10 games similar to Grand Theft Auto IV, a Racing, Shooter, Adventure game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Grand Theft Auto IV.
01Shares AdventureRacingShooterGrand Theft Auto III established the open-world crime formula that IV perfects. Both games drop you into a living city with a day/night cycle where you navigate on foot or by vehicle, complete missions for gangs and mob bosses, and build notoriety through violent crime. III's anarchic sandbox structure and emphasis on player freedom through organized crime remain the core appeal that IV refines.
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02Shares AdventureRacingShooterSan Andreas shares GTA IV's third-person open-world crime structure, where you navigate a sprawling state on foot or by vehicle while building respect through missions tied to gangs and the black market. Both games layer hand-to-hand combat, car chases, and helicopter sequences into their action gameplay. San Andreas expands the formula across multiple cities, letting you reclaim territory for your crew much like Niko's rise through Liberty City's underworld.
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03Shares AdventureRacingShooterGrand Theft Auto V continues the series' formula of third-person open-world crime with the same core appeal: driving, shooting, and hand-to-hand combat across a sprawling city. Both games feature banter during missions, a day-night cycle, and an economy built on drugs, gangs, and black-market dealings. V expands the formula by letting you play three interconnected protagonists instead of one, deepening the storytelling across its interwoven narrative.
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04Shares AdventureRacingShooterVice City shares GTA IV's third-person open-world crime structure, where you navigate a sprawling city on foot and by vehicle while building notoriety through missions involving gangs, drugs, and organized crime. Both games feature a protagonist escaping a criminal past and climbing the underworld hierarchy through violence and black market dealings, with day-night cycles and police chases punctuating the action.
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05Shares AdventureRacingVice City Stories shares GTA IV's third-person open-world crime structure, where you navigate a city on foot and by vehicle while building a criminal empire through missions involving car chases, drug trafficking, and gang warfare. Both games feature a day/night cycle, black market economy, and notoriety system that tracks your wanted level as you commit crimes across their respective urban landscapes.
06Shares AdventureRacingShooterGrand Theft Auto established the sandbox crime formula that GTA IV perfects. Both games center on committing crimes for money and notoriety while navigating open worlds with police chases and gang violence. The original's isometric perspective and mission structure differ, but the core loop of carjacking, causing mayhem, and climbing the criminal underworld remains identical across both entries.
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07Shares AdventureShooterWatch Dogs 2 shares Grand Theft Auto IV's third-person open-world structure built around crime and anarchism, letting you navigate a sprawling city on foot and by vehicle while pursuing objectives tied to exposing corruption. Both games emphasize action through car chases and combat encounters, and both feature multiplayer modes alongside their single-player campaigns set in detailed urban environments.
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08Shares RacingShooterGrand Theft Auto 2 shares the open-world crime structure of GTA IV, letting you freely explore a city while building notoriety through missions and anarchic behavior. Both games center on climbing the criminal underworld through violence and corruption, with real-time combat and police chases punctuating your rise. GTA 2's isometric perspective offers a different vantage point on the same sandbox formula that defined the series.
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09Shares AdventureShooterWatch Dogs shares Grand Theft Auto IV's third-person open-world structure where you navigate Chicago on foot and by vehicle, pursuing a personal revenge plot through crime and violence. Both games emphasize anarchism and feature car chases, bloody combat, and a day-night cycle. Watch Dogs adds hacking mechanics to the familiar formula of exploration, side missions, and multiplayer modes set in a detailed urban sandbox.
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10Shares AdventureShooterSleeping Dogs shares Grand Theft Auto IV's third-person open-world crime sandbox, where you navigate a city on foot and by vehicle while engaging in story-driven missions for criminal organizations. Both games layer banter and dark humor throughout gameplay, and both feature in-game radio and a persistent world where drugs and organized crime form the narrative backbone. Wei Shen's undercover infiltration echoes Niko's outsider struggle within a corrupt system.
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10 games similar to Grand Theft Auto IV: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto V, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto, Watch Dogs 2, Grand Theft Auto 2.
Most of these games share Open world, Action, Shooter, Adventure and Racing with Grand Theft Auto IV, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Grand Theft Auto IV.