Games Like Just Cause™ 3

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 27.6%, Destruction 25.9%, Third-Person Shooter 14.5%, Sandbox 7.9%, Shooter 6%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel keeps Rico’s grappling-hook, wingsuit, vehicle hijacking, and explosive open-world liberation formula while adding extreme weather toys.

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 31.7%, Destruction 13.7%, Third-Person Shooter 12.6%, Sandbox 8.2%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its huge tropical map, stunt-friendly traversal, grappling hook, and delightfully unstable explosive sandbox are the clearest predecessor to Just Cause 3.

Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.

Why similar: Destruction 34.8%, Open World 20.6%, Third-Person Shooter 16%, Sandbox 5.4%, Physics 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its open Martian world and fully destructible buildings make wrecking enemy infrastructure as creatively satisfying as Just Cause 3’s best chaos.

Just Cause 3 Multiplayer mod is a free fan-created project bringing an explosive and highly-customizable multiplayer.

Why similar: Open World 33.2%, Third-Person Shooter 18.5%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Action 11.9%, Shooter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer adaptation lets players bring Just Cause 3’s grappling, wingsuiting, vehicles, and spectacular destruction into a shared sandbox.

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 77.7%, Third-Person Shooter 6.4%, Multiplayer 4.6%, Sandbox 3.1%, Action 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It turns Just Cause 2’s already enormous stunt-and-destruction playground into a chaotic multiplayer experience.

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

Why similar: Open World 36.8%, Third-Person Shooter 19.1%, Sandbox 7.5%, Action 6.4%, Third Person 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A similarly irreverent open-world action game packed with absurd weapons, vehicle mayhem, citywide activities, and explosive missions.

Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.

Why similar: Open World 32.1%, Third-Person Shooter 22.9%, Parkour 10.7%, Action 6.6%, Funny 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its fast traversal system, colorful sandbox combat, environmental grinding, and constant exaggerated chaos deliver a comparable high-energy feel.

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 39.2%, Third-Person Shooter 17.9%, Sandbox 8.5%, Action 6.8%, Third Person 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Superpowered movement, alien weapons, vehicle mayhem, and a gleefully over-the-top open city make it ideal for players who enjoy Rico’s excess.

RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.

Why similar: Open World 52.1%, Shooter 13.8%, Action 12.1%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Sandbox 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its open wasteland, explosive weapons, vehicular combat, and kinetic combat powers offer a similarly aggressive playground for causing trouble.

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 36%, Third-Person Shooter 13.4%, Multiplayer 11%, Parkour 9.9%, Third Person 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its sunny open-world city rewards creative approaches to missions through hacking, drones, vehicles, stealth, and playful emergent mayhem.

Become the ultimate shape-shifting weapon!

Why similar: Open World 52.3%, Action 11.2%, Third Person 10.8%, Parkour 8.2%, Sandbox 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It expands the first game’s open-world rampages with even more brutal powers, rapid traversal, and large-scale military destruction.

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 26%, Third-Person Shooter 21.2%, Sandbox 10.1%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Shooter 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This reboot offers an open city full of customizable vehicles, weapons, criminal activities, and lighthearted explosive sandbox action.

Fight a fanatical cult in this open world FPS. Engage in intense combat, free hostile territory, recruit loyal followers and animal allies, and liberate Hope County solo or in full 2-player co-op.

Why similar: Open World 45%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Shooter 13.4%, Co-op 7.3%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its rural open world is built around liberating regions with guns, explosives, aircraft, improvised vehicles, and co-op-friendly chaos.

Lead the revolution in this first-person open world guerrilla shooter. Fight with improvised weapons, travel however you can, and build your rebel network to take down Castillo's regime.

Why similar: Open World 44.9%, Shooter 13.8%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Action 7.1%, Co-op 6%

Why You'll Like It: Capturing checkpoints, flying helicopters, improvising with homemade weapons, and blowing up military assets scratches much of the same liberation-game itch.

Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.

Why similar: Open World 47.7%, Third-Person Shooter 9.8%, Third Person 8.5%, Action 8.3%, Sandbox 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: The hostile open world, vehicle-focused combat, enemy stronghold takedowns, and explosive wasteland scavenging suit players who enjoy destructive roaming.

You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.

Why similar: Open World 51.7%, Action 11.5%, Third Person 11.4%, Parkour 10.5%, Sandbox 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A destructive open-city power fantasy centered on extreme mobility, military chaos, and turning the environment into a weapon.

Lead your elite team of Ghosts in this tactical third-person shooter. Explore a massive open world, infiltrate and destroy the deadly Santa Blanca cartel, and save Bolivia and its people.

Why similar: Open World 38%, Third-Person Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 12.4%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Co-op 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A vast open country filled with enemy bases, helicopters, cars, explosives, and flexible approaches supports deliberate or wildly chaotic assaults.

