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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

4 Games like Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on Mobile that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain down to the 4 that fit the “Mobile” category. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Hitman: Absolution and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

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GenreActionSubgenreStealth
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NarrativeDarkSoloMultiplayer
Year 2015Dev Kojima Productions

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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas — scoring 47/100 on our similarity scale. Hitman: Absolution and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City follow close behind.

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The best games like Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on Mobile

4 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Each one has been evaluated across 21 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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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Closest on tone
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2004Dev Rockstar North · CapcomPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

Its point of contact with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration. Both also lean on melee combat and single-player focus. The distance is in genre and progression — its own ground is racing gameplay and a first-person view.

It predates Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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Hitman: Absolution

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Hitman: Absolution
Closest overall match
ActionStealth
SoloMultiplayerStealthTacticalMeleeNarrativeThird Person
Year 2012Dev IO Interactive · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · Android · PC

What brings it close to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is strong narrative focus, stealth mechanics and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on tone: this one brings punishing difficulty.

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person
Year 2002Dev Rockstar North · Rockstar GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

It shares the essentials of what Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain does: third-person shooting, strong narrative focus and open world exploration. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. Where the two diverge is combat and genre: racing gameplay and ranged combat.

It predates Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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Sniper Elite 4

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Sniper Elite 4
Closest on setting
ActionOpen World Action
MultiplayerSoloMeleeTacticalStealthDarkOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationThird Person
Year 2017Dev Rebellion DevelopmentsOn PS4 · PC · iOS

Its point of contact with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is shooting mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. They part company on genre and tone: this one brings co-op play and a first-person view.

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