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1997 PCPlayStation 👍 84 % Very positive, 400 reviews on Steam

The series' origin: a top-down crime sandbox where you steal cars, take gang jobs from payphones and cause mayhem across three cities to hit a score target. Rough, tough and anarchically funny, with memorable radio stations.

What defines Grand Theft Auto:

  • Open world
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Lots of humour
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

The closest matches for Grand Theft Auto are Carmageddon, Total Overdose and Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Grand Theft Auto special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Carmageddon

89 %

1997 PCPlayStation

  • Open world
  • Lots of humour
  • Gameplay comes before story

A notorious vehicular combat racer where you can win by wrecking opponents or mowing down pedestrians. Open arenas, over-the-top violence and black humor define the experience.

Total Overdose

Action-packed real-time combat

A over-the-top third-person action game set in Mexico's criminal underworld, where Ramiro Cruz chains stunts, slow-motion dives and combos through hordes of enemies. Silly special moves and a hot Latin soundtrack define the fun.

Postal 2

Focus on a single character

An infamous first-person shooter where you spend a week as the Postal Dude running mundane errands in a small town, either peacefully or by unleashing total mayhem. Crude, provocative humor and an open sandbox town define the experience.

Crazy Taxi 2

Gameplay comes before story

Arcade taxi racing through open city streets, where you ferry fares to their destinations as fast and recklessly as you can. New additions include carrying multiple passengers at once and the Crazy Hop jump to skip over obstacles.

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

Gameplay comes before story

Arcade driving through an over-the-top Las Vegas: pick up passengers, take wild shortcuts and deliver them fast to rack up fares and combos. Short, chaotic runs backed by a punk-rock soundtrack.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

Action-packed real-time combat

An explosive open-world shooter where you play a mercenary in a war-torn Venezuela, working for rival factions. You blow things up, hijack vehicles and profit from chaos, with heavy destruction and tongue-in-cheek humor.

Saints Row 2

Action-packed real-time combat

A chaotic gangster sandbox where you lead the Saints in retaking Stilwater from rival gangs, mixing outrageous humor and wild side activities like insurance fraud with a surprisingly brutal revenge story. The entire campaign is playable in co-op.

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