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We filtered the 50 games similar to Deliver At All Costs down to the 38 that fit the “Narrative” category. Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Definitive Edition and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Deliver At All Costs.

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The best narrative games like Deliver At All Costs

38 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Deliver At All Costs. Each one has been evaluated across 11 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.

#1Grand Theft Auto IIIClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationIsometric

Steam👍 87%· 15KRAWG👍 86%· 1.6KMC93IGDB95· 2

Year 2001Dev DMA Design · CapcomPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and deep simulation

The one that established the template: a 3D open city with radio stations, missions on call and free roaming between them. Historically it matters enormously. It has aged the hardest of the era — no mission checkpoints, no map markers for much of it, a silent protagonist, and shooting that amounts to auto-aim and hoping.

It predates Deliver At All Costs by 24 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Definitive EditionClosest on combat

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

Steam👍 79%· 14K

Year 2021Dev Grove Street Games · Rockstar GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom

≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and horror tension, while skipping visual isometric

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals.

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#3Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

Steam👍 93%· 30KRAWG👍 93%· 3.1KMC94IGDB94· 4

Year 2002Dev Rockstar North · Rockstar GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and puzzle design, while skipping visual isometric

Tighter and more focused than the open worlds that followed it, with a compact city you learn by heart rather than by map marker. Driving carries most of the game. The shooting has aged badly — no proper cover, stiff aiming — and missions restart from the beginning, which turns a late failure into a long redo.

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals.

It predates Deliver At All Costs by 23 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

Steam👍 57%· 63KIGDB68· 23

Year 2016Dev Hangar 13 · 2K GamesOn PS4 · PC · Mac

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom

≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping visual isometric

New Bordeaux and its period soundtrack are exceptional, and the story handles race and its era with more seriousness than the genre usually manages. Driving feels heavy and right. The structure undercuts all of it — the same racket-clearing loop repeats across every district, and the mission variety runs out long before the map does.

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Deliver At All Costs.

It predates Deliver At All Costs by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Bully: Scholarship Edition

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

Steam👍 84%· 41KRAWG👍 86%· 765MC72IGDB80· 3

Year 2008Dev Rockstar New England · Rockstar GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Xbox · Nintendo

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation and visual third person, while skipping racing gameplay

Set in Bullworth Academy, a fictional British private school, this game tells about school bullying and the troublesome period of growing to adolescence. You assume the role of Jimmy Hopkins, a 15-year-old boy and a “problem child”, who was already kicked out of many schools for his misbehavior.

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals.

It predates Deliver At All Costs by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

Steam👍 62%· 32KIGDB69· 15OC68· 134

Year 2018Dev Avalanche Studios · Square EnixOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping racing gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Deliver At All Costs.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

Steam👍 46%· 6.1KIGDB10· 1

Year 2011Dev Running With Scissors · AkellaPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: sandbox freedom, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with first-person shooting, shooter and third-person shooting, while skipping racing gameplay

Good or Insane? The choice is yours. Following the Apocalyptic end to the Postal Dude’s week in Paradise, we follow him and his insane pitbull Champ as they emigrate to its appropriately named sister city, Catharsis.

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Deliver At All Costs.

It predates Deliver At All Costs by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Amnesia: The Bunker

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

Steam👍 93%· 12KIGDB85· 4OC77· 97

Year 2023Dev Frictional GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror tension and shooter, while skipping racing gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals and combat.

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#9Grand Theft Auto IV

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

Steam👍 83%· 195KRAWG👍 96%· 103MC95

Year 2010Dev Rockstar Toronto · Rockstar GamesOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, shooter and ranged combat, while skipping racing gameplay

The most grounded entry: heavier driving, a euphoria physics system that makes collisions and stumbles feel physical, and a city built for density rather than scale. Combat is serviceable. It is also the slowest — long drives between missions, friends who phone constantly asking for activities, and a tone considerably more sombre than the games around it.

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals.

It predates Deliver At All Costs by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

Steam👍 75%· 9.7KIGDB64· 11OC67· 69

Year 2015Dev High Voltage Software · Deep SilverOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping racing gameplay

A standalone expansion set in Hell, built around flight: you unlock wings early and the whole map is designed for vertical movement rather than driving. That traversal is the best part. It is very short — a few hours — and reuses the systems and much of the structure of Saints Row IV without adding a real campaign.

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals and game mode.

It predates Deliver At All Costs by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Hitman 3

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkSandbox WorldOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 87%· 63KIGDB85· 16OC85· 196

Year 2021Dev IO InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping racing gameplay

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals and combat.

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#12Mafia II: Definitive Edition

iRank70

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 74%· 37KIGDB61· 4

Year 2020Dev D3T Limited · 2KOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping sandbox freedom

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 89%· 25KIGDB69· 5OC69· 92

Year 2022Dev Squanch GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, first-person shooting and setting scifi, while skipping sandbox freedom

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals and world.

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#14I Am Alive

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 69%· 2.9KIGDB69· 8

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Shanghai · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, precision platforming and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping sandbox freedom

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals and world.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Deliver At All Costs.

It predates Deliver At All Costs by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 40%· 1.5KIGDB45· 2

Year 2008Dev Eden Games · Atari InteractiveOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, shooter and first-person shooting, while skipping sandbox freedom

Where it drifts furthest from Deliver At All Costs: visuals and world.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Deliver At All Costs.

It predates Deliver At All Costs by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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