotherhood of Assassins. The Order of the Ancients wants peace through forceful imposition while the Brotherhood of Assassins wants peace by promoting the liberty. The player takes on the role of the protagonist and can explore the fictional landscapes from a third-person view. The ultimate task is to complete a variety of quests to progress through the story, earn experience points, and unlock new skills. He can freely roam the environment on horseback, foot, camel-back, boat and more. With prominent features, addictive gameplay, and smooth controls, Assassin’s Creed: Origins is the best game to play and enjoy.

Assassin’s Creed II is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Exploration, and Single-player video game created by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the 2nd marvelous title in the series of Assassin’s Creed video game and serves as the sequel to Assassin’s Creed, released in 2007. The game takes place in the fictional history-themed world and centers on the struggle between the Knights Templars, who want peace through control, and the Assassins, who battle for peace. You assume the role of the protagonist, an assassin named as Desmond Miles, as his effort to relive the memories of his ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze. The plot focuses on the fictional Italy and puts you on an epic adventure, where you navigate Venice, Florence, Forli, and Tuscany. You can move freely in open-world and can battle enemies using stealth elements. There are several challenging missions available, and each task needs a completion of individual goals. The game rewards the player with experience points that can be used to unlock additional content to progress. Assassin’s Creed II is the best game to play and enjoy.

Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China is an amazingly addictive and immersive Action-Adventure, Side-Scrolling Stealth, RPG and Platform video game by Climax Studios and Ubisoft Montreal. The game is set in the year 1526 and features a female protagonist named as Shao Jun. Trained by the best of the bests, the great Italian assassin Ezio Auditore Da Firenze, Shen Jun returns to her birthplace only to fight against the Templar group known as Eight Tigers. She embarks on a mission to kill all of the responsible for the wipeout of the Chinese brotherhood. You are required to get into the character of Shao Jun, kill all the Tigers along with the final target named as Zhang Yong, by the use of your finest platforming, stealth and sword fighting skills. Other tasks are to be an assassin mentor, rebuild the brotherhood, assassinate the emperor named as JiaJing and complete the objecteives of the game. With a well-written storyline, great visuals, hardcore action filled game-play and othe great things, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China is a brilliant game to play and enjoy.

Assassins Creed Unity is an Action-Adventure, Stealth, Shooting and RPG video game by Ubisoft Montreal. The game is set in France in the era of French Revolution and the story revolves around the protagonist Arno Dorian who struggles to expose the real forces behind the Revolution. Arno Dorian sets out on his journey and on his way to the Templars, gets face to face with the hostiles and engages in combats with them. Among all the weapons in his inventory, Dorian uses Phantom Blade and kills the enemies over a longer distance and in close combats, he uses melee attacks with melee weapons. Dorian further paces into the story and finally fins Germain on top of the temple with the “Sword of Eden“ in his hands. After a long lasting combat between Germain, Elise and Arno, Elise gets killed by the sword of Germain and while fighting with Arno the sword explodes mortally wounding Germain. Dorian kills him and restores the order of the temples. Assassins Creed Unity provides with a thrilling and quite action packed game-play, a unique story-line and realistic graphical details with a 3rd person gaming perspective. Try it out and you’ll definitely get lost in the act.

Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry takes you to an amazing journey of being a Slave turned Assassins. This Wonderful Action-Adventure, Stealth, Hack and Slash and shooting video game is basically a DLC Pack for the popular Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and it allows you to be Adewale, the protagonist who is born a slave but is destined to be a great Assassin. In the game, you as Adewale will see yourself involved in a shipwreck in Saint-Domingue. With no weapons or tools, your task is to rise and gather up your own crew, acquire a ship, and take your men to free the slaves and assassinate the culprits responsible for the crimes against the slaves. Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry provides with wonderful skills, weapons, combats and epic fights between you and the enemies. With super Ultra HD graphics, an amazingly involving story and an engaging game-play, Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry is a great new Action-Adventure, Stealth, RPG, Shooter and Hack and Slash video game to play and enjoy.

