The Slater
First-person stealth puzzles where an alarm can end your mission
Laina Interactive · Released Sep 20, 2018
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 74% of 983
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 7 years ago
- Mar 18, 2019
What is The Slater?
The Slater is a single-player, first-person stealth-action puzzle game set among drug dealers and crime bosses, following an ex-cop seeking revenge for his father's murder. Across six levels, you gather information, take guards' clothes as disguises, hide bodies, and use distractions and access codes to reach assassination targets.
For you if...
- +you like eliminating targets while leaving everyone else alive
- +you like missions with objectives you can tackle in any order
Not for you if...
- −you prefer run-and-gun action over patient observation
What players say
74% of 983 reviews are positive
Players praise the dark atmosphere and mission layouts. Common complaints concern the short campaign and the lack of checkpoints, which means restarting a mission after failure.
Screenshots and trailer
The Slater system requirements
Minimum: 750 Ti, 8 GB RAM, 11 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Slater?
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- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel Core i5
- Graphics
- GeForce 750 Ti
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 11 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does The Slater have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Slater run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 27
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Spanish - Spain.
Does The Slater use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Action
- Violent
- Indie
- Stealth
- Assassins
- Gore
- First-Person
- Singleplayer
- Shooter
- Crime
- Story Rich
- Puzzle
- Atmospheric
- Dark
- Cinematic
- Nudity
Recent updates
- Oct 29, 2018 · The Slater - Difficulty options added (Update October 29, 2018)
- Sep 30, 2018 · The Slater - Update September 30, 2018
- Sep 26, 2018 · The Slater - Update September 26 & 27, 2018
- Sep 24, 2018 · The Slater - Update September 24, 2018
- Sep 21, 2018 · The Slater - Update September 21, 2018
