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Single-player games like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.

Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City page.

Ranked picks

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    Grand Theft Auto III — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto III

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    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.

    2008ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. Now, it's the early 90s. Carl's got to go home.

    2008ActionAdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    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.

    2010ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    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.

    2020ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mafia II (Classic) — Steam game cover

    Mafia II (Classic)

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    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...

    2011Action29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator — Steam game cover

    Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    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!

    2023ActionIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    American Fugitive — Steam game cover

    American Fugitive

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    FREE UPDATE; STATE OF EMERGENCY, OUT NOW! Framed for your father’s murder, you’ll need to do whatever it takes to unveil the real culprit. Tackle thrilling missions for the criminal underworld - just don’t let the cops track you down!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Driver® Parallel Lines — Steam game cover

    Driver® Parallel Lines

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    You were the fastest wheelman on the street. You were a legend. You were money. Until they set you up and sent you down. Twenty-eight years inside for someone else's crime. Now you're getting out. Guess what? You got a new job, it's called getting revenge.

    2009Racing2.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    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.

    2025ActionAdventureRacing29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Theft Auto V Legacy — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto V Legacy

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    Grand Theft Auto V for PC offers players the option to explore the award-winning world of Los Santos and Blaine County in resolutions of up to 4k and beyond, as well as the chance to experience the game running at 60 frames per second.

    2015ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Max Payne — Steam game cover

    Max Payne

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    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…

    2011Action9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ANIME TETRIS — Steam game cover

    ANIME TETRIS

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The legendary game "Tetris" in a unique performance and atmosphere

    2021StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Esports Godfather: The Legend Begins — Steam game cover

    Esports Godfather: The Legend Begins

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    E-sports Godfather is a Deck-building game simulating MOBA e-sports. You will play a role as team coach and build your team. You need to train players and make strategies in various game versions, beat other teams and finally, take the Champion of the World. Be nobody, or lead your team to dominate!

    2024SportsStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Saints Row — Steam game cover

    Saints Row

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.

    2023ActionAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Dead Redemption 2 — Steam game cover

    Red Dead Redemption 2

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.

    2019ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Dead Redemption — Steam game cover

    Red Dead Redemption

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.

    2024Action24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: It’s the early ’90s. After a couple of cops frame him for homicide, Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets.

    2023ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair and pastel suits comes the story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile. Grand Theft Auto returns with Tommy Vercetti’s tale of betrayal and revenge in a neon-soaked tropical town full of excess and brimming with possibilities.

    2023ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

    It all starts in Liberty City. With revolutionary freedom to go anywhere and jack anyone, Grand Theft Auto III puts the center of the criminal underworld at your fingertips, if you have enough guts to take it.

    2023ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →