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Games like Just Cause

2006USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable66 % positive6.99 €

As secret agent Rico Rodriguez you topple a dictator across a huge tropical island nation, using grappling hook, parachute and plenty of explosions. The appeal is the freedom to cause chaos your own way and hijack any vehicle you find.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Open world
  • Driving or flying
  • Dense, handcrafted world

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In short: Games like Just Cause

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Just Cause special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

98 %Match

2005USK 18PlayStation

Brings what grabs you about Just Cause: driving or flying, an open world and a dense, handcrafted world.

As mob enforcer Toni Cipriani you work your way back up the Leone family in 1998 Liberty City, a compact GTA III prequel packed with open-city mayhem, driving, shootouts and the series' trademark satire.

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Grand Theft Auto III

Open world

The landmark that took GTA into 3D: as a silent criminal you climb the underworld of grim Liberty City, stealing cars, running jobs for mob bosses and causing mayhem whenever you like. Satirical radio stations and the freedom of its open city made it the template for the entire sandbox genre.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Driving or flying

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.

Grand Theft Auto 2

Open world

Top-down mayhem in a retro-futuristic city where you steal cars and take jobs from rival gangs, balancing their respect for you. Dark humor and freeform chaos define this classic.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Sandbox with your own goals

As CJ you return to Los Santos and fight your way across a huge state full of gang wars, corrupt cops and absurd side activities. Vehicles, shootouts, RPG-like stats and a legendary radio soundtrack make it one of the most expansive sandbox classics.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Dense, handcrafted world

As Tommy Vercetti you rise from lackey to crime lord in a neon-soaked take on 1980s Miami, with sharp satire, a sprawling city to cause chaos in, and an iconic licensed radio soundtrack.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

Sandbox with your own goals

As a mercenary in a fictional North Korean crisis, you take contracts from rival factions, hunt high-value targets and call in airstrikes, vehicles and supplies. Its appeal lies in open-ended, explosive sandbox freedom with highly destructible environments.

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