10 Games like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on PS5 that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Grand Theft Auto: Vice City does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, open world exploration and melee combat. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. It sets itself apart with horror tension.

The resemblance to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is about as close as this list gets: they line up on genre, game mode and tone. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. Where the two diverge is combat: stealth mechanics.

Same family as Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: open world exploration, melee combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. The distance is in progression and game mode — its own ground is co-op play and skill tree progression.

Its point of contact with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. The distance is in world — its own ground is horror tension and punishing difficulty.

Shelved next to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for good reason: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. The distance is in tone and world — its own ground is cozy, relaxing feel.

What brings it close to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat, and the two track each other on genre, combat and tone. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and world: this one brings a first-person view.

Same family as Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and progression: crafting mechanics and a first-person view.

If Grand Theft Auto: Vice City worked for you because of strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat, the same is here. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. Where the two diverge is visuals and combat: stealth mechanics and a first-person view.

On paper it is what Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, open world exploration and melee combat — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and world — its own ground is a first-person view.

The thread back to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City runs through strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat. The common ground extends to a third-person camera and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: 2D presentation.