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 45.3% ★, Open World 20.5%, Stealth 7%, Parkour 6.1%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It expands the original's open-world hacking sandbox with more tools, freer stealth, city traversal, and mission design that most directly follows Watch_Dogs.

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

Why similar: Hacking 45.8% ★, Open World 19.9%, Third-Person Shooter 7.8%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Third Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the series' gadget-hacking, stealth-action, and surveillance-state sandbox, making it the closest modern alternative after Watch_Dogs 2.

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 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world urban crime focus, driving, melee-and-gunplay mix, and undercover tone hit a very similar modern-city vigilante fantasy.

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: The dense city traversal, stealth assassinations, and gadget-assisted open-world missions capture a lot of the same sandbox rhythm as Watch_Dogs.

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 43.9%, Stealth 13.8%, Third-Person Shooter 11%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Shooter 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world third-person infiltration, gadget use, and freedom to approach missions stealthily or loudly fit the tactical side of Watch_Dogs.

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 35.9%, Open World 31.7%, Action 10.4%, Shooter 5.7%, Atmospheric 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It's more RPG-like, but the hacking, stealth, surveillance themes, and tech-thriller atmosphere strongly overlap with Watch_Dogs.

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 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its revenge-driven story, third-person gunplay, stealth takedowns, and crime-filled city make it one of the closest non-Ubisoft matches.

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: The focus on sneaking through a dense city, blending traversal with stealth, and tackling missions your way echoes Watch_Dogs' urban sandbox appeal.

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: Although mission-based rather than open-world, its gadget-heavy stealth and modern covert-action tone are a natural fit for Watch_Dogs fans.

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 3.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: It swaps hacking for Batman gadgets, but the moody city sandbox, predator stealth, and vigilantism feel remarkably close.

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: It trades third-person for first-person RPG systems, but the hack-centric combat, dystopian city setting, and tech-noir tone are strong matches.

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 ruined Manhattan sandbox offers cover-based third-person combat and a modern urban atmosphere that scratches a similar city-operations itch.

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 27.4%, Open World 23.1%, Third-Person Shooter 12.2%, Third Person 10.2%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its systemic stealth sandboxes reward reconnaissance, gadget use, and creative infiltration in the same way Watch_Dogs' best missions do.

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: The huge freedom of approach, stealth-tool sandbox, and improvisational mission design line up well with Watch_Dogs' tactical side.

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 40.5%, Stealth 13.6%, Third-Person Shooter 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Shooter 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Like Watch_Dogs, it emphasizes third-person infiltration, gadgets, scouting, and choosing between stealth and direct combat in a large map.

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 46.3%, Third-Person Shooter 21.1%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Action 6.2%, Shooter 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is more loot-driven, but the large-scale contemporary city combat and tactical third-person gameplay still overlap nicely with Watch_Dogs.

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 50.7%, Parkour 25.9%, Action 8.3%, Multiplayer 8%, Atmospheric 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its near-future city, anti-surveillance themes, and fluid traversal make it a great pick if hacking Chicago's rooftops was your favorite part of Watch_Dogs.

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 55.8%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Stealth 10.9%, Action 8.4%, Shooter 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Even in first-person, its open-ended outpost infiltration and gadget-supported chaos appeal to players who liked Watch_Dogs' flexible mission approaches.

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 48.2%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Stealth 12.4%, Action 11.5%, Shooter 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its near-future occupied city, resistance fantasy, and hacking-style gadgets feel surprisingly close to Watch_Dogs despite the first-person view.

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 8.9%, Action 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The modern city sandbox, gadget-assisted combat, and traversal-heavy crime fighting make it a strong pick if you mainly want another stylish urban open world.

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 18.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Adventure 5.7%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: While lighter on combat, its sleek city movement and anti-authoritarian atmosphere appeal to the same players who loved Watch_Dogs' urban flow.

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%

Why You'll Like It: It is less modern and more naval-focused, but its stealthy third-person missions and Ubisoft open-world structure still feel familiar.

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 45.5%, Action 14.4%, Third-Person Shooter 13.3%, Third Person 10.4%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more narrative and less systemic, yet its crime-story focus, driving, and third-person city action make it an easy recommendation.

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 26.5%, Parkour 13.5%, Action 10.9%, Atmospheric 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It replaces phones with supernatural tools, but the emphasis on stealth, route planning, and silently dismantling enemies hits a similar gameplay mindset.

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 50.1%, Third-Person Shooter 12.7%, Action 9.2%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Third Person 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is more linear, but the grounded crime drama, driving, and third-person shootouts capture Watch_Dogs' serious criminal-underworld vibe.

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%

Why You'll Like It: It is far more explosive and less stealthy, yet its creative gadget use and sandbox freedom can still scratch the same open-world experimentation itch.

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 modern-city crime investigation, tailing, and street-level vigilante feel make it a good fit if you liked Watch_Dogs' urban thriller side.

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. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but 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...

Why similar: Stealth 65.8%, Action 16.5%, Shooter 4.4%, Atmospheric 3.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its blend of hacking, stealth, augmentation-driven infiltration, and conspiracy storytelling is a great fit if the cyber-thriller angle mattered most to you.

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 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a much goofier tone, but the urban open-world crime gameplay, vehicle chaos, and third-person action echo Watch_Dogs' sandbox side.

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%

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 13.9%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Open World 11.4%

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%

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%

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%

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%, Third-Person Shooter 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Third Person 9.4%, Action 8.5%

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 47.2%, Multiplayer 15%, Third Person 13%, Action 7.4%, Driving 7.1%

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 12.8%, Action 6.7%, Shooter 6.5%

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 21.8%, Action 16.3%, Shooter 10.4%, Futuristic 3%

Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.

Why similar: Hacking 91.3% ★, Action 3.4%, Atmospheric 2.1%, Adventure 2%, Singleplayer 1.3%

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 44.5%, Third Person 15.5%, Stealth 13.3%, Action 12.3%, Parkour 5.8%

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 34.2%, Action 24.9%, Parkour 15.8%, Adventure 8.2%, Beautiful 6.1% ★

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%

Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of...

Why similar: Open World 33.9%, Stealth 19.3%, Parkour 15%, Third Person 13.7%, Action 9%

Take control of an elite global team of hackers, intercepting communications between corporations, governments, and criminals all around the world. You can protect humanity by exposing messages between dangerous individuals or exploit corporations to increase your fortune. The choice is yours.

Why similar: Hacking 71.5% ★, Open World 21%, Action 4.3%, Adventure 1.7%, Strategy 1.6%

Reveal company secrets while hacking and exploring their quantum simulation networks. Fights for control with other players, coop with your faction, gather best tools, build most secure servers, write scripts and webs, or choose to be solo hacker who makes the right choices to change the world.

Why similar: Hacking 73.2% ★, Open World 20.2%, Atmospheric 2.9%, Adventure 1.9%, Co-op 1.1%

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

Why similar: Multiplayer 43%, Action 26.2%, Shooter 20.8%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Singleplayer 4.9%

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 60.5%, Open World 13.8%, Action 10.6%, Parkour 6.4%, Adventure 4.5%

Welcome to DROP, a fast-paced action-strategy hacking simulator. Ready to hack your way to fame and fortune while avoiding getting caught? Use stealth and cunning to maneuver between the ongoing power struggle of corporations and factions to control the fragmented networks in the city.

Why similar: Hacking 86.1% ★, Action 8%, Atmospheric 3.4%, Futuristic 1%, Strategy 0.9%

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 18.1%, Third Person 8.2%, Driving 7.7%, Action 7.7%

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%

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 49.8%, Multiplayer 12%, Third Person 10%, Third-Person Shooter 9.9%, Action 7.8%

Become a deadly Master Assassin in this action-adventure game. Explore the streets of ninth-century Baghdad through the eyes of Basim. Take down your targets while seeking justice as part of the Hidden Ones.

Why similar: Open World 38.6%, Stealth 19.9%, Parkour 16.5%, Third Person 10.8%, Action 7.3%

Tokyo 42 is a hyper-stylish isometric open-world shooter. Framed for a murder you didn't commit, you'll delve into a world of assassins, deadly corporate intrigue and cats. Explore this beautifully hand-crafted micro Tokyo and discover its secrets.

Why similar: Open World 48.3%, Stealth 16.6%, Action 11.7%, Multiplayer 6.8%, Parkour 6.8%

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%

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 52.2%, Third-Person Shooter 11.2%, Third Person 9.7%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Action 8.7%

Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top by discovering a simplified and enjoyable version of real-life hacking methods. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.

Why similar: Hacking 81.4% ★, Action 8.7%, Multiplayer 4.6%, Adventure 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%