--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-invisibility type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-invisibility lang: en title: Invisibility summary: >- An ability reduces the hero’s visual visibility. The player uses camouflage to pass threats while accounting for its limits. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-invisibility/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-invisibility.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-invisibility.md aliases: [] tags: - Game design techniques - Stealth sourceIds: - source-d04b4a0b9f3231d1 - source-69bfc347e91aaaf3 - source-8c74eb70e8b1052c - source-d41977acbe30c94e - source-8348d90203dc2b5c - source-58ad4f1aa221c01e sources: - id: source-d04b4a0b9f3231d1 title: 'Game Mechanics: Invisibility' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility' verifiedAt: null - id: source-69bfc347e91aaaf3 title: 'Tom Clancy''s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (2012)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-future-soldier verifiedAt: null - id: source-8c74eb70e8b1052c title: Crysis (2007) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility/game/crysis' verifiedAt: null - id: source-d41977acbe30c94e title: Halo 3 (2007) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility/game/halo-3' verifiedAt: null - id: source-8348d90203dc2b5c title: 'Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility/game/metal-gear-solid-3-snake-eater verifiedAt: null - id: source-58ad4f1aa221c01e title: 'Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (2025)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility/game/metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-invisibility title: Game design techniques url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-invisibility' categoryIds: - gm-category-stealth supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Invisibility description: >- An ability reduces the hero’s visual visibility. The player uses camouflage to pass threats while accounting for its limits. image: src: images/mechanics/interaction-invisibility.webp width: 600 height: 332 game: 'Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier' sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility' originalUrl: >- https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/ghost_recon_future_soldier_invisibility.webm sourceFrameSeconds: 2.69 credit: Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft Red Storm; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: Optical camouflage beside cover alt: >- A soldier’s silhouette nearly blends into the surroundings beside concrete cover in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. markers: - x: 40 'y': 76 label: The hero’s camouflaged silhouette - x: 19 'y': 72 label: Cover retains positional context tips: - 'Distinguish reduced visibility, full invisibility and noise.' - Communicate actions that weaken or cancel camouflage. examples: - title: 'Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Invisibility id: game-mechanics--gm-invisibility type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-invisibility lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-invisibility/ An ability reduces the hero’s visual visibility. The player uses camouflage to pass threats while accounting for its limits. ## At a glance ![A soldier’s silhouette nearly blends into the surroundings beside concrete cover in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/interaction-invisibility.webp) [Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/ghost_recon_future_soldier_invisibility.webm), 2.69 s 1. The hero’s camouflaged silhouette 2. Cover retains positional context - Distinguish reduced visibility, full invisibility and noise. - Communicate actions that weaken or cancel camouflage. - [Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility) ## How it works An ability reduces a character's visual detectability. ## Variants ### How the technique works - An ability reduces a character's visual detectability. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Invisibility](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility) (id: source-d04b4a0b9f3231d1) - [Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (2012)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-future-soldier) (id: source-69bfc347e91aaaf3) - [Crysis (2007)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility/game/crysis) (id: source-8c74eb70e8b1052c) - [Halo 3 (2007)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility/game/halo-3) (id: source-d41977acbe30c94e) - [Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility/game/metal-gear-solid-3-snake-eater) (id: source-8348d90203dc2b5c) - [Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (2025)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/invisibility/game/metal-gear-solid-delta-snake-eater) (id: source-58ad4f1aa221c01e) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors