Collider has published a ranked list of the ten best spy video games ever made, arguing that while spy films let audiences watch iconic operatives like James Bond, Ethan Hunt and Jason Bourne in action, video games are where the genre truly comes alive by letting players choose how a mission unfolds, whether through stealth or all-out action. The list spans several decades and platforms, highlighting titles that captured different facets of spycraft, from Cold War intrigue to undercover police work.

Entries include Phantom Doctrine (2018), a turn-based Cold War strategy game built around espionage tactics such as intercepting communications and uncovering double agents; Sleeping Dogs (2012), an open-world game following an undercover cop infiltrating a Hong Kong triad; Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (2006), a PlayStation classic praised for its gadget-heavy missions; and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017), which follows a four-person US Spec Ops team. The article frames these games as defining examples of the spy genre in interactive form.