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Games like Grand Theft Auto III

Rockstar Games · 2008 · 86 % positive of 14,600

24 games that play like Grand Theft Auto III and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition.

Player tags

  • Open World
  • Action
  • Automobile Sim
  • Classic
  • Third Person
  • Crime
  • Singleplayer
  • Driving

At a glance

What games like Grand Theft Auto III have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Grand Theft Auto III: Open World (24 of 24), Third Person (18) and Classic (12).
  • They came out between 2002 and 2025, 19 of them after Grand Theft Auto III (2008).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Batman: Arkham City (98 % positive of 2,106).
  • 5 games both play and look like Grand Theft Auto III, among them Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

By gameplay

Plays like Grand Theft Auto III

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered70 % positive of 3,393Shared: Open World · Third Person · Driving
  2. Saints Row: The Third95 % positive of 68,600Shared: Open World · Third Person · Crime
  3. Mafia: Definitive Edition86 % positive of 91,793Shared: Open World · Classic · Third Person
  4. Saints Row 275 % positive of 20,466Shared: Open World · Third Person · Crime
  5. Driver® Parallel Lines89 % positive of 1,359Shared: Open World · Automobile Sim · Classic
  6. Mafia III: Definitive Edition57 % positive of 56,508Shared: Open World · Classic · Third Person
  7. Just Cause66 % positive of 4,940Shared: Open World · Classic · Third Person
  8. Just Cause™ 383 % positive of 122,161Shared: Open World · Third Person · Sandbox
  9. Batman: Arkham City98 % positive of 2,106Shared: Open World · Third Person · Action
  10. Need for Speed™ Most Wanted77 % positive of 22,750Shared: Open World · Automobile Sim · Third Person
  11. It's Only Money80 % positive of 507Shared: Open World · Automobile Sim · Third Person
  12. Vivat Slovakia66 % positive of 582Shared: Open World · Third Person · Crime

By look

Looks like Grand Theft Auto III

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. APB Reloaded63 % positive of 37,292
  2. Double Action: Boogaloo93 % positive of 11,343
  3. Tycoon City: New York41 % positive of 272
  4. Clutch72 % positive of 232
  5. Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death87 % positive of 1,155
  6. Half-Life: Blue Shift92 % positive of 18,794
  7. Counter-Strike: Condition Zero91 % positive of 26,558
  8. Freedom Fighters94 % positive of 2,126
  9. Shogo: Mobile Armor Division78 % positive of 212
  10. Far Cry®81 % positive of 10,259
  11. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines94 % positive of 13,868
  12. Cry of Fear88 % positive of 74,408

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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