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Single-player games like Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty 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.

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Ranked picks

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    Grand Theft Auto III — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto III

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty 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: Episodes from Liberty City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty 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 IV: The Complete Edition — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty 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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    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: Episodes from Liberty City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty 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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    Mafia II (Classic) — Steam game cover

    Mafia II (Classic)

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty 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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    Driver® Parallel Lines — Steam game cover

    Driver® Parallel Lines

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty 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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    Enforcer: Police Crime Action — Steam game cover

    Enforcer: Police Crime Action

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

    A new breed of Police Simulator, Enforcer demands you show exceptional bravery in the line of duty while under pressure and enemy gunfire.

    2014ActionAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Saints Row: The Third — Steam game cover

    Saints Row: The Third

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

    Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!

    2011Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Dead Redemption — Steam game cover

    Red Dead Redemption

    Single-player alternative to Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty 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: Vice City — Steam game cover

    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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

    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.

    2008ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mafia — Steam game cover

    Mafia

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

    It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.

    2002ActionAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit — Steam game cover

    Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

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

    Need for Speed Hot Pursuit launches you into a new open-world landscape behind the wheel of the world's fastest and most beautiful cars. From Criterion, the award-winning studio behind the Burnout series, Hot Pursuit will redefine racing games for a whole new generation.

    2010RacingDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Max Payne 3 — Steam game cover

    Max Payne 3

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

    No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.

    2012Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-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: Episodes from Liberty City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty 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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    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition — Steam game cover

    Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition

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

    From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.

    2020Simulation59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →