Games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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 Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its bandas sonoras are excellent, nostalgia factor is strong and cinematic. 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.
Get personalized picks →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.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization and an epic mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Top pick for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile.
Grand Theft Auto III
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Second-strongest match for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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.
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Third-strongest match for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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 IV: The Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Ranked #4 for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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.
Mafia II (Classic)
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Ranked #5 for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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...
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Ranked #6 for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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!
It's Only Money
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
The mayor of Rockhaven threw you down a hole into the Undercity. Why? Net worth too low. In this open-world simulation, you and up to 3 pals will steal, fight, and scheme to reclaim the city. Customise your rides, buy businesses, and take on the Mayor’s forces. Rockhaven is yours for the taking!
Responding
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization and an immersive mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Ranked #8 for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Responding is an upcoming open-world Emergency Services simulator sandbox that offers a realistic and in-depth Police, Fire, and EMS experience that is set in a fictional version of New York State.
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization and an epic mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Reviewers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile.
Red Dead Redemption
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Reviewers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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.
Grand Theft Auto III
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Reviewers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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.
PlanetSide 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Reviewers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Reviewers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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.
Resident Evil 4
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Reviewers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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.
Red Dead Online
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America. Chase down bounties, battle outlaw gangs and other players, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run Moonshine, and much more to discover in a world of astounding depth and detail.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization and an epic mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile.
Red Dead Redemption
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares radio music, open world traversal and a grand mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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.
Grand Theft Auto III
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization and a nostalgic mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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.
Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Another title from Rockstar Games, the studio behind Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Shares Action and Adventure with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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.
Frequently asked about Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Does Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas run on Steam Deck?
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- What games are most similar to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas are Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.
- Who developed Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was developed by Rockstar Games.
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