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is an Action and Adventure, Stealth and Thirdperson Shooter video game developed by Ubisoft. Just like all of the games in Assassin’s Creed series, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is also set in a historical era. Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is the 6th and most recent addition to the series and the story of the game revolves around the family of the Assassin’s Creed 3 protagonist. According to the storyline, The game focuses on centuries old struggle between the Assassins and Templars. The Assassins fight for peace with a free will and the Templars believe in peace through Control and that is what is the root cause of conflicts between the two most powerful factions of the time. Set in the 21st century’s Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag lets you be an Abstergo Agent and relive the events of 18th Century that dates back to the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, follow the footsteps of a notoriously dangerous and Heroic pirate Edward kenway, The Grand father to the Father and Grandfather to the Protagonists of Assassin’s Creed III, Haytham Kenway and Ratonhnhake:ton, who both were part of the massive conflicts between the Assassin’s and Templars. Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag offers a bit of different gameplay and mechanics as compared to the previous games in the series and allows you to focus on Ship-based Exploration in a widely Open World, experience wonderful Third-person land-based Exploration, hack and Slash and Shooting elements, Melee Combats, and fantastic Stealth elements as well. The Multiplayer mode of the game is back and offers more versatility in gameplay in land-based exploration on the game map consisting of three main locations such as Nassau, Kingston and Havana, a number of Islands, Forts, Sunken Ships, etc. With a very interesting and well-written storyline, superbly realistic visuals and a gameplay that forces you to get involved into it, Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is one amazing inclusion to the Assassin’s Creed Series.

Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is an Action-Adventure, Stealth, Third-person Perspective and Single-player video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game serves as the 3rd title in the series of Dishonored and revolves around the former assassin named as Billie Lurk, the female protagonist. According to the story, the protagonist is searching for her mentor Daud and assists in his quest to slay the Outsider, who is a supernatural being. During the gameplay, the player can use different gear and gadgets like hook mine which can be played on any surface including ceilings, walls and can grab enemies and towards it. After accomplishing the first mission, the player can get access to three supernatural abilities, which cost energy to use. The energy regenerates to full over the time. The primary task of the player is to explore the land from a third-person perspective, battle against enemies and crush them to score the points. During the gameplay, the player can take optional contract at black markets and can fulfill the requirements of each one to become the master. With advanced mechanics, graphics and controls, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is the best game to play and enjoy.

Strider is a marvelous new Action-Adventure, Platform, Stealth and Hack and Slash video game by Double Helix Games. The game offers an amazingly fast-paced and action filled game-play in which you act as the finest Ninja Assassin named as Strider Hiryu who works for the Strider Organization. The Strider Assign you the task to assassinate the Evil Grand maestro Meio who is taking refuge in his den in the city of Kazakh. In order to complete the game objectives, you’ll have to go through the hordes of highly trained and fast acting enemy ninjas, kill them by the use of your great sword wielding and platforming skills and by using other sharp edged weapons like shurikan, knives etc. Strider lets you use the Cypher a plasma weapon as your main weapon that can kill multiple enemies with only one good blow. As you proceed to the advanced levels of the game, Strider allows you to use upgrades to enhance your weapons and skills and get blasted upon the enemies as a bolt of lightning, finally reach to the Grand maestro and assassinate him. With an amazingly fast action, great visuals, immersive game-play and a wonderful story, Strider is a great game to play and enjoy.

Dishonored: Definitive Edition is a collection of multiple Downloadable Content Packs including Dishonored, Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall, Dishonored: Void Walker Arsenal, Dishonored: Dunwall City Trails and more. The game offers Action-Adventure and First-person Perspective video game with Stealth elements developed and published by Bethesda Softworks. It takes place in the breathtaking environment and puts you in the role of the protagonist named Daud, a legendary assassin who slaughtered the Empress. There are different missions and objectives in each title and you have to explore all of them to find new weapons, fight enemies and slay them to earn points. You manipulates the world from a first-person perspective and uses stealth element to kill the foes silently. It offers open-ended world full of non-players characters, enemies and their bosses. During the battle, you can use melee combat and weapons to take down enemies and can show off your abilities to your friends. Dishonored offers core features, engaging gameplay, superb mechanics, and wonderful graphics. Try it out, and enjoy its gameplay with prominent features.

Soulcalibur is a series of a Weapon-based Fighting video game developed by Project Soul and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The series is also known as Soul series and supports both Single and Multiplayer modes. Soul Edge is the first release in the series and offers an exciting gameplay revolves around fighting elements. The game takes place in the historical fantasy world and introduces a variety of characters with different abilities and personalities. To get into the world, the player must select his character from available, and use his primary weapon and fighting skills to take down opponents within the time limit to move on to next stage. The series comprises different games such as Soul Edge, Soulcalibur, Soulcalibur II, Soulcalibur III, Soulcalibur Legends, Soulcalibur V, and more. During the fight, the player will learn new moves, combat style, and abilities to defend himself or block enemy attacks. Soulcalibur offers prominent features such as Multiple Fighting Styles, a new Chapter, Dynamic Fights, The Master Assassin, Character Customization, and more. Try it out.

