The Grand Theft Auto Phenomenon

The critics acclaimed GTA V as Metacritic, for instance, gave the game a 97 out of 100, making it one of the biggest scores ever given by the site. Other well-known critics kept the same speech. If critics were thrilled, fans in the streets were as well. 

Before its release, GTA V broke the record of the most watched videogame trailer of all time. After it came out, GTA V also became the best-selling video game in 24 hours and the fastest entertainment property to gross US$ 1 billion, About to complete a decade, GTA V turned into a huge profit for Rockstar.

GTA V - An Open-World Game Full of Features

Well-developed open-world games are always hyped, but apart from its huge open world and all the player freedom, GTA V has many other features that make the game spectacular. GTA Online is also a hit with no precedents. Many players still enjoy GTA online mode and the most recent GTA RP. The title is a good starting point for those who want to experience the open world and heist games.

The three-character-narrative, character development, heist missions structure, side missions, town, and world design, and graphics are just some of the highly praised features of GTA V, making it one of the top games. The freedom you feel is like no other. 

You can be stealing cars in Los Santos and even witness an alien invasion easter egg, proving that anything can happen. 

After such numbers and fans' responses, it became natural for other developers to invest in a similar formula, releasing GTA clones. Several games fit the category, but the following games are the closest to Grand Theft Auto V or other titles from the series.

Red Dead Redemption 2

• Release Date: October 24, 2018
• Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Stadia, PC
• Genre: Action-Adventure
• Game Modes: Single Player, Multiplayer
• Metacritic: 97

Here comes what is probably the second greatest success from Rockstar Games. Red Dead Redemption 2 puts you in the place of the main character Arthur Morgan, an outlaw from the west in 1899. 

It has many common features with GTA games, like the massive open-world experience. Be prepared to face the best that a third-person shooter adventure game can offer. It is the perfect title for those who prefer smooth gameplay.

Red Dead Redemption 2 brings a living world-developed unit with the highest detail. There, you are not only a true outlaw but also prove your morale. Red Dead Redemption 2 puts you and almost all of the characters in this open-world game doing questionable things to make the best of living.  Many would say that RDR 2 is a Grand Theft Auto game with horses.

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Key Features:

• Giant open world gameplay.
• Great storytelling.
• Stunning graphics.

Watch Dogs 2

• Release Date: May 27, 2014 
• Platforms: PS4, XONE, PC (Windows), PS3, Xbox 360, Stadia, Wii U
• Genre: Action-Adventure, Stealth, Nonlinear Gameplay Adventure
• Game Modes: SIngle-Player, Multiplayer 
• Metacritic: 82 (PS4), 81 (XONE), 75 (PC)

Even though the original Watch Dogs series will be surely remembered by players, its sequel changed the tone by turning the title into a great AAA game. Watch Dogs became a great example of what open-world action games need to do, a thing we cant say about the original game. 

Watch Dogs takes place in the San Francisco bay area, where you will be Marcus Holloway, a young hacker who needs to find his way through rough situations while exploring various gadgets and devices. 

Watch Dogs 2 allows you to choose stealth or an assault approach in a large open world, in which NPCs react to your doings. A great game for those who look for a Grand Theft Auto-like experience and an enjoyable title for those who like to be the bad guys.

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Key Features:

• Big and reactive open world. 
• Different approaches and gadgets for missions and objectives.
• New and more emotional story development.

Saints Row: The Third

• Release Date: November 15, 2011
• Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, 
• Genre: Action Adventure
• Game Modes: SIngle-Player, Multiplayer
• Metacritic: 84 (PC), 84 (X360), 82 (PS3)

Developed by Volition and published by THQ, Saints Row: The Third is a predecessor of GTA V that brings many of the Rockstar game elements – to the point that Saints Row Series was considered by many people a clone of the GTA series. But, for many people, Saints Row the Third has the perfect balance between GTA elements and its characteristic nonsense development.

In Saints Row: The Third, you need to be prepared to face the criminal underworld as you start as the Third Street Saints gang leader. The task is to overcome all the rival gangs to control Steelport. It’s a third-person shooting action-adventure with a compelling story where your decisions change the outcome.

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Key Features:

• Action-based storyline.
• Customizable character.
• Wide range of weapons.

