Games Like Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

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Why similar: Open World 26.2%, Crime 18.7%, Automobile Sim 12.6%, Moddable 7.5%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest modern successor, pairing Rockstar's open-world crime missions, driving, gunfights, and satirical city life with a much larger sandbox.

Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...

Why similar: Crime 26.3%, Open World 25%, Automobile Sim 13.8%, Third-Person Shooter 7.3%, Action 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a particularly strong match for GTA IV's grounded mob drama, period city driving, gunplay, and character-focused criminal story.

The Definitive Edition of the critically acclaimed, award winning open-world action adventure, reworked, rebuilt and re-mastered for the new generation. With all previously available DLC included and a wealth of tech and visual improvements, Hong Kong has never felt so alive.

Why similar: Open World 39.3%, Crime 24.2%, Third Person 7.3%, Action 6.1%, Multiplayer 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its dense city setting, carjacking, police-and-triad story, missions, and free-roaming criminal atmosphere make it one of the strongest GTA-like alternatives.

An inadvertent brush with the mob thrusts cabdriver Tommy Angelo into the world of organized crime. Initially uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, the rewards become too big to ignore.

Why similar: Crime 29.2%, Open World 28.6%, Third-Person Shooter 8.8%, Classic 6.8% ★, Multiplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its cinematic rise-through-the-mob story and authentic city driving capture the serious crime-film side of GTA IV, albeit in a more structured world.

Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row.

Why similar: Open World 38%, Crime 15%, Third-Person Shooter 11.3%, Sandbox 7.2%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines an open city, extensive activities, vehicle theft, gang warfare, and co-op with more customization and sillier sandbox options than GTA IV.

In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.

Why similar: Open World 54.3%, Third-Person Shooter 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Third Person 9.4%, Action 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty modern-city crime thriller with driving, shootouts, police chases, side activities, and hacking that expands the urban-sandbox formula.

Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.

Why similar: Crime 41%, Open World 36.5%, Sandbox 13.4%, Action 6.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: This neon-noir city sandbox reverses the perspective by making you a police officer, but its driving, pursuits, street crime, and reactive city strongly evoke classic GTA.

After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.

Why similar: Crime 33.1%, Open World 28.8%, Third-Person Shooter 7.3%, Third Person 6.7%, Action 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its revenge-driven crime narrative, hostile gang takeovers, driving, and third-person combat provide a darker open-world alternative.

Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!

Why similar: Open World 39.7%, Third-Person Shooter 13.4%, Crime 11%, Action 6.9%, Third Person 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world gang campaign retains GTA-style driving and third-person combat while leaning heavily into explosive, absurd sandbox spectacle.

No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 31.8%, Action 16%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Third Person 12.7%, Shooter 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: While linear rather than open world, its Rockstar-produced third-person gunplay, bleak criminal tone, and hard-edged protagonist appeal to GTA IV's story-focused side.

In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.

Why similar: Crime 40.3%, Open World 36.3%, Third Person 8.7%, Third-Person Shooter 4.1%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Rockstar's detailed period-city presentation, driving, crime themes, and mature storytelling, but trades freeform criminality for detective work.

Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.

Why similar: Open World 35.6%, Crime 20.1%, Multiplayer 10%, Third-Person Shooter 8.6%, Third Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a more playful version of the modern open-city formula, with flexible hacking, driving, stealth, shootouts, and plenty of activities.

Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.

Why similar: Open World 45.4%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Third-Person Shooter 10.1%, Third Person 5.9%, Action 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It brings Rockstar's exceptional open-world detail, character-driven outlaw narrative, mission design, and systemic exploration to a western setting.

This open-world action thriller takes you through the seedy streets of Paris as you seek to undermine the German authority and lead a rebellion. Fight across rooftops and through dangerous alleys, and operate a wide variety of vehicles as you navigate your terrain.

Why similar: Open World 48.6%, Third Person 17.1%, Action 13%, Adventure 7.1%, Classic 5.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: This open-world resistance game features a believable city, driving, disguises, gunfights, and sabotage missions with a similarly gritty criminal-action feel.

Bully tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.

Why similar: Open World 43.5%, Classic 11.2% ★, Third Person 10.5%, Action 7%, Satire 5.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: Rockstar's smaller-scale sandbox uses the same mission-and-exploration structure as GTA, replacing organized crime with schoolyard troublemaking.

Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.

Why similar: Open World 46.9%, Third-Person Shooter 12.7%, Classic 7.9% ★, Third Person 6.7%, Action 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures Rockstar's outlaw storytelling, open-region exploration, side encounters, and action missions in a focused frontier setting.

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.

Why similar: Open World 78.9%, Action 8.5%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Singleplayer 3.8%, Adventure 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Night City provides a detailed urban playground for driving, gunfights, criminal jobs, and morally messy stories, though with a heavier RPG focus.

Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.

Why similar: Open World 22.2%, Crime 21.7%, Third-Person Shooter 11.7%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Sandbox 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This reboot provides a modern open city full of car theft, gang missions, customizable characters, and exaggerated third-person action.

Unwind a 10 billion yen conspiracy in Tokyo's red-light district, fueled by your fists and unyielding resolve that will make you a legend.

Why similar: Open World 36.4%, Crime 33.8%, Action 15.3%, Adventure 7.8%, Funny 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This tightly packed crime drama emphasizes street-level gang conflict, memorable characters, brawling, and a city full of diversions rather than large-scale driving.

Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.

Why similar: Open World 41.1%, Third-Person Shooter 10.6%, Third Person 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Sandbox 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its huge open world, driving, third-person shooting, stunts, and destructible chaos suit players who enjoy GTA's free-roaming action more than its grounded crime drama.

Join the Chase! In LEGO® CITY Undercover, play as Chase McCain, a police officer who's been tasked with going undercover to hunt down the notorious – and recently escaped – criminal Rex Fury and putting an end to his city-wide crime wave.

Why similar: Open World 45.9%, Crime 14.6%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Action 7.4%, Sandbox 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This lighthearted open-world city game channels GTA-style driving, vehicle stealing, missions, collectibles, and citywide exploration without the mature tone.

Build a resistance as you fight to take back a near-future London facing its downfall. Welcome to the Resistance.

Why similar: Open World 33.9%, Third-Person Shooter 15.9%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Third Person 11.6%, Shooter 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its near-future London sandbox supports driving, stealth, hacking, gunplay, and recruiting playable citizens for open-world criminal operations.

From the THIEF SIMULATOR developers. It's the 80s. Steal VCRs, tapes, classic cars, and if you get caught, outrun the police!

Why similar: Crime 38%, Open World 26.2%, Third Person 14.2%, Action 9%, Sandbox 6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses directly on scouting neighborhoods, stealing cars and valuables, escaping police attention, and building a criminal career in an open city.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: It’s the early ’90s. After a couple of cops frame him for homicide, Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.

Why similar: Open World 31.3%, Crime 26.9%, Third-Person Shooter 12.8%, Third Person 6.4%, Action 5.7%

Become a medieval thug in a crazy open-world action game, full of pop-culture references. Complete insane quests, kill heroes, steal horses, fight guards, rob peasants, listen to some bard music, and much more! All packed in old-school gameplay style!

Why similar: Crime 34.9%, Open World 32.7%, Sandbox 9.7%, Shooter 5.7%, Action 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This comedic medieval GTA parody recreates the top-down formula of stealing mounts, taking odd jobs, fighting guards, and causing sandbox trouble.

It all starts in Liberty City. With revolutionary freedom to go anywhere and jack anyone, Grand Theft Auto III puts the center of the criminal underworld at your fingertips, if you have enough guts to take it.

Why similar: Open World 32.7%, Crime 24.3%, Third-Person Shooter 18.3%, Third Person 9.9%, Action 7%

OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!

Why similar: Open World 48%, Crime 19.2%, Action 10.1%, Satire 9.1% ★, Adventure 4%

Why You'll Like It: It is a compact top-down homage to early GTA, built around vehicle theft, open-city mayhem, missions, and parodic criminal chaos.

Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair and pastel suits comes the story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile. Grand Theft Auto returns with Tommy Vercetti’s tale of betrayal and revenge in a neon-soaked tropical town full of excess and brimming with possibilities.

Why similar: Open World 32%, Crime 23.8%, Third-Person Shooter 17.9%, Third Person 8.9%, Action 6.6%

War hero Vito Scaletta becomes entangled with the mob in hopes of paying his father’s debts. Vito works to prove himself, climbing the family ladder with crimes of larger reward and consequence.

Why similar: Crime 28.7%, Open World 26.4%, Third-Person Shooter 9.1%, Action 8.5%, Third Person 6.6%

Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

Why similar: Open World 24.1%, Moddable 17.9%, Dark Humor 8.6%, Sandbox 8.2%, Third Person 8.1%

It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.

Why similar: Crime 29%, Open World 26%, Classic 15.2% ★, Third-Person Shooter 7%, Third Person 6.6%

As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.

Why similar: Open World 41.3%, Crime 20.8%, Third Person 9%, Automobile Sim 7.3%, Action 7.2%

171 is an open world action adventure game with a Brazilian inspired ambience.

Why similar: Crime 25.9%, Open World 25.8%, Third-Person Shooter 9.2%, Action 8.8%, Third Person 6.6%

Experience the insane antics of Saints Row IV. The Saints have gone from the Penthouse to the White House - but Earth has been invaded and it’s up to you to save it with an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, in the wildest open world game ever.

Why similar: Open World 46.5%, Third-Person Shooter 13.8%, Action 8%, Sandbox 7.3%, Third Person 6.9%

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City includes both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony together and does not require a copy of the original Grand Theft Auto IV to play.

Why similar: Open World 28.7%, Automobile Sim 24.4%, Crime 12.3%, Action 5.7%, Third Person 5.5%

Rogue agent Rico Rodriguez journeys to Solis, a huge South American world home of conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Strap into your wingsuit, equip your fully customizable grappling hook, and get ready to bring the thunder!

Why similar: Open World 42.5%, Third-Person Shooter 14.5%, Sandbox 8.8%, Action 7.7%, Shooter 6.1%

The Full Package, Remastered – With enhanced graphics, improved lighting, reworked environments, and visual effects, Steelport and The Third Street Saints have never looked so good.

Why similar: Open World 30.4%, Third-Person Shooter 16.2%, Sandbox 9.9%, Third Person 9.2%, Dark Humor 7.2%

Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily. Fight to survive as Enzo Favara and prove your worth to the Family in this immersive third-person action-adventure.

Why similar: Crime 32%, Third-Person Shooter 19%, Open World 17.2%, Third Person 10.9%, Shooter 7.4%

Your world...Your rules!

Why similar: Open World 43.3%, Action 9.8%, Third-Person Shooter 9.7%, Third Person 8.8%, Classic 7.4% ★

Choose your inadequately prepared racer, and disregard severe consequences in your desperate pursuit of short-lived victory.

Why similar: Sandbox 18.1%, Gore 15.3%, Dark Humor 15.1%, Physics 13.2%, Classic 12.5% ★

With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable.

Why similar: Open World 38.7%, Third-Person Shooter 13.1%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Third Person 6.8%, Sandbox 6.6%

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is the new action shooter franchise by Io-Interactive, creators of the multi-million selling Hitman series. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men follows the violent and chaotic journey of two men - a flawed mercenary and a medicated psychopath - and their brutal attitude towards right and wrong.

Why similar: Crime 37.9%, Third-Person Shooter 20.5%, Action 13.7%, Third Person 8.1%, Shooter 7.4%

Join Johnny Gat & Kinzie Kensington as you tear apart Hell in a quest to save the Boss’ soul. Historical icons, old friends, older enemies, a talking gun, a full length musical number & a whole lot more shenanigans await!

Why similar: Open World 35.6%, Third-Person Shooter 11.5%, Third Person 9.6%, Action 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.7%

Stranded on the Rook Islands as Jason Brody, fight your way through a lawless tropical open world using a powerful arsenal to save your friends and escape the madness of this acclaimed visceral FPS.

Why similar: Open World 57.1%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Action 8.6%, Shooter 7.1%, Sandbox 5.1%

Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…

Why similar: Classic 27% ★, Third-Person Shooter 25.2%, Crime 14.4%, Action 12%, Third Person 9.5%

Vivat Slovakia is an open-world action game set in '90s Slovakia, where corruption runs deep and law enforcement is weak. Uncover a gripping story based on true events as you explore and shoot your way through a city at the crossroads of Eastern Europe’s turbulent history.

Why similar: Crime 29.6%, Open World 29.1%, Third-Person Shooter 15.2%, Third Person 8.2%, Shooter 5.9%

POSTAL 4: No Regerts is a satirical and outrageous comedic open world first person shooter and the long-awaited true sequel to what’s been fondly dubbed as "The Worst Game Ever™", POSTAL 2!

Why similar: Open World 31.6%, Third Person 11.6%, Gore 11.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Dark Humor 10.4%

You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to make this country your home. You must identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses, neutralizing their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion,...

Why similar: Open World 60.5%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Action 8.8%, Shooter 8.4%, Sandbox 6.1%

Money Talks. Silence Pays. Prepare to Make a Killing. When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. Sensing he may be a target, 47 travels to America, and prepares to make a killing.

Why similar: Classic 22% ★, Crime 16.8%, Third Person 15.9%, Third-Person Shooter 13.4%, Action 12.3%

Good or Insane? The choice is yours. Following the Apocalyptic end to the Postal Dude’s week in Paradise, we follow him and his insane pitbull Champ as they emigrate to its appropriately named sister city, Catharsis.

Why similar: Open World 24.5%, Third-Person Shooter 17.7%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Gore 10.6%, Action 9.4%

My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 48.7%, Open World 34.1%, Sandbox 6.1%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Funny 2.6%

JC2-MP is a project to bring multiplayer to Just Cause 2 in all of its magnificent glory. Imagine the chaos of normal Just Cause 2, then extending it out to dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of players.

Why similar: Open World 81.1%, Multiplayer 4.4%, Third-Person Shooter 4.3%, Action 2.4%, Sandbox 2.4%