Dishonored 2 is a Stealth, Action-Adventure and Single-player video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It offers a fictional Empire known as Isles where the game takes place and majority of the game part set in the city of Karnaca. In the game, the player can play either Emily or her guard and Father and the story revolves around their struggle to recover the throne. Both Corvo and Emily have a supernatural abilities and the game features non-lethal moves, and introduces a chaos system. The main aim of the player is to explore the world from first-person perspective and take down a set of enemies to gain chaos. The player can interact with other players and he can immerse himself in completion the variety of missions. The game rewards the player with experience as progress through the story and unlocks further content to manipulate. The game offers open world environment and combines the elements of Steampunk, Assassin, Female Protagonist, Magic, and more. Dishonored 2 includes prominent features such as The Assassins, Supernatural Abilities, Imagination World, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Who wouldn’t be familiar with a Bald, Emotionless, Suited agent named as Hitman? Well, most of the Hardcore Action, Suspense and Stealth gaming enthusiasts would definitely know him. His name is Agent 47, and he is known as the most deadly Assassin, the Hitman. Hitman series started back in 2000 with its first title named as Hitman: Codename 47 and the series provided with some of the most incredible Shooting, Stealth and Action experiences ever. After the Last three releases (Hitman Go, Hitman: Sniper and Hitman: Absolution), the company decided to reboot the series and published their latest title named as Hitman (2016). The game is set 7 years after the events of Hitman: Absolution and it offers enhanced graphics, new Missions, Characters and loads of other exciting things. The game allows the players to guise themselves as the notorious Hitman, reach down to the ICA Training Facility, meet Diana and enjoy learning to play via multiple Simulated Missions. Once passed in all tests, Psyche Evaluation, and Background Checks, you can get into the play and enjoy multiple episodes of the game. Tasks are simply as before, you are required to take down targets by assassinating them quietly and enjoy a Hitman experience with new locations, new weapons, different places and all the stealth-based drama. With a grand narrative, a great backstory, beautiful visuals, enhanced mechanics and new characters, Hitman (2016) is another quality production of IO Interactive and Square Enix. Do give it a try for an ultimate Hitman experience.

Styx: Master of Shadows is a wonderful Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game that lets you be a 200 years old Goblin named Styx. The game takes place in a Dark Fantasy setting and allows you to Explore, Steal valuables, Assassinate your enemies and make your way through the most secured Towers of Akenash. Humans and Elves are the sole keepers of the Tower and unforeseen treasures buried deep in it. You must fight them off with your amazing sword wielding abilities, cunning, stealth and fast-paced combat techniques. In order to complete the objectives, you must find the Golden Sap that will help you find the hidden truths about yourself and you’ll get countless riches as a reward. With a well-written storyline, super high definition visuals and an amazingly addictive game-play, Styx: Master of Shadows is a great Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game to play and enjoy.

Dead or Alive 5: Last Round is a brilliant Fighting sensation by Koei Tecmo games Co., LTD. The game lets you experience a thrilling and Fast-paced game-play in which you can choose your character from over 34 fighters (male and Female Characters), get into the game world, master and enjoy great Dead or Alive’s unique fighting system, and follow a brilliant story-line. Your task is to fight as Ninjas, Assassins, Rogues or Wrestlers and knock down your opponents to win the fights. Player vs player features lets you enjoy an epic fighting experience that immerses you deep into the game-play. With bundles of fantastic upgrades, DLC and tutorials, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round lets you master all the unique fighting tactics and let you opponents know how good at fighting you are. Dead or Alive 5: Last Round offers enhanced mechanics, visuals and an addictive game-play to enjoy.

Thief created by Eidos Montreal is an amazingly mind-blowing Action-Adventure, Stealth and a Third-Person Shooter video game. The game is set in a Dark Fantasy World where you’ll see an amazing combination of Victorian, Gothic and Steampnk aesthetics. Thief features the protagonist Garrett who is destined to go on some of the most dangerous and engaging missions to assassinate the top leadership of mega Corporations because of their system corrupting and self-favored policies. The protagonist thinks that they are the only cause of a worldwide wave of poverty and hunger while they are living their lavish lives without the fear of anything. Your task is to get into the character of the protagonist and use your best Stealth, Action, and Combat skills, use all the stealthy weapons like Silenced guns, Fiber Wires, knives etc. to eliminate the enemies and complete the game objectives. Melee combats and traditional melee weapons are the best part of this game along with the option to hide behind objects and dragging the bodies of enemies to hide them etc. With super cool story, an engaging game-play and state of the art visuals, Thief is a great Action, Adventure, RPG, Stealth and Shooter video game to play and enjoy.