Far Cry 5

• Release Date: March 26, 2018
• Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia
• Genre: First: First Person Shooter
• Game Modes: Single-Player, Multiplayer
• Metacritic: 82 (Xbox One), 81 (PS4), 78 (PC) 

Leaving the bandit side to become a police officer – Far Cry is a high praised expansive open-world action-adventure game from the first-person perspective. It brings improved graphics in comparison with previous entries. It also has a great story that brings many elements from the modern human story to the game.

Far Cry 5 takes place in Hope County, a fictional region of Montana. You will be a sheriff that ended up in a trap, now having to face Joseph Seed and his fanatic cult. Your mission is to find a way to free the region from Seed’s control. You will have to explore an expansive open world on foot or through vehicles and help people resist.

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Key Features:

• Great story with many elements from modern history.
• Wide range of weapons.
• Stunning graphics.

Assassin’s Creed Origins

• Release date: October 27, 2017
• Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC, Stadia
• Genre: Action-RPG
• Game modes: Single-Player
• Metacritic: 85 (Xone), 84 (PC), 81 (PS4)

Assassin’s Creed Origins brings a different approach to the list, running from traditional first and third-person perspectives action adventures to great quality third-person RPG mechanics. The AC franchise is exciting but divides opinions, with some huge great games and other terrible ones. AC Origins belongs to the good edge, as its sequel, AC Odyssey.

You will leave the streets to fight in a whole new challenging environment: ancient Egypt in an open-world setting. You can expect a hard time in the fight between Assassins and Templars. The only thing you can’t count on is peace. 

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Key Features:

• Great and involving historical set.
• Wide range of items and weapons to customize your character.
• Exciting storyline.

Sleeping Dogs

• Release date: August 14, 2012
• Platforms: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xone, PC
• Genre: Action Adventure
• Game Modes: Single-Player
• Metacritic: 83 (PS3), 80 (Xbox and PC)

Sleeping Dogs brings the gameplay style from the GTA series to melee combat, thus implementing a change that many other games fail to do. It brings an interesting and realistic premise worth checking, where you take advantage of the open-world mechanics to defeat your enemies. For many, the title developed by United Front Games is a spiritual successor to True Crime. A definitive edition was released back in 2014. 

You will be an undercover agent infiltrating Sun On Yee Triad organization. The first mission is a tutorial teaching you the basics. After that, you can explore the fast-paced world and combat the organization you must bring down.

The game received good general reviews. You can get Sleeping Dogs - Definitive Edition Steam CD Key with RoyalCDKeys.

Key Features:

• Exciting fighting development.
• New approach with almost no guns.
• Interesting story of infiltration.

Payday 2

• Release date:  August 13, 2013
• Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360
• Genre: First Person Shooter, Stealth
• Game Modes: Single-Player, Co-Op Multiplayer
• Metacritic: 79 (PC), 71 (PS4), 65 (Xone), 60 (Switch)

One of the most famous heist games launched. Payday 2 doesn’t resemble GTA because of an open-world approach. You will soon see that Payday 2 is very unlike the other open-world games but resembles GTA with heist architecture and development.

For many players, some of the best missions in GTA games are heists, where players need to pass through preparation missions and create a whole scheme to make it work. Payday 2 is the game that gets closer to this format.

It offers players a series of well-elaborated heist missions, with preparation and lots of gunfights in a fast-paced action title. The game also brings a few driving mechanics and vehicular combat. Payday 2 was developed by 505 games, following the success of the previous game of the franchise, released in 2011.

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Key Features:

• Strategic Co-Op coordination.
• Extremely well-developed heist missions.
• Exciting gunfights and action.

Hitman Series

• Release date: November 21, 2000 (First Game), January 20, 2021 (latest)
• Platforms: PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Xbox 360, OS X, PS3, IOS, Android, Windows Phone, Linux, PS4, PS5, PS Vita, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Stadia, and Nintendo Switch
• Genre: Stealth 
• Game Modes: Single-Player
• Metacritic: 69 (Hitman HD Trilogy Xbox version) - 87 (Hitman 3 XBSX and PC versions)

The Hitman series has ten different titles developed by Square Enix, going from the original series to the World Assassination trilogy. There are also two spin-offs. The series runs around Agent 47, the Hitman, which goes on various assignments, assassinating his targets. It is a different but very fun style of gameplay.

The game has a third-person perspective, allowing players to see many different elements from each map in the main campaign story. Taking the last Hitman title as an example, you will have six different maps to explore with different objectives to accomplish.

You will need to use your ability to search and find opportunities to assassinate each of your targets, delivering the perfect hit and escaping the chaos. Besides the last title, there are also the other two games for you to try.

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Key Features:

• Amazing sense of freedom.
• Exciting stealth and inverted murder mystery.
• Different approaches and challenges for different missions.

The Simpsons: Hit & Run

• Release date: September 13, 2003
• Platforms: GameCube, PC, PS2, and Xbox
• Genre: Action-Adventure
• Game Modes: Single-Player, Multiplayer
• Metacritic: 82 (PC), 81 (Xbox), 79 (GC), 78 (PS2)

Here comes an old game many people may have good memories with. Simpsons: Hit and Run put you in different maps for each mission, each with its sub-plot. The character can be on foot or driving, with mechanics similar to the GTA. It also has the Hit and Run counter, resembling the traditional stars' counter indicating your “wanted” level in GTA.

The game allows you to change the outfit of characters and buy fast cars with coins. You can also compete in special mini-games and races. In Simpsons: Hit and Run, you will find your way through an important big plot the way the Simpsons family does best: tearing most parts of the region apart.

Key Features:

• Great gameplay with cars and vehicle control focus.
• Different characters from the Simpsons story (Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge, and Apu).
• Interactive surroundings and ambient modification.

L.A. Noire

• Release Date: May 17, 2011
• Platforms: PS3, X360, PS4, XONE, PC, Switch
• Genre: Action-Adventure
• Game Modes: SIngle-Player
• Metacritic: 89 (PS3 and X360), 83 (PC), 79 (Switch)

You will take the place of the police detective Cole Phelps as he needs to solve several criminal cases in many different bureaus for the LAPD. Your life takes a turn after you are assigned to a morphine distribution case which may lead you to several former companions of WWII.

The stories may not be fully solved if your performance in the case wasn’t good enough. You will play in third-person perspective, which brings a better general view of the map. You also have the option to play in black and white to imitate noir movies.

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Key Features:

• Fast-paced gameplay in a dynamic open-world environment.
• Epic chases, gunfights, and combat.
• An exciting storyline full of plots and character development.

Lego City Undercover

• Release: March 18, 2013
• Platforms: Switch, Wii U, Xbox One, PS4, PC
• Genre: Action Adventure 
• Game Modes: Singleplayer, Multiplayer
• Metacritic: 77 (PS4 and XONE), 78 (Switch), 80 (Wii and PC)

Lego City Undercover is another game that takes many elements from the GTA series. But, besides playing as a bandit, you will be the policeman Chase McCain. And even though you have to perform illegal acts sometimes, your job is to enforce the law.

To advance in the game, you will have a set of abilities, such as swimming across poles and jumping over walls. You will also be able to drive cars and helicopters from Lego World. To complete, McCain can disguise himself, earning some special moves. You have an open world of possibilities and freedom, so the best way to accomplish your goal is up to you.

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Key Features:

• Great set of moves and abilities.
• Characters creation and unlocking.
• Elaborated Lego plot.

The Saboteur

• Release Date: November 19, 2009
• Platforms: PS3, PC, IOS, X360, blackberry
• Genre: Action-Adventure
• Game Modes: Single-Player
• Metacritic: 76 (PC), 73 (X360), 72 (PS3), 43 (IOS)

The main feature of this video game is to take the open world and mix it into a World War II setting. You will be a former race driver that joins the resistance in French after the Nazi occupation.

Besides being an older game, it brings a unique feature: the color setting. As you enter an area highly occupied by Nazi soldiers, the colors are more in a grey tone, symbolizing the oppression. As you go playing and working to weaken them, you see the vibrant colors coming back to the region, leading to people recovering their hopes.

Key Features:

• Color mix that changes as the player advance in each area.
• Skills and guns arsenal improvement through perks.
• Different approaches such as stealth and assault ones.