Games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

The closest matches to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto III, Saints Row 2, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, and Mafia II (Classic). Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto III and Saints Row 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as cinematic, epic and grand, and single out its achievement system and character customization. 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: San Andreas is an action-adventure game released on Steam in 2008 by Rockstar Games. Set in a fictionalized early 1990s United States, it features mission-based storytelling, character customization with stat management, and open-world traversal across three distinct cities. Players engage with melee combat, driving mechanics, and shooting within a sprawling environment. The game is marked as Playable on Steam Deck and holds a 89% positive review score from over 22,000 Steam reviews. Reviewers highlight the story line as great, the soundtrack as excellent, and the massive open world with three distinct cities as a standout feature. Players describe the experience as nostalgic, cinematic, and immersive, with vibrant pedestrian mechanics adding to the atmosphere.

About Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: 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.