Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Just Cause 3 (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Just Cause 3 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: Just Cause 2, which made by the same studio, Avalanche Studios.
- Just Cause 3 is tagged Open World, Action, Destruction, Third-Person Shooter, Multiplayer, Singleplayer, Shooter, Adventure 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.
- 2 are from the same studio: Just Cause 2, Just Cause 4 Reloaded.
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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Just Cause 2
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Avalanche Studios; both open world and atmospheric; shares 10 player tags including Sandbox, Third Person and Third-Person Shooter.
Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.
Just Cause 2 at a glance Released 2010 Studio Avalanche Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 51,583 Price $14.99 SandboxThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterDestructionExplorationFunnyModdable
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Just Cause 4 Reloaded
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Avalanche Studios; both open world and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Destruction, Sandbox and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2018).
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!
Just Cause 4 Reloaded at a glance Released 2018 Studio Avalanche Studios Player sentiment 62% positive of 32,247 Price Not listed DestructionSandboxThird-Person ShooterShooterPhysicsFunnyThird PersonComedy
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Rise of the Tomb Raider
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Exploration and Third-Person Shooter; published by the same company; released around the same time (2015).
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”.
Rise of the Tomb Raider at a glance Released 2015 Studio Crystal Dynamics Player sentiment 94% positive of 155,369 Price $4.49 Third PersonExplorationThird-Person ShooterParkourShooterRPGGreat Soundtrack
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Sleeping Dogs
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Sandbox and Great Soundtrack; published by the same company.
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 PersonSandboxGreat SoundtrackParkourRPGThird-Person ShooterShooter
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Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Destruction, Physics and Third Person.
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.
Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition at a glance Released 2009 Studio Volition Player sentiment 90% positive of 7,702 Price Not listed DestructionPhysicsThird PersonThird-Person ShooterSandboxShooterGreat SoundtrackFunny
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Fallout 4
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Exploration, RPG and Shooter; released around the same time (2015).
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Fallout 4 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 81% positive of 428,604 Price $19.99 ExplorationRPGShooterSandboxGreat SoundtrackThird PersonThird-Person Shooter
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Saints Row: The Third
Why it matched: both open world; shares 8 player tags including Comedy, Third-Person Shooter and Funny; released around the same time (2011).
Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!
Saints Row: The Third at a glance Released 2011 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 96% positive of 69,665 Price $2.49 ComedyThird-Person ShooterFunnySandboxThird PersonGreat SoundtrackShooterRPG
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Sunset Overdrive
Why it matched: both open world; shares 8 player tags including Parkour, Third-Person Shooter and Funny; released around the same time (2018).
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.
Sunset Overdrive at a glance Released 2018 Studio Insomniac Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 14,457 Price $19.99 ParkourThird-Person ShooterFunnyComedyGreat SoundtrackThird PersonShooterSandbox
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Bully: Scholarship Edition
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Comedy and Great Soundtrack.
Bully tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.
Bully: Scholarship Edition at a glance Released 2008 Studio Rockstar New England Player sentiment 84% positive of 41,932 Price $14.99 Third PersonComedyGreat SoundtrackFunnySandboxExplorationRPG
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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Third-Person Shooter and Moddable.
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 Third PersonThird-Person ShooterModdableSandboxShooterPhysicsFunny
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Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Third-Person Shooter and Moddable.
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 Third PersonThird-Person ShooterModdableSandboxShooterPhysicsFunny
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Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Shooter and Third-Person 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 Third PersonShooterThird-Person ShooterSandboxComedyFunnyModdable
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Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Moddable and Exploration.
Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition at a glance Released 2009 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 82% positive of 56,132 Price $19.99 RPGModdableExplorationSandboxThird PersonShooterGreat Soundtrack
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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Shooter and Sandbox.
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 PersonShooterSandboxThird-Person ShooterGreat SoundtrackComedyModdable
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Just Cause
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, Third Person and Sandbox.
Your world...Your rules!
Just Cause at a glance Released 2006 Studio Avalanche Studios Group Player sentiment 66% positive of 5,323 Price $6.99 ShooterThird PersonSandboxThird-Person ShooterGreat SoundtrackFunnyRPG
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HITMAN 2
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Third Person, Sandbox and Shooter; released around the same time (2018).
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
HITMAN 2 at a glance Released 2018 Studio IO Interactive A/S Player sentiment 91% positive of 74,796 Price Not listed Third PersonSandboxShooterThird-Person ShooterFunnyGreat Soundtrack
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Fable Anniversary
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Third Person and Comedy; released around the same time (2014).
FOR EVERY CHOICE, A CONSEQUENCE.Fully re-mastered with HD visuals and audio, Fable Anniversary is a stunning rendition of the original game that will delight faithful fans and new players alike! The all new Heroic difficulty setting will test the mettle of even the most hardcore Fable fan.
Fable Anniversary at a glance Released 2014 Studio Lionhead Studios Player sentiment 86% positive of 16,542 Price $10.49 RPGThird PersonComedyGreat SoundtrackSandboxFunny
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Watch Dogs 2
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Parkour, Third Person and Shooter; released around the same time (2016).
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.
Watch Dogs 2 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ubisoft Romania Player sentiment 82% positive of 101,471 Price $49.99 ParkourThird PersonShooterThird-Person ShooterSandboxFunny
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Watch_Dogs 2
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Parkour, Third Person and Shooter; released around the same time (2016).
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.
Watch_Dogs 2 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ubisoft Player sentiment 82% positive of 101,514 Price $49.99 ParkourThird PersonShooterThird-Person ShooterSandboxFunny
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Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Comedy, Third Person and Funny; released around the same time (2015).
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!
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell at a glance Released 2015 Studio Deep Silver Volition Player sentiment 75% positive of 9,775 Price $3.74 ComedyThird PersonFunnyThird-Person ShooterShooterSandbox
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Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator
Why it matched: both open world; shares 8 player tags including Physics, Shooter and Third-Person Shooter.
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 PhysicsShooterThird-Person ShooterDestructionRPGSandboxThird PersonExploration
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Saints Row 2
Why it matched: both open world; shares 8 player tags including Sandbox, Third-Person Shooter and Comedy.
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 SandboxThird-Person ShooterComedyThird PersonFunnyShooterGreat SoundtrackModdable
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Dude Simulator
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Funny, Sandbox and Shooter; released around the same time (2017).
Dude Simulator is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.
Dude Simulator at a glance Released 2017 Studio Kiddy Player sentiment 62% positive of 2,068 Price $4.99 FunnySandboxShooterPhysicsComedyExploration
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BeamNG.drive
Why it matched: both open world; shares 7 player tags including Physics, Destruction and Sandbox; released around the same time (2013).
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
BeamNG.drive at a glance Released 2013 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 97% positive of 416,293 Price $24.99 PhysicsDestructionSandboxModdableThird PersonExplorationFunny
Common questions
What game is most like Just Cause 3?
Just Cause 2, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Avalanche Studios. 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 Just Cause 3" 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 Just Cause 3. 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.
What else did the makers of Just Cause 3 do?
Just Cause 2, Just Cause 4 Reloaded are also from Avalanche Studios, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
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.