Similar Games

The best games like GTA 4 on this site start with its own series, from the top-down original to the sunny fan-made take on the next chapter, and then branch into crime sandboxes, driving challenges and shooters. Here is where to go next, depending on which part of Liberty City you enjoyed most.

The Series Itself

If you want more of Niko's world and its relatives, start with the classics. Grand Theft Auto shows the top-down roots, GTA 3 takes you to an earlier Liberty City, GTA Vice City adds 1980s neon and GTA San Andreas spreads across a whole state.

For a modern story with three leads, GTA 5 is the natural next step, while GTA 6 Browser offers a quick fan-made taste of the sunny setting fans expect next. The whole shelf lives in Open World Games.

Each of these entries handles cars, police and story differently. Playing them side by side shows how the formula grew from a top-down points chase into the detailed city that GTA IV built around Niko Bellic.

Crime Without the Story

Payback 2 packs gang wars and races into short events, Crime Simulator turns robberies into stealth jobs and Reckless Getaway 2 is nothing but police chases. Browse them all in Crime Games.

Driving and Chases

If the best moments were behind the wheel, try Traffic Jam 3D for weaving through dense lanes or Indian Bike Driving 3D for an open city with phone codes. The full list is in Driving Games, and heavier vehicles sit in Simulation Games.

Shooters

For the gunfights, Counter-Strike 2 brings tactical team play and Bullet Force brings fast matches. More picks are on the Shooting Games shelf.

Shooters are the best place to sharpen aim for the shootouts in any crime sandbox. A few rounds of quick matches teach the habit of stopping before firing, which helps in every Liberty City gunfight.

Whatever you pick, the guides here still help: the wanted level guide works for almost any police chase.