The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities.

Why similar: Open World 23.5%, Destruction 21.9%, Third-Person Shooter 15.2%, Action 10.4%, Third Person 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its open hub worlds encourage gleeful civilian panic, sci-fi weapon experimentation, flying-saucer destruction, and comic-book-scale chaos.

Crypto is back with a license to probe. The alien invader returns, groovier than ever. Experience the swinging ‘60s in all its chemical-induced glory and take revenge on the KGB for blowing up your mothership. You’ll have to form alliances with members of the very species you came to enslave.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 27.2%, Destruction 26.2%, Open World 17%, Third Person 8.1%, Co-op 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous open-world alien invasion game where absurd weapons, vehicles, and psychic powers are used to wreck cities and military targets.

Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force.

Why similar: Destruction 31.8%, Open World 27.3%, Third-Person Shooter 11%, Physics 5.5%, Third Person 5%

Why You'll Like It: Despite being the older version, it remains an especially strong fit for players who value physics-driven structural demolition in an open world.

Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.

Why similar: Open World 43.2%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Parkour 14.6%, Co-op 8.5%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person parkour makes navigating a large hostile city feel as liberating and kinetic as wingsuiting between Just Cause objectives.

Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.

Why similar: Open World 38%, Third-Person Shooter 14.4%, Third Person 8.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%, Action 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world bases and systemic tools reward creative infiltration, vehicle theft, aerial support, and player-driven mission solutions.

In Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, the worlds of Peter Parker and Spider-Man collide in an original action-packed story. Play as an experienced Peter Parker, fighting big crime and iconic villains in Marvel’s New York. Web-swing through vibrant neighborhoods and defeat villains with epic takedowns.

Why similar: Open World 49%, Third Person 10.2%, Parkour 9.3%, Action 8.8%, Great Soundtrack 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Fluid aerial traversal across a detailed open city and gadget-heavy combat provide a polished alternative for players who love moving freely between action encounters.

Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.

Why similar: Destruction 51.1%, Sandbox 16.6%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Physics 10.1%, Co-op 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its fully destructible voxel environments turn planning and executing spectacular demolition into the core sandbox challenge.

Fight to liberate a war-torn Himalayan region in this open world FPS. Wield a deadly arsenal, dominate land and sky with gyrocopters and war elephants, and take on enemy territory solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Open World 49.2%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Shooter 10.8%, Action 7.7%, Co-op 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its Himalayan map combines outpost liberation, wingsuits, helicopters, explosives, and animal-fueled unpredictability in a classic open-world action format.

Crash through walls and tear down buildings in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based demolition. Pilot 130+ unique vehicles across scores of challenge-packed missions or design your own contraptions and wreck highly-interactive sandbox worlds.

Why similar: Destruction 48%, Third-Person Shooter 22.1%, Shooter 10.8%, Physics 10.4%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This physics sandbox is dedicated to constructing demolition machines and reducing large environments to rubble with satisfying structural collapse.

Batman™: Arkham Knight brings the award-winning Arkham trilogy from Rocksteady Studios to its epic conclusion. Developed exclusively for New-Gen platforms, Batman: Arkham Knight introduces Rocksteady's uniquely designed version of the Batmobile.

Why similar: Open World 56.3%, Third Person 14.1%, Action 12.5%, Adventure 5.1%, Sandbox 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dense open Gotham, gliding traversal, the Batmobile, side activities, and cinematic combat make it a strong darker-toned sandbox alternative.

Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.

Why similar: Open World 63%, Third Person 10.8%, Action 9.3%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its open regions, fast traversal, fortress assaults, and emergent enemy-system stories provide satisfying large-scale action beyond linear missions.

Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 38.7%, Action 18.6%, Shooter 14.2%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Co-op 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: While mission-based rather than open world, its enormous battles, swarms of enemies, destructible cities, vehicles, and absurd explosions capture the same love of maximal action.

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

Why similar: Open World 32.7%, Sandbox 17%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Physics 9.6%, Third Person 7.1%

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Why similar: Open World 28.9%, Destruction 27.2%, Sandbox 12.9%, Funny 7.5%, Physics 7.4%

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 22.1%, Destruction 21.7%, Third-Person Shooter 18.1%, Sandbox 9.9%, Shooter 7.7%

Sniper Elite 3 is a tactical third-person shooter that combines stealth, gameplay choice and genre-defining ballistics with huge, open levels and the exotic terrain of World War 2 North Africa.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 25.3%, Open World 15.2%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Shooter 13.5%, Action 10.2%

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 38.4%, Third-Person Shooter 17.6%, Sandbox 10%, Action 6%, Third Person 5%

Experience entertainment blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online — now upgraded for a new generation with stunning visuals, faster loading, 3D audio, and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.

