Games like Grand Theft Auto III

The closest matches to Grand Theft Auto III: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Mafia: Definitive Edition, and Saints Row: The Third. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Grand Theft Auto III is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, bleak and dark, and single out its checkpoint restart and mission based progression. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

Grand Theft Auto III is an action-adventure game released in 2008 by Rockstar Games as the first 3D entry in the series, pioneering third-person open-world crime sandbox gameplay. Players explore Liberty City through mission-based progression with checkpoint-restart mechanics, open-world exploration, a radio-station system, side-mission looping, and vehicle combat. Reviewers highlight the atmospheric city environment and how missions balance chaos with dark storytelling, while players describe the experience as bleak and immersive, noting its nostalgic gameplay and pioneering open-world design. The game has a challenging difficulty and long length designed for solo play with a sit-down session shape. It holds a Metacritic score of 93 and received 84% positive reviews from 4,551 Steam users, but is not supported on Steam Deck.

About Grand Theft Auto III: Welcome to Liberty City. Where it all began. With stellar voice acting, a darkly comic storyline, a stunning soundtrack and revolutionary open-world gameplay, Grand Theft Auto III is the game that defined the open world genre for a generation.