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2025 PCPlayStationXbox −33 % 29.99 € 20.09 € 13 days left 👍 86 % Very positive, 5,190 reviews on Steam

A top-down police sandbox set in neon-lit 1980s Averno City: chase criminals on foot and by car, make arrests, and uncover the truth behind your father's death along the way.

What defines The Precinct:

  • Open world
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for The Precinct are The Saboteur, American Fugitive and Sleeping Dogs. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Precinct special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Saboteur

90 %

2009 PCPlayStationXbox 9.99 € 👍 92 % Very positive, 1,917 reviews on Steam

  • Open world
  • Focus on a single character
  • Action-packed real-time combat

As an Irish racer turned saboteur, you fight through Nazi-occupied 1940s France with gunplay, stealth and demolition. Its signature touch is the art style: areas under Nazi control are black and white, and color returns as the resistance grows.

American Fugitive

Pure single-player experience

A top-down open-world crime game set in 1980s rural America: as wrongly convicted escapee Will Riley you burgle, flee and evade the police while hunting your father's killer. Break-ins, car chases and shootouts give it a classic early-GTA feel.

Sleeping Dogs

Open world

As undercover cop Wei Shen, you infiltrate the Triads in a neon-lit Hong Kong, brawling through kung-fu-movie style melee with counters and brutal environmental takedowns, plus car chases. Its tale of torn loyalties between police and gang is the real hook.

Choo-Choo Charles

Pure single-player experience

You roam an open island in an upgradeable locomotive, take on missions, and hunt Charles, a monstrous spider-legged killer train that keeps stalking you. The mix of train upgrades, exploration, and campy horror is distinctive.

Scarface: The World Is Yours

Open world

An open-world shooter that picks up where the film ends: Tony Montana survives the mansion assault and rebuilds his drug empire in 1980s Miami. Gunfights, driving and dealing wrapped in the film's brash, profane tone.

The Godfather

Open world

An open-world action game set in 1940s-50s New York where you rise through the Corleone family ranks by extorting businesses and taking over rival territory. Its film-faithful atmosphere and characters are the main draw.

Samson

Open world

An open-city action adventure set in Tyndalston, where you play Samson brawling and driving your way through a criminal underworld against the clock to free your sister from dangerous creditors.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Open world

A top-down entry in the GTA series where you rise through Liberty City's Triad underworld, dealing drugs, stealing cars and shooting your way through a revenge plot. Touch-based minigames like hotwiring cars and a dense open-world sandbox set it apart.

Mafia III

Pure single-player experience

As Vietnam veteran Lincoln Clay, you wage a revenge war against the mob in 1968's New Bordeaux and divide conquered districts among your lieutenants. Its gripping, unflinching story about racism and its iconic period soundtrack shine, even if the missions get repetitive.

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