# Games like Bully: Scholarship Edition

> The closest matches to Bully: Scholarship Edition: POSTAL 2, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition, South Park™: The Stick of Truth™, Saints Row 2, and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [POSTAL 2](https://imho.run/games/223470/postal-2) — Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition. 42,176 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/223470/)
2. [Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition](https://imho.run/games/12210/grand-theft-auto-iv-the-complete-edition) — A frequent pick in Bully: Scholarship Edition players' libraries, and another Action. 69,451 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/12210/)
3. [South Park™: The Stick of Truth™](https://imho.run/games/213670/south-park-the-stick-of-truth) — Also Satire and Dark Humor, like Bully: Scholarship Edition. 30,327 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/213670/)
4. [Saints Row 2](https://imho.run/games/9480/saints-row-2) — Same nostalgic mood as Bully: Scholarship Edition. 8,283 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/9480/)
5. [Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition](https://imho.run/games/307690/sleeping-dogs-definitive-edition) — Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition. 29,085 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/307690/)
6. [L.A. Noire](https://imho.run/games/110800/l-a-noire) — A frequent pick in Bully: Scholarship Edition players' libraries, and another Strategy. 15,686 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/110800/)
7. [Prototype™](https://imho.run/games/10150/prototype) — Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition. 5,002 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/10150/)
8. [Return to campus](https://imho.run/games/3174480/return-to-campus) — Also Dark Humor, like Bully: Scholarship Edition. 87 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3174480/)
9. [Mafia II (Classic)](https://imho.run/games/50130/mafia-ii-classic) — Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition. 10,160 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/50130/)
10. [Goat Simulator](https://imho.run/games/265930/goat-simulator) — Same whimsical mood as Bully: Scholarship Edition. 30,042 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/265930/)
11. [LEGO® City Undercover](https://imho.run/games/578330/lego-city-undercover) — Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition. 3,484 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/578330/)
12. [Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition](https://imho.run/games/22370/fallout-3-game-of-the-year-edition) — A frequent pick in Bully: Scholarship Edition players' libraries, and another RPG. 31,079 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/22370/)
13. [Little Inferno](https://imho.run/games/221260/little-inferno) — A frequent pick in Bully: Scholarship Edition players' libraries, and another Indie. 5,491 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/221260/)
14. [河洛群俠傳 (Ho Tu Lo Shu ： The Books of Dragon)](https://imho.run/games/952860/ho-tu-lo-shu-the-books-of-dragon) — Shares combat system and open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition. 364 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/952860/)
15. [Bang-On Balls: Chronicles](https://imho.run/games/1227650/bang-on-balls-chronicles) — Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition. 1,482 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227650/)
16. [Just Cause™ 3](https://imho.run/games/225540/just-cause-3) — Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition. 45,015 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/225540/)
17. [Fable - The Lost Chapters](https://imho.run/games/204030/fable-the-lost-chapters) — Same whimsical mood as Bully: Scholarship Edition. 4,307 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/204030/)
18. [Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition](https://imho.run/games/265550/dead-rising-3-apocalypse-edition) — Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition. 5,908 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/265550/)
19. [Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space](https://imho.run/games/1747050/sam-max-beyond-time-and-space) — Also Satire, like Bully: Scholarship Edition. 368 Steam reviews, 99% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1747050/)
20. [Scribblenauts Unlimited](https://imho.run/games/218680/scribblenauts-unlimited) — Same whimsical mood as Bully: Scholarship Edition. 5,282 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/218680/)
21. [The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim](https://imho.run/games/72850/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim) — Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition. 101,764 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/72850/)
22. [Psychonauts](https://imho.run/games/3830/psychonauts) — Same nostalgic mood as Bully: Scholarship Edition. 8,804 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3830/)
23. [Sunset Overdrive](https://imho.run/games/847370/sunset-overdrive) — Same whimsical mood as Bully: Scholarship Edition. 6,834 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/847370/)
24. [SpongeBob SquarePants™: The Patrick Star Game](https://imho.run/games/2322380/spongebob-squarepants-the-patrick-star-game) — Shares open world exploration with Bully: Scholarship Edition. 170 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2322380/)

## Machine-readable

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## About Bully: Scholarship Edition

Bully: Scholarship Edition is an open-world action-adventure game set in a satirical boarding school environment, released by Rockstar New England in 2008. The experience combines character-interaction and school-life-simulation mechanics with combat-systems and open-world-exploration, tasking players with navigating social hierarchies as 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins. Players describe the atmosphere as whimsical and nostalgic, and reviewers highlight that the soundtrack enhances the overall experience. Combat rewards tactical-positioning-matters, adding strategic depth to encounters. The game maintains a normal difficulty level with a medium length, designed as a solo-only sit-down experience. Currently priced at $14.99 USD, it holds an 80% positive rating from 14,817 Steam reviews and is marked as Playable on Steam Deck.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 12200
- **Developer:** Rockstar New England
- **Publisher:** Rockstar Games
- **Genres:** Action, Adventure
- **Categories:** Partial Controller Support, Single-player, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Oct 21, 2008
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 72
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

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