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If Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box left you wanting more, this list of 50 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — racing gameplay, open world exploration and single-player focus — and the NextGameLike editorial team ranks them by a similarity score computed across 9 attributes. Burnout Paradise comes closest (78/100).

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Year 2009Dev Criterion Games
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The closest game to Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is Burnout Paradise — scoring 78/100 on our similarity scale. TrackMania Turbo and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories follow close behind.

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Top games similar to Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

50 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box. Each one has been evaluated across 9 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

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Burnout Paradise

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Burnout Paradise
Closest on genre
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2008Dev Criterion Games · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

Held in common with Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box: exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is a first-person view.

Same studio: Criterion Games.

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TrackMania Turbo

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TrackMania Turbo
Closest overall match
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerCo-opSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2016Dev Nadeo · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

The genre is the same as Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box’s, and with it exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on game mode and visuals: this one brings offline play and a first-person view.

Released 7 years after Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.

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Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

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Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Closest on visuals
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2005Dev Rockstar Leeds · Take-Two Interactive

It shares the essentials of what Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box does: exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. Its own ground is adventure storytelling and melee combat.

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Midnight Club 2

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Midnight Club 2
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2003Dev Sony Interactive Entertainment · Rockstar GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

What carries over from Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on visuals: this one brings a first-person view.

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Driver: San Francisco

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Driver: San Francisco
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2011Dev Ubisoft Reflections · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

The thread back to Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box runs through exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is visuals: a first-person view.

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2006Dev Rockstar Leeds · Take-Two InteractiveOn PlayStation 3

What brings it close to Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, world and progression. To that it adds a third-person camera. Its own ground is adventure storytelling and melee combat.

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Test Drive Unlimited

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Test Drive Unlimited
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerSandbox WorldOpen WorldExploration
Year 2006Dev Eden Games · Atari, Inc.On PC

Held in common with Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box: exploration and discovery, a sandbox world, and single-player focus. The distance is in game mode — its own ground is online features.

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Forza Horizon 3

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Forza Horizon 3
Closest on game mode
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerCo-opOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2016Dev Playground Games · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

The genre is the same as Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box’s, and with it exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is visuals and world: a first-person view.

Released 7 years after Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.

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9

Need for Speed™ Heat

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Need for Speed™ Heat
SportsRacingArcade Racing
MultiplayerSoloCo-opOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2019Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

It meets Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box on exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and multiplayer gameplay. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is world: sports simulation and strong narrative focus.

Released 10 years after Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.

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Need for Speed™ Unbound

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Need for Speed™ Unbound
SportsRacingArcade Racing
MultiplayerSoloCo-opOpen WorldExploration
Year 2022Dev Criterion Games · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

On paper it is what Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is — exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and multiplayer gameplay — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The distance is in world and progression — its own ground is skill tree progression.

Same studio: Criterion Games.

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Forza Horizon

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Forza Horizon
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2012Dev Playground Games · Microsoft Studios

The genre is the same as Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box’s, and with it exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in visuals and world — its own ground is a first-person view.

Released 3 years after Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.

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Mario Kart World

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Mario Kart World
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2025Dev Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 9 · NintendoOn Switch

On paper it is what Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is — exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode and world — its own ground is offline play.

Released 16 years after Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.

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Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

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Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerCo-opThird PersonOffline
Year 2003Dev Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development · Nintendo

Its point of contact with Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is single-player focus and a third-person camera. What it adds of its own: offline play.

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Need for Speed™ Most Wanted

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Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
SportsRacingArcade Racing
SoloMultiplayerOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2005Dev Electronic Arts Canada · Electronic ArtsOn PC · PS · Xbox

Genre puts it alongside Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, and so does exploration and discovery, open world exploration, and single-player focus. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on game mode and visuals: this one brings PvP competition and a first-person view.

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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection

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Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection
SportsRacingArcade Racing
MultiplayerSoloCo-opThird PersonOffline
Year 2012Dev Sumo Digital · SEGAPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

The thread back to Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box runs through multiplayer gameplay and a third-person camera. Its own ground is sports simulation and fantasy world.

Released 3 years after Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.

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