Games Like Watch_Dogs™

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: Hacking 45.1% ★, Open World 20.6%, Stealth 7%, Parkour 6.1%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the same hack-the-city formula but adds even more systemic hacking, stealth options, traversal, and open-world experimentation.

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

Why similar: Hacking 45.7% ★, Open World 19.9%, Third-Person Shooter 7.8%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Third Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the closest direct follow-up in structure and theme, with another surveillance-heavy city sandbox built around hacking and flexible stealth/action playstyles.

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 54.8%, Third Person 9.4%, Action 8.2%, Parkour 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its modern open-world city, crime-story focus, driving, and third-person combat make it one of the strongest non-hacking alternatives to Watch_Dogs.

London, 1868. Lead your underworld organization in the midst of the Industrial Revolution to break the corrupt stranglehold on the city in a visceral adventure filled with action, intrigue, and brutal combat.

Why similar: Open World 41.7%, Stealth 17.7%, Parkour 13.6%, Third Person 9.5%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dense city, rooftop traversal, stealth, and street-level gang conflict make this one of Ubisoft’s closest cousins to Watch_Dogs.

In this stealth-action thriller, a terrorist group known as the Engineers launches the Blacklist, a series of escalating attacks on US interests. Only one man can stop them: legendary covert agent Sam Fisher.

Why similar: Stealth 42.2%, Third Person 13.4%, Action 11.5%, Third-Person Shooter 8.5%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its modern stealth missions, gadgets, cameras, and ghost-or-guns-blazing flexibility closely mirror Watch_Dogs’ infiltration side.

Paris, 1789. In this action-adventure game, experience the French Revolution through the eyes of Arno Dorian. Become an Assassin and expose the true powers behind the Revolution for the fate of a nation.

Why similar: Open World 40.3%, Stealth 16.6%, Parkour 14.4%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Third Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its detailed urban sandbox and mission-based sneaking recreate the same rhythm of stalking targets and escaping through a living city.

You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.

Why similar: Stealth 35.8%, Open World 31.8%, Action 10.4%, Shooter 5.7%, Atmospheric 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: If hacking, infiltration, and tech-driven stealth were your favorite parts of Watch_Dogs, this is one of the best matches on Steam.

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 47.6%, Stealth 18.4%, Third Person 11.8%, Action 10.2%, Epic 3.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: The gadget-heavy stealth, urban patrol loop, and predator-style takedowns capture a very similar vigilantism-and-systems feel.

A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.

Why similar: Open World 44.3%, Third-Person Shooter 17.3%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Third Person 6%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its contemporary city setting and third-person tactical firefights echo Watch_Dogs’ urban action, even if it leans more into loot and co-op.

Create a team with up to 3 friends in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands and enjoy the ultimate military shooter experience set in a massive, dangerous, and responsive open world.

Why similar: Open World 44%, Stealth 13.8%, Third-Person Shooter 11%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Shooter 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Open-ended objectives, scouting tools, stealth takedowns, and third-person gunplay make it a strong fit if you liked solving missions your own way.

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 76.9%, Action 8%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Futuristic 3.2%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Though first-person, it offers a tech-soaked city full of hacking, stealth, criminal jobs, and surveillance-heavy worldbuilding.

Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.

Why similar: Stealth 27.5%, Open World 23.1%, Third-Person Shooter 12.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Third Person 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It trades open-world sprawl for densely systemic stealth sandboxes where manipulating people, spaces, and security feels very Watch_Dogs-like.

Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.

Why similar: Open World 46.2%, Third-Person Shooter 21.1%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Action 6.1%, Shooter 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers more gadget-supported urban combat for players who enjoyed Watch_Dogs’ modern tech-and-guns edge.

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 43.6%, Third Person 14.7%, Stealth 12.9%, Action 11.7%, Parkour 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world sabotage game similarly revolves around infiltrating a hostile city, disrupting enemy control, and blending stealth with action.

You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. When a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes.

Why similar: Stealth 65.8%, Action 16.6%, Shooter 4.4%, Atmospheric 3.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This delivers another excellent mix of hacking, stealth, conspiracies, and multi-route mission design.

In Ghost Recon Future Soldier join an elite team of highly trained, cut-throat special-ops soldiers. Armed to the teeth with unrivalled combat technology, Ghost Recon takes you to the globe’s most deadly warzones to hunt down the highest value targets.

Why similar: Stealth 21.9%, Third-Person Shooter 20.9%, Action 14%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Open World 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: If you want the tech-assisted third-person stealth-shooter side of Watch_Dogs without the open-world structure, this is a solid pick.

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 48%, Third Person 10.4%, Third-Person Shooter 10.1%, Action 8.3%, Stealth 8%

Why You'll Like It: A revenge-driven crime story with stealth takedowns, driving, and brutal third-person shootouts hits a similar grounded modern-crime tone.

Become a Ghost, fighting against a rogue spec ops faction called the Wolves, in the latest Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®!

Why similar: Open World 40.6%, Stealth 13.6%, Third-Person Shooter 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Shooter 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers another gadget-assisted stealth-shooter sandbox, though it is less urban and less personality-driven than Watch_Dogs.

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 38.8%, Stealth 25%, Third Person 8.9%, Third-Person Shooter 8%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its systemic stealth, recon tools, and flexible infiltration design strongly appeal to players who liked Watch_Dogs’ mission freedom.

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: Open World 50.2%, Third-Person Shooter 12.8%, Action 9.2%, Multiplayer 9%, Third Person 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused and story-driven, it scratches the same itch for grounded city crime, driving, and third-person action.

Hidden in the towering Himalayas lies Kyrat, a country steeped in tradition and violence. You are Ajay Ghale. Traveling to Kyrat to fulfill your mother’s dying wish, you find yourself caught up in a civil war to overthrow the oppressive regime of dictator Pagan Min.

Why similar: Open World 55.9%, Multiplayer 11%, Stealth 10.8%, Action 8.4%, Shooter 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It shifts to first-person, but the open-world stealth, outpost assaults, and improvised action still fit the Watch_Dogs mindset well.

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 50%, Third Person 10.2%, Parkour 10%, Stealth 9%, Action 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A modern city playground with fluid traversal, side-crime cleanup, and gadget-supported combat makes it a strong sandbox alternative.

Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.

Why similar: Stealth 60.4%, Open World 13.9%, Action 10.7%, Parkour 6.4%, Adventure 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Sneaking through a tense city and using specialized tools to bypass security lines up well with Watch_Dogs’ quieter approach.

Fight for the truth and uncover the twisted crime running deep beneath the surface of Tokyo. In this legal thriller , the balance between justice and mercy teeters on the edge.

Why similar: Third Person 49.6%, Action 34.5%, Adventure 15.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its dense contemporary city, detective framing, and street-level crime atmosphere make it a good pick if the urban side of Watch_Dogs mattered most.

It’s time to join the Brotherhood.

Why similar: Open World 37.1%, Stealth 16.7%, Parkour 13.2%, Third Person 10%, Action 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Another Ubisoft city sandbox built around stealth, chases, and using a dense urban environment as part of your toolkit.

Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.

Why similar: Open World 50.8%, Parkour 25.8%, Action 8.4%, Multiplayer 8%, Atmospheric 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: If the surveillance-state atmosphere and moving through a controlled modern city were your favorite parts, this is a great follow-up.

Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.

Why similar: Stealth 40%, Open World 26.6%, Parkour 13.5%, Action 10.9%, Atmospheric 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its immersive stealth spaces and creative, multi-path mission design reward the same experimentation that makes Watch_Dogs infiltrations fun.

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 43.7%, Third-Person Shooter 19.3%, Third Person 12.3%, Action 9.2%, Shooter 7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the urban open-world crime and vehicle-chaos side of Watch_Dogs, just with a much sillier tone.

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: Open World 45.4%, Action 14.6%, Third-Person Shooter 13.2%, Third Person 10.5%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A grounded crime narrative with city driving and third-person gunplay makes it a decent match if you mainly want more narrative urban action.

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 61.1%, Third Person 12.3%, Action 10.2%, Third-Person Shooter 4.1%, Parkour 3.4%

Introducing Assassin’s Creed® Rogue, the darkest chapter in the Assassin’s Creed franchise yet. As Shay, you will experience the slow transformation from Assassin to Assassin Hunter. Follow your own creed and set off on an extraordinary journey through New York City, the wild river valley, and far away to the icy cold waters of the North...

Why similar: Open World 46.5%, Stealth 15.8%, Parkour 13.7%, Third Person 11.2%, Action 7.1%

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 50.3%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Third Person 9.9%, Third-Person Shooter 9.7%, Action 7.8%

Discover the dark secrets of a lawless island ruled by violence and take the fight to the enemy as you try to escape. You’ll need more than luck to escape alive!

Why similar: Open World 56.8%, Stealth 13%, Multiplayer 10%, Action 8.3%, Shooter 4.9%

Erase the line between single player and multiplayer in this street-racing rivalry between Cops and Racers. Seamlessly join a world where your friends are already racing and chasing

Why similar: Open World 47.5%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Third Person 13.1%, Action 7.4%, Driving 7.1%

Become the ultimate shape-shifting weapon!

