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24 games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition 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 II: Definitive Edition, which both open world, crime and story-rich.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition is tagged Sexual Content, Open World, Action, Crime, Third-Person Shooter, Nudity, Adventure, Violent 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 II: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 11 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Sexual Content; released around the same time (2020).
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 CrimeStory RichSexual ContentNudityViolentThird PersonThird-Person ShooterGore
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Mafia II
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 11 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Sexual Content.
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 CrimeStory RichSexual ContentNudityViolentThird PersonThird-Person ShooterGore
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological, crime and story-rich; shares 8 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Crime and Violent.
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 ShooterCrimeViolentThird PersonMatureNudityStory RichPsychological Horror
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Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 10 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person; released around the same time (2020).
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 CrimeStory RichThird PersonViolentThird-Person ShooterNudityClassicMature
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Mafia III
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 10 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person.
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 CrimeStory RichThird PersonViolentThird-Person ShooterNudityClassicMature
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Mafia: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 9 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Sexual Content; released around the same time (2020).
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 CrimeStory RichSexual ContentThird-Person ShooterViolentThird PersonClassicMature
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological and crime; shares 8 player tags including Third Person, Classic and Crime.
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 PersonClassicCrimeThird-Person ShooterSandboxGoreViolentPsychological Horror
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Max Payne
Why it matched: both horror, psychological, crime and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Classic, Third-Person Shooter and Story Rich.
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…
Max Payne at a glance Released 2001 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 89% positive of 15,818 Price $3.49 ClassicThird-Person ShooterStory RichThird PersonCrimeViolentPsychological Horror
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L.A. Noire
Why it matched: both open world, psychological, crime and story-rich; shares 6 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person; published by the same company.
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.
L.A. Noire at a glance Released 2011 Studio Team Bondi Player sentiment 86% positive of 36,822 Price $19.99 CrimeStory RichThird PersonMatureNudityThird-Person Shooter
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Lucius
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Gore, Nudity and Third Person.
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Lucius at a glance Released 2012 Studio Shiver Games Player sentiment 81% positive of 10,912 Price $1.99 GoreNudityThird PersonPsychological HorrorMatureViolentStory Rich
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Resident Evil Village
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological and story-rich; shares 6 player tags including Sexual Content, Gore and Story Rich; released around the same time (2021).
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
Resident Evil Village at a glance Released 2021 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 96% positive of 153,329 Price $39.99 Sexual ContentGoreStory RichViolentPsychological HorrorNudity
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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Crime and Sandbox; published by the same company.
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 Third PersonCrimeSandboxThird-Person ShooterMatureNudityStory Rich
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The Evil Within 2
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological and story-rich; shares 6 player tags including Psychological Horror, Story Rich and Gore.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
The Evil Within 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 92% positive of 30,959 Price $39.99 Psychological HorrorStory RichGoreThird-Person ShooterThird PersonViolent
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Yakuza 3 Remastered
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Third Person and Crime; released around the same time (2021).
Kazuma Kiryu has earned his retirement on the sandy beaches of Okinawa. But when a deadly power struggle arrives on his doorstep, he’ll have to walk the streets of Kamurocho to escape his past for good. Complete The Dragon of Dojima’s journey.
Yakuza 3 Remastered at a glance Released 2021 Studio RGG Studio Player sentiment 81% positive of 10,239 Price Not listed Story RichThird PersonCrimeViolentCombatSexual ContentAction-Adventure
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Gore and Violent; released around the same time (2019).
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan at a glance Released 2019 Studio Supermassive Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 13,909 Price $19.99 Story RichGoreViolentPsychological HorrorThird PersonNuditySexual Content
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Resident Evil 4
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Story Rich and Third Person.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Resident Evil 4 at a glance Released 2005 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 97% positive of 274,646 Price $39.99 Third-Person ShooterStory RichThird PersonGoreViolentAction-AdventurePsychological Horror
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CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Why it matched: both open world, horror, psychological and story-rich; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Third Person and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Remedy Entertainment Player sentiment 86% positive of 63,191 Price $3.99 Story RichThird PersonThird-Person ShooterPsychological HorrorViolent
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Mafia II (Classic)
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person.
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 CrimeStory RichThird PersonThird-Person ShooterClassicNuditySandbox
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Outlast 2
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Psychological Horror, Gore and Violent.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
Outlast 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Red Barrels Player sentiment 91% positive of 64,380 Price $4.99 Psychological HorrorGoreViolentMatureNuditySexual ContentStory Rich
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Catherine
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and story-rich; shares 7 player tags including Sexual Content, Mature and Nudity.
Catherine: a tale of love, betrayal, and the terror of commitment. Experience the mature action-adventure-puzzle game unlike any other from the makers of the Persona series, now enhanced for PC in all its Classic glory. Is love over? Climb to the top or die trying.
Catherine at a glance Released 2011 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 87% positive of 11,244 Price $19.99 Sexual ContentMatureNudityStory RichPsychological HorrorViolentGore
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Crime and Violent; released around the same time (2020).
Become Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking yakuza grunt left on the brink of death by the man he trusted most. Take up your legendary bat and get ready to crack some underworld skulls in dynamic RPG combat set against the backdrop of modern-day Japan.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon at a glance Released 2020 Studio Ryu ga Gotoku Studio Player sentiment 94% positive of 37,452 Price $19.99 Story RichCrimeViolentSexual ContentNudityThird Person
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Days Gone
Why it matched: both open world, horror and story-rich; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Action-Adventure and Third Person; released around the same time (2021).
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
Days Gone at a glance Released 2021 Studio Bend Studio Player sentiment 93% positive of 116,763 Price $39.99 Story RichAction-AdventureThird PersonThird-Person ShooterViolentGore
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Yakuza 5 Remastered
Why it matched: both open world, crime and story-rich; shares 6 player tags including Crime, Story Rich and Third Person; released around the same time (2021).
Get ready for a Yakuza experience of unprecedented scale! Follow five characters across five Japanese cities, each trying to achieve their dream. The connections between them bring them together, but the conflict that unfolds is nothing any of them could have predicted.
Yakuza 5 Remastered at a glance Released 2021 Studio RGG Studio Player sentiment 89% positive of 7,372 Price $19.99 CrimeStory RichThird PersonViolentCombatSexual Content
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The Quarry
Why it matched: both horror, psychological and story-rich; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Sexual Content and Gore; released around the same time (2022).
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
The Quarry at a glance Released 2022 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 82% positive of 24,881 Price $59.99 Story RichSexual ContentGoreViolentNudityPsychological Horror
Common questions
What game is most like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition?
Mafia II: Definitive Edition, on the evidence we have. It both open world, crime and story-rich. 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 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition" 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 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition. 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.