Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Driver: Parallel Lines (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Driver: Parallel Lines on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Mafia, which both open world and crime.
- Driver: Parallel Lines is tagged Racing, Open World, Action, Automobile Sim, Driving, Singleplayer, Classic, Third-Person Shooter by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Mafia
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 8 player tags including Crime, Classic and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2002).
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.
Mafia at a glance Released 2002 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 88% positive of 16,301 Price $14.99 CrimeClassicGreat SoundtrackThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterRacingController
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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 8 player tags including Automobile Sim, Third Person and Crime; released around the same time (2010).
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.
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City at a glance Released 2010 Studio Rockstar North / Toronto Player sentiment 74% positive of 10,072 Price Not listed Automobile SimThird PersonCrimeShooterDrivingThird-Person ShooterGreat SoundtrackRacing
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Mafia II (Classic)
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 8 player tags including Crime, Third Person and Third-Person Shooter.
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...
Mafia II (Classic) at a glance Released 2011 Studio 2K Czech Player sentiment 94% positive of 58,640 Price $29.99 CrimeThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterAutomobile SimGreat SoundtrackDrivingClassic
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 7 player tags including Racing, Driving and Automobile Sim; released around the same time (2005).
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.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted at a glance Released 2005 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 77% positive of 27,838 Price $19.99 RacingDrivingAutomobile SimControllerThird PersonGreat SoundtrackCrime
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Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 7 player tags including Racing, Driving and Automobile Sim.
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.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted at a glance Released 2012 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 27,838 Price $19.99 RacingDrivingAutomobile SimControllerThird PersonGreat SoundtrackCrime
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Need for Speed Most Wanted
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 7 player tags including Racing, Driving and Automobile Sim.
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.
Need for Speed Most Wanted at a glance Released 2020 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 27,849 Price $19.99 RacingDrivingAutomobile SimControllerThird PersonGreat SoundtrackCrime
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Sleeping Dogs
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Crime and Great Soundtrack.
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.
Sleeping Dogs at a glance Released Not recorded Studio United Front Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 17,264 Price Not listed Third PersonCrimeGreat SoundtrackDrivingAutomobile SimThird-Person ShooterShooter
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Mafia: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 7 player tags including Crime, Third-Person Shooter and Third Person.
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.
Mafia: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Hangar 13 Player sentiment 87% positive of 110,615 Price $39.99 CrimeThird-Person ShooterThird PersonShooterClassicGreat SoundtrackRacing
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Mafia II
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 6 player tags including Crime, Third Person and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2010).
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.
Mafia II at a glance Released 2010 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 74% positive of 38,540 Price $29.99 CrimeThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterGreat SoundtrackClassic
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Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 6 player tags including Crime, Third Person and Shooter.
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.
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced at a glance Released 2025 Studio Rockstar North Player sentiment 83% positive of 219,023 Price $19.79 CrimeThird PersonShooterAutomobile SimRacingThird-Person Shooter
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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 5 player tags including Racing, Driving and Crime; released around the same time (2010).
Feel the thrill of the chase and the rush of escape behind the wheels of the world’s hottest high-performance cars in Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered– a heart-pumping, socially competitive racing experience.
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit at a glance Released 2010 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 81% positive of 14,914 Price $29.99 RacingDrivingCrimeThird PersonClassic
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 6 player tags including Third Person, Classic and Great Soundtrack.
Enter the world of a HITMAN - a world of crime, sin and greed. Delve into the mind of Agent 47 and encounter his greatest adversaries, completing the work that made him so brutally efficient and shaped him as an assassin. Eliminate your targets by any means necessary. There are no rules... only the contract, signed in blood.
Hitman: Contracts at a glance Released 2014 Studio Io-Interactive A/S Player sentiment 87% positive of 3,658 Price $8.99 Third PersonClassicGreat SoundtrackShooterCrimeThird-Person Shooter
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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 6 player tags including Automobile Sim, Crime and Third Person.
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.
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Rockstar North Player sentiment 83% positive of 202,430 Price $19.99 Automobile SimCrimeThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterClassic
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Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 6 player tags including Automobile Sim, Crime and Third Person.
