
Just Cause 4 takes all the crazy stuff you’ve come to expect from GTA and dials it up to eleven. From the vast open world, exploration of the criminal underworld, open-ended sandbox gameplay, and even the controls and user-interface, GTA fans will feel right at home with Red Dead Redemption 2. Although the game takes a far more poignant approach to themes and narrative, much of GTA’s DNA runs through it. You take on the role of Authur Morgan, an outlaw who, along with his gang, is living through the decline of the Wild West as civilization threatens to destroy their way of life. While GTA sees the player making mayhem in satirical versions of modern day American cities, Red Dead Redemption 2 is rooted in the Wild West at the turn of the 19th century.

It makes the most sense to start off our list of games like GTA with Red Dead Redemption 2, which is also developed by Rockstar. Let’s take a look at 10 open world games like GTA. While few game developers have the resources of a company like Rockstar, there’s still plenty of titles out there that capture the open world mayhem that GTA has become famous for. Few games offer the same open ended sandbox gameplay, explosive setpieces, and miraculously detailed open world that GTA 5 has. While the GTA franchise has been going for 25 years, it’s GTA 5 that has really changed the gaming landscape forever.

Not only has GTA V clocked up an estimated 170 million sales, its live service counterpart, GTA Online, has made developer Rockstar Games billions of dollars of additional revenue since its release over 8 years ago. The GTA franchise isn’t just a monolith in the gaming industry it’s the most profitable entertainment franchise of all time.
