Tin oxide exists in two forms of stannous oxide/tin monoxide (SnO) and stannic oxide/tin dioxide (SnO2). There are few reports on its formation of single phase and/or growth of epitaxial/oriented thin film. The SnO films are deposited at low RF power using RF magnetron sputtering in this study. A broad diffraction peak (110), corresponding to nanocrystalline orthorhombic SnO, is observed. By increasing the RF power or decreasing the Ar pressure, the transparent SnO films exhibit higher surface roughness and better hydrophobicity. On comparing with the pure glass, the SnO-deposited glass exhibits hydrophobicity and had optical selection in the UV-VIS-NIR region for improving optical application.