GTA 5 is one of the best games ever created. However, it can still get pretty boring after a while. If you want to play new games with a similar open-world city as GTA 5, these five titles are probably your best choices.
Open World Games Similar To GTA 5
1 - Watch Dogs 2 (San Francisco)
Overall, Watch Dogs 2 is pretty much GTA with hacking. The game world is a fictionalized version of the San Francisco Bay Area. The player can navigate the open world on foot or vehicle. Players steps into the shoes of hacker Marcus Holloway, part of a hacker group called DedSec. The goal of this organization is to gain followers and take down the city's advanced surveillance system ctOS.
There are multiple ways to complete quests in Watch Dog 2, from stealth to open combat. Gameplay-wise it is pretty much GTA 5, with the same vehicle and guns.
2 - Sleeping Dogs (Hong Kong)
Similar to GTA 5, Sleeping Dogs is an action-adventure game sets in Hong Kong. The player controls Wei Shen, a Chinese-American police officer who goes undercover and infiltrates the Sun On Yee Triad organization. Size-wise, Sleeping Dogs is smaller than GTA 5. There are a lot of tight spaces like alleyways and markets. The map overall serves as a backdrop for combat.
Sleeping Dogs has the same vehicle/gun as GTA 5, but its melee combat is much better.
3 - Spider-Man (New York)
If you are a fan of Marvel, 2018 Marvel's Spider-Man should be your top choice among all open world games similar to GTA 5. In this game, players are put into the shoes of the superhero Spider-Man, whose job is to swing around the city doing heroics tasks. Spider-Man can freely explore New York City, interacting with characters and undertaking missions. Progressions like unlocking new gadgets and suits are done by completing tasks or progressing through the main story.
Besides the main story, players can also complete side missions to unlock collectible items and additional content. The combat is really fluid. It focuses on chaining attacks together and using your power in combination with the environment to deal damage.
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4 - Assassin's Creed Syndicate (London)
If you are looking for something more... vintage, Assassin's Creed Syndicate is probably the best open world games similar to GTA 5 that you must try. The game's world is Industrial Era London, a rarely explored time period. The story is still the usual struggle between assassins and templars, with the former trying to break the latter's control over the city.
Gameplay-wise, Syndicate introduces new traveling systems and refined stealth and combat mechanics. Players switch between the two protagonists both in and out of missions.
5 - Mafia 3 (New Orleans)
Mafia III is an action-adventure game set in 1968 New Bordeaux, a version of New Orleans. Players step into the shoes of Lincoln Clay, a veteran of the Vietnam War. He is on a quest to seek revenge for his adopted family. Gameplay-wise, Mafia 3 is much more exciting than GTA 5.
Outside of the usual vehicle combat and gunplay, Mafia 3's protagonist Clay can also make use of stealth tactics and perform executions in melee combat.
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