Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Just Cause 4 Reloaded (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Just Cause 4 Reloaded 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 III, which both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric.
- Just Cause 4 Reloaded is tagged Open World, Action, Destruction, Singleplayer, Adventure, Sandbox, Third-Person Shooter, 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.
- 2 are from the same studio: Just Cause 2, Just Cause 3.
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 III
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Story Rich, Third Person and Violent; released around the same time (2016).
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 Story RichThird PersonViolentShooterThird-Person ShooterSandboxGoreFPS
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Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Story Rich, Third Person and Violent; 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 Story RichThird PersonViolentShooterThird-Person ShooterSandboxGoreFPS
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Sleeping Dogs
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Sandbox and Story Rich; 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 PersonSandboxStory RichDrivingViolentThird-Person ShooterShooter
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Just Cause 2
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Avalanche Studios; both open world and atmospheric; shares 9 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 ShooterShooterDestructionFunnyPhysicsComedy
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Third Person, Story Rich and Violent; published by the same company; released around the same time (2018).
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider at a glance Released 2018 Studio Crystal Dynamics Player sentiment 85% positive of 87,978 Price $5.99 Third PersonStory RichViolentShooterGoreHeist
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Just Cause 3
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Avalanche Studios; both open world and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Destruction, Third-Person Shooter and Shooter; released around the same time (2015).
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.
Just Cause 3 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Avalanche Studios Player sentiment 84% positive of 127,859 Price $19.99 DestructionThird-Person ShooterShooterSandboxThird PersonPhysicsFunnyComedy
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Watch Dogs 2
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Shooter and Third-Person 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 Third PersonShooterThird-Person ShooterStory RichSandboxFunnyFPS
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Watch_Dogs 2
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Shooter and Third-Person 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 Third PersonShooterThird-Person ShooterStory RichSandboxFunnyFPS
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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich 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 PersonShooterSandboxDrivingThird-Person ShooterStory RichComedy
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Third-Person Shooter, Violent and Shooter; published by the same company.
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 ShooterViolentShooterThird PersonHeistStory Rich
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Third Person and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2015).
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.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain at a glance Released 2015 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 92% positive of 107,873 Price $19.99 Story RichThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterSandboxHeist
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Mafia: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Third-Person Shooter and Violent; 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 Story RichThird-Person ShooterViolentThird PersonShooterGore
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Third Person, Story Rich and Violent; released around the same time (2018).
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2018 Studio Eidos-Montréal Player sentiment 85% positive of 87,994 Price $5.99 Third PersonStory RichViolentShooterGoreHeist
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Mafia II: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Violent and Third Person; 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 Story RichViolentThird PersonThird-Person ShooterGoreShooter
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Mafia II (Classic)
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, 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 Story RichThird PersonThird-Person ShooterShooterDrivingSandbox
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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Third-Person Shooter and Sandbox; released around the same time (2020).
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 ShooterSandboxShooterPhysicsFunnyGore
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Mafia II
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Violent and Third Person.
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 Story RichViolentThird PersonThird-Person ShooterGoreShooter
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Yakuza 0
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Funny and Violent; released around the same time (2018).
SEGA’s legendary Japanese series finally comes to PC. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka as junior yakuza Kiryu and Majima. Take a front row seat to 1980s life in Japan in an experience unlike anything else in video gaming, with uncapped framerates and 4K resolutions. A legend is born.
Yakuza 0 at a glance Released 2018 Studio Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Player sentiment 95% positive of 77,742 Price Not listed Story RichFunnyViolentComedyThird Person
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Yakuza Kiwami
Why it matched: both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Violent and Comedy; released around the same time (2019).
SEGA’s critically-acclaimed entry that started a legend. Become Kazuma Kiryu, an up-and-coming yakuza who takes the fall for the murder of a crime boss, only to emerge from prison ten years later to a changed world. Remastered from the ground up, now in 4K and uncapped framerates on PC.
Yakuza Kiwami at a glance Released 2019 Studio Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Player sentiment 93% positive of 23,315 Price Not listed Story RichViolentComedyThird PersonFunny
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Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Why it matched: both open world, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Comedy, FPS and Third Person.
You're the Stranger, a mysterious bounty hunter on a mission to bag the ultimate prize. And you need that money like no one else because there is something very wrong with your health and the only way to fix it is a very costly operation.
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath at a glance Released 2005 Studio Oddworld Inhabitants Player sentiment 87% positive of 1,817 Price $9.99 ComedyFPSThird PersonViolentThird-Person ShooterShooterStory Rich
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Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 8 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 ShooterShooterSandboxGoreViolent
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Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition
Why it matched: both open world, crime and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Third-Person Shooter and Sandbox.
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 ShooterSandboxShooterPhysicsFunnyGore
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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Why it matched: both crime, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Third Person, Shooter and Sandbox.
Enter the realm of a retired assassin, forced back into action by treason. You may be a hired killer but you still have a sense of loyalty and justice. Visit the dark recesses of a world corrupted by crime, greed, degradation and dishonor. And a past that catches up with you.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin at a glance Released 2002 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 82% positive of 4,890 Price $8.99 Third PersonShooterSandboxGoreFPSThird-Person ShooterStory Rich
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The Evil Within 2
Why it matched: both open world, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Gore and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2017).
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 Story RichGoreThird-Person ShooterThird PersonViolentShooter
Common questions
What game is most like Just Cause 4 Reloaded?
Mafia III, on the evidence we have. It both open world, crime, story-rich and atmospheric. 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 4 Reloaded" 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 4 Reloaded. 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 4 Reloaded do?
Just Cause 2, Just Cause 3 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.