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Eavesdropping

Activities theme

Player can or must secretly listen to the conversations of others, usually gaining some inexplicably useful info in the process.

22
games
9
platforms
Hitman: Absolution (Windows)
Hitman: Absolution
WIN 2012-11-20
Thief (Windows)
Thief
WIN 2014-02-25
Thief (PlayStation 3)
Thief
PS3 2014-02-25
Thief: The Dark Project (Windows)
Thief: The Dark Project
WIN 1998-11-30
METRO 2033 (Windows)
METRO 2033
WIN 2010-03-16
Thief Gold (Windows)
Thief Gold
WIN 1999-10-29
Perfect Dark (Nintendo 64)
Perfect Dark
N64 2000-05-22
Thief II: The Metal Age (Windows)
Thief II: The Metal Age
WIN 2000-02-29
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues (Linux)
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
LIN 2018-03-27
Thief (Xbox One)
Thief
XBOX1 2014-02-25
Hitman: Absolution (PlayStation 3)
Hitman: Absolution
PS3 2012-11-20
Beyond: Two Souls (PlayStation 3)
Beyond: Two Souls
PS3 2013-10-08
Commonly plot vital information or information useful for progressing through the game is revealed (such as alternate routes), though sometimes it's only some pointless chatter (to you), and other times it may give some otherwise unavailable insight into the events.

Note that this tag is applicable regardless if this is actually the point or mandatory, thus the parent tag espionage is not always a good to include.
Implied: stealth
Related: espionage

Popular tags

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Parent groups

Clandestine, Espionage

Games by year

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The first Eavesdropping video game was released on November 30, 1998.

Eidos, Square Enix and Deep Silver published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 9
PS3 3
Linux 2
Mac OS X 2
X360 2
Xbox One 1
PS4 1
N64 1
Xbox 1