Why similar: Open World 55.1%, Action 11.4%, Third Person 11.2%, Parkour 9.4%, Stealth 4.3%

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 53.7%, Parkour 11.7%, Third Person 11.6%, Action 11.5%, Stealth 5.8%

Ready to own the streets? Get behind the wheel of iconic cars and floor it through Ventura Bay, a sprawling urban playground. Explore overlapping stories as you build your reputation – and your dream car – and become the ultimate racing icon.

Why similar: Open World 49.1%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Third Person 10.5%, Action 8.9%, Driving 7.6%

Strategy. Speed. Story. These are the core pillars of Battlefield™ Hardline, a cops vs. criminals experience unlike any other.

Why similar: Multiplayer 42.9%, Action 26.3%, Shooter 20.9%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Homefront®: The Revolution is an open-world first person shooter where you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.

Why similar: Open World 48.3%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Stealth 12.4%, Action 11.5%, Shooter 7.2%

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 48.3%, Third-Person Shooter 13.6%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Third Person 7.9%, Action 7.6%

Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare envisions a powerful future, where both technology and tactics have evolved to usher in a new era of combat for the franchise.Power Changes Everything.

Why similar: Dogs 45.7% ★, Multiplayer 21.7%, Action 16.3%, Shooter 10.5%, Futuristic 3%

Discover Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, the classic pirate action-adventure game from 2013. Command your ship, hunt Templars and carve your legend as Edward Kenway across the Caribbean's Golden Age of Piracy.

Why similar: Open World 43.9%, Stealth 14.2%, Parkour 10.9%, Third Person 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.7%

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 56.2%, Third Person 9.8%, Action 9.4%, Third-Person Shooter 6.2%, Driving 5.1%

Dive into a transformed vibrant post-apocalyptic Hope County, Montana, 17 years after a global nuclear catastrophe. Lead the fight against the Highwaymen, as they seek to take over the last remaining resources.

Why similar: Open World 57.1%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Stealth 9.3%, Action 8.4%, Shooter 5.3%

In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.

Why similar: Parkour 61.9%, Action 18.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Adventure 5.8%, Singleplayer 4%

Outnumbered and outgunned, but not outmatched.Call of Duty®: Ghosts is an extraordinary step forward for one of the largest entertainment franchises of all-time. This new chapter in the Call of Duty® franchise features a new dynamic where players are on the side of a crippled nation fighting not for freedom, or liberty, but simply to...

Why similar: Dogs 52% ★, Multiplayer 15.7%, Action 12.6%, Hacking 10.5% ★, Shooter 7.5%

Discover the open world of Hope County, Montana, besieged by a fanatical doomsday cult. Dive into the action solo or two-player co-op in the story campaign, use a vast arsenal of weapons and allies, and free Hope County from Joseph Seed and his cult.

Why similar: Open World 48%, Stealth 16.9%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Action 6.7%, Shooter 6.5%

The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.

Why similar: Open World 53.4%, Multiplayer 18%, Third Person 8.2%, Action 7.7%, Driving 7.7%

Ezio Auditore walks in the footsteps of the legendary mentor Altair, on a dangerous journey of discovery and revelation.

Why similar: Open World 37.2%, Stealth 16.9%, Parkour 13.7%, Third Person 10.6%, Action 8.2%

Remember Me™ is a 3rd person action adventure where players take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people’s minds and steal or even alter their memories.

Why similar: Third Person 34.1%, Action 24.9%, Parkour 15.9%, Adventure 8.2%, Beautiful 6.1% ★

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 45.4%, Third-Person Shooter 17.3%, Parkour 16.1%, Action 9%, Third Person 5.8%

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 39.7%, Third-Person Shooter 17.7%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Third Person 9.3%, Action 7.6%

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 54.1%, Third-Person Shooter 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Third Person 9.4%, Action 8.5%

Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew were divided by betrayal and reunited by revenge to take down The House, a nefarious cartel that rules the city’s casinos, criminals and cops. In this corrupt gambler’s paradise, the stakes are high and The House always wins.

Why similar: Open World 51.1%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Third Person 15.8%, Action 6.7%, Atmospheric 4.3%

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 60.9%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Driving 7.1%, Action 5%, Third Person 5%

Hustle by day and risk it all at night in Need for Speed™ Heat Deluxe Edition, a white-knuckle street racer, where the lines of the law fade as the sun starts to set.

Why similar: Open World 51.3%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Third Person 8%, Driving 7.4%, Action 7%