PLEASE NOTE: Microsoft no longer supports creating Games for Windows-LIVE accounts within Grand Theft Auto IV. You can create an account through and then log into your account in game. This standalone retail title spans three distinct stories, interwoven to create one of the most unique and engaging single-player experiences of this...
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition at a glance Released Not recorded Studio Rockstar North Player sentiment 83% positive of 202,491 Price Not listed Automobile SimCrimeThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterClassic
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Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 6 player tags including Driving, Automobile Sim and Crime.
Play solo or in up to 10-player multiplayer co-op! Flashing Lights is an open world police, firefighting and EMS simulator game with plenty of opportunity for role-play or more relaxed fun with friends. Become the law or save lives! Discover leagues of player-created mods!
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator at a glance Released 2023 Studio Nils Jakrins Player sentiment 79% positive of 18,679 Price $3.74 DrivingAutomobile SimCrimeShooterThird-Person ShooterThird Person
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Mafia II: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 6 player tags including Crime, Third Person and Third-Person Shooter.
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.
Mafia II: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Hangar 13 Player sentiment 74% positive of 38,558 Price $29.99 CrimeThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterGreat SoundtrackClassic
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Mafia III
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 6 player tags including Crime, Third Person and Shooter.
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.
Mafia III at a glance Released 2016 Studio Aspyr Player sentiment 57% positive of 64,036 Price $29.99 CrimeThird PersonShooterGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterClassic
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Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 6 player tags including Crime, Third Person and Shooter.
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.
Mafia III: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Hangar 13 Player sentiment 57% positive of 64,063 Price $29.99 CrimeThird PersonShooterGreat SoundtrackThird-Person ShooterClassic
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Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Racing, Automobile Sim and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2009).
Download Burnout™ Paradise: The Ultimate Box today. Paradise City is the largest and most dangerous setting yet for the best-selling Burnout series. The massive setting gives players an open-ended world to explore, as they race their vehicles through hundreds of miles of roads and underground passages with more than 70 different cars.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box at a glance Released 2009 Studio Criterion Games Player sentiment 87% positive of 13,473 Price Not listed RacingAutomobile SimGreat SoundtrackDrivingControllerThird Person
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Saints Row 2
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 5 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Crime and Third Person; released around the same time (2009).
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.
Saints Row 2 at a glance Released 2009 Studio Volition Player sentiment 76% positive of 21,728 Price $2.49 Third-Person ShooterCrimeThird PersonShooterGreat Soundtrack
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Need for Speed Undercover
Why it matched: both open world; shares 6 player tags including Racing, Automobile Sim and Driving; released around the same time (2008).
You never thought it would turn out like this. An all-out chase where you're the hunted. And the hunter. Now you must get behind the wheel and risk everything to infiltrate a ruthless international crime syndicate and take them down.
Need for Speed Undercover at a glance Released 2008 Studio EA Black Box Player sentiment 75% positive of 8,006 Price Not listed RacingAutomobile SimDrivingGreat SoundtrackControllerClassic
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Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 5 player tags including Racing, Driving and Crime.
Feel the thrill of the chase and the rush of escape behind the wheels of the world’s hottest high-performance cars in Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit Remastered– a heart-pumping, socially competitive racing experience.
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered at a glance Released 2020 Studio Stellar Entertainment Limited Player sentiment 81% positive of 14,925 Price $29.99 RacingDrivingCrimeThird PersonClassic
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 5 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Crime and Shooter; released around the same time (2010).
Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days at a glance Released 2010 Studio IO Interactive Player sentiment 67% positive of 9,765 Price $9.99 Third-Person ShooterCrimeShooterThird PersonGreat Soundtrack
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Why it matched: both crime; shares 6 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Classic and Shooter; released around the same time (2003).
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne at a glance Released 2003 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 94% positive of 14,615 Price $2.49 Third-Person ShooterClassicShooterThird PersonGreat SoundtrackCrime
Common questions
What game is most like Driver: Parallel Lines?
Mafia, on the evidence we have. It both open world and crime. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Driver: Parallel Lines" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Driver: Parallel Lines. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.