Single-player games like Grand Theft Auto
Below are 7 single-player Steam games similar to Grand Theft Auto, 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.
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Ranked picks
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Total Anarchy: Pavilion City
Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to the late ’90s. Explore the fully open-world of Pavilion City, a former paradise now consumed by corruption and violence. The anarchic hooligans, the devious guerrillas and the far-right legion are all vying for control of the city and everybody seems to want you dead.
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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Glitchpunk
Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Inspired by classic top-down action games, Glitchpunk lets you brawl, shoot and drive your way through a dystopian future. As an android bounty hunter in a brutal world of gangs, cults and corporations there’s plenty of work for you. Lock and load, let her rip!
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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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 III
Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.