Grand Theft Auto cover art

games like

Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto leans Execution (Practiced Mastery). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.

Matched first against: Racing - then ranked by cheat-test profile.

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10

8 games like Grand Theft Auto

A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Saints Row: The Third cover art
Saints Row: The ThirdPracticed Mastery · open-world action

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: reads (0 vs 1) - Enemy syndicates never adapt to you

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Need for Speed: Payback cover art
Need for Speed: PaybackPracticed Mastery · open-world racing

Both lean on variance about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 6) - Arcade handling and chase setpieces need decent hands

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True Crime: Streets of LA cover art
True Crime: Streets of LAPracticed Mastery · open-world action

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Random street crimes pop up

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Driver 2: Back on the Streets cover art
Driver 2: Back on the StreetsPracticed Mastery · driving action game

Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 6) - Wrestling the car physics through chase missions is the test

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BeamNG.drive cover art
BeamNG.drivePracticed Mastery · physics sandbox

Both lean on variance about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 6) - Soft-body physics car control

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Metro 2033 cover art
Metro 2033Practiced Mastery · atmospheric survival FPScross-genre

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Otherwise the profiles match closely.

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Metro Exodus cover art
Metro ExodusPracticed Mastery · atmospheric survival FPScross-genre

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Otherwise the profiles match closely.

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Doom 3 cover art
Doom 3Practiced Mastery · horror FPScross-genre

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Otherwise the profiles match closely.

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Game details

Released
1997
Developer
DMA Design
Franchise
Grand Theft Auto
Platforms
N64, PC, DOS, PS1
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
IGDB critics
80/100
IGDB users
75/100
ShooterRacingAdventureActionSandboxOpen world