Why similar: Open World 35.7%, Third-Person Shooter 12.3%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Shooter 8.5%, Third Person 6.9%

Discover unrivalled sniping freedom in the largest and most advanced World War 2 shooter ever built. Experience tactical third-person combat, gameplay choice and epic longshots across gigantic levels as you liberate wartime Italy from the grip of Fascism.

Why similar: Open World 20.7%, Multiplayer 17%, Third-Person Shooter 16.4%, Shooter 16.1%, Third Person 9.2%

Your world...Your rules!

Why similar: Open World 41%, Third-Person Shooter 14.2%, Shooter 9.5%, Action 9.3%, Sandbox 8.7%

A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.

Why similar: Destruction 34.6%, Open World 21.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Physics 7.9%, Multiplayer 7.8%

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 52.5%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Shooter 9.9%, Action 8%, Sandbox 6.5%

Do whatever you want in a physics sandbox full of chaotic destruction, endless player-made creations and unpredictable adventures. Build, destroy, roleplay and mess around solo or with friends!

Why similar: Destruction 36.6%, Open World 24.7%, Sandbox 15%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Physics 7%

Ride a massive open world across the Alps, where the powder is always fresh and the run never ends. Defy and master the mountain alone or with friends on skis, wingsuits, snowboards and paragliders. Record and share your best stunts.

Why similar: Open World 49.9%, Multiplayer 15%, Action 6.4%, Sandbox 5.8%, Great Soundtrack 5.4%

In Agents of MAYHEM, you run a no-holds barred operation against a shadowy super-villain organization known only as LEGION and their mysterious leader, the Morningstar. Explore the city of Seoul as a variety of Super Agents to thwart LEGION's vile plans to take over the world!

Why similar: Open World 36.5%, Third-Person Shooter 18%, Third Person 10.6%, Action 10.2%, Shooter 7.4%

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 46%, Third-Person Shooter 8.8%, Third Person 8%, Action 7.2%, Multiplayer 6.7%

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: Open World 39.6%, Third-Person Shooter 15.4%, Third Person 8.7%, Shooter 8.2%, Action 7.1%

Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.

Why similar: Open World 28.1%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Shooter 15%, Third-Person Shooter 11.5%, Sandbox 9.8%

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

Why similar: Open World 48.5%, Third-Person Shooter 13.6%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Third Person 7.9%, Action 7.7%

Pilgor's baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new (at least on Steam), totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.

Why similar: Open World 35.6%, Sandbox 18.3%, Physics 11.3%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Exploration 6.9%

Experience a galaxy of Worlds made entirely from LEGO bricks. EXPLORE gigantic landscapes, DISCOVER countless surprises, and CREATE anything you can imagine by building with LEGO bricks.

Why similar: Open World 32.5%, Destruction 16.2%, Sandbox 15.5%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Third Person 5.8%

Take on the American motorsports scene as you explore and dominate the land, air, and sea across the entire USA. New: play The Crew 2 offline or online with the new Hybrid mode, available now!

Why similar: Open World 57.7%, Multiplayer 20.1%, Action 5%, Third Person 4.8%, Sandbox 4.7%

Double Action is a free stylish multiplayer game about diving, flipping, and sliding your way into action movie mayhem.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 26.9%, Open World 16.1%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Shooter 12.3%, Parkour 11.1%

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration includes the base game and Season Pass featuring all-new content. Explore Croft Manor in the new “Blood Ties” story, then defend it against a zombie invasion in “Lara’s Nightmare”.

Why similar: Open World 28.7%, Third-Person Shooter 14.9%, Third Person 10.9%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 7.4%

Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Lopez all have one thing in common - they live in the worst city in America. Liberty City worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don't.

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

Turbo Dismount is a kinetic tragedy about Mr. Dismount and the cars who love him. It is the official sequel to the wildly popular and immensely successful personal impact simulator - Stair Dismount.

Why similar: Destruction 44.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Physics 11.3%, Funny 10.3%, Action 5.6%

Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a tactical third-person shooter set in a vast open world. You must survive, adapt, and fight a rogue spec ops faction, using stealth, strategy, and high-tech gear in solo or co-op.

Why similar: Open World 36.1%, Third-Person Shooter 19.8%, Shooter 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Co-op 5.8%

Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.

Why similar: Open World 47.6%, Parkour 9.8%, Sandbox 9%, Exploration 7.5%, Third Person 6.4%

Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.

Why similar: Open World 43.3%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Action 9%, Third Person 8.4%, Sandbox 8%

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 32.1%, Third-Person Shooter 15.9%, Third Person 8.1%, Action 7.3%, Multiplayer 6.5%