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Games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
10 games similar to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, a Racing, Shooter, Adventure game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
01Shares AdventureRacingShooterBoth games center on crime and corruption in Los Santos, dropping you into an open world where carjacking, building criminal empires, and navigating betrayal drive the story forward. GTA V expands the formula with three playable protagonists instead of one, letting you experience the same action-adventure sandbox from different angles while pursuing increasingly ambitious heists across the same sprawling city.
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02Shares AdventureRacingShooterVice City shares San Andreas' open-world crime structure where you build criminal empire through carjacking, combat, and gang warfare across a detailed city. Both games layer action-adventure gameplay with arcade sensibility, letting you tackle missions through stealth or direct assault. The 1980s Miami setting trades San Andreas' 1990s Los Santos for a different era, but maintains the same formula of rising from nothing to control the streets through corruption and violence.
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03Shares AdventureRacingShooterBoth games center on crime and gang warfare in sprawling open cities where you navigate on foot or by vehicle, completing missions that involve black market dealings, hand-to-hand combat, and police chases. Like San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto IV emphasizes exploration across a detailed urban landscape while building your criminal reputation through action-driven storytelling rooted in betrayal and survival.
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04Shares AdventureRacingVice City Stories shares San Andreas' foundation of crime and corruption in an open-world sandbox where a protagonist from humble beginnings navigates black market dealings and gang violence. Both games feature carjacking, building your criminal empire through missions, and police pursuits across detailed city environments. The 1980s setting and focus on survival within a corrupt system create similar pressure-cooker narratives of ambition and betrayal.
05Shares AdventureShooterBoth games center on a black protagonist navigating corrupt urban landscapes through stealth, action, and carjacking across sprawling open worlds. Watch Dogs 2 shares San Andreas's emphasis on taking down systemic corruption, though through hacking rather than gang warfare. The core loop of infiltrating buildings, engaging in car chases, and completing missions within densely populated cities remains consistent between the two.
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06Shares ShooterBoth games blend action with stealth mechanics, letting you approach objectives through combat or avoidance. San Andreas emphasizes open-world freedom across a large state, while Rogue Warrior focuses on a tighter single-player campaign driven by an anti-hero protagonist. Each features bloody, explosive combat and a first-person perspective option, grounding you in the action's intensity.
07Shares AdventureBoth games cast you as a wronged protagonist framed for murder and driven by revenge through corrupt cities. Stealth and action blend throughout, letting you approach objectives your own way, whether sneaking or fighting openly. Each game emphasizes betrayal and corruption as central themes, and both reward exploration and player choice as you navigate morally complex storylines across richly detailed urban environments.
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08Shares AdventureRacingBoth games drop you into a crime-filled open world where you climb the ranks through missions and street activity. Like San Andreas, Liberty City Stories centers on a protagonist returning home to rebuild his standing within a criminal organization, navigating betrayal and corruption. The action-adventure structure, carjacking, and airplane sequences carry over, maintaining that signature GTA blend of exploration and mayhem across a detailed city.
09Shares ShooterBoth games thrust you into violent crime stories where a protagonist returns to chaos following a murder. San Andreas has you rebuild gang control across an entire state, while Max Payne 3 follows a former detective caught in a web of betrayal and death. Each game balances action-heavy missions with third-person shooting, bloody encounters, and characters navigating corruption and survival.
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10Shares AdventureRacingShooterBoth games follow a protagonist climbing through organized crime in an open American city, using vehicles and weapons to complete story missions while evading law enforcement. Mafia II shares San Andreas' emphasis on period music, black market dealings, and betrayal within criminal ranks. The cover-based shooting and driving mechanics anchor similar action-adventure gameplay across sprawling urban environments.
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Most of these games share Action, Adventure, Open world, Shooter and Racing with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.