32 Dark games like Just Cause 4 that you should try

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

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, while skipping shooter

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, horror tension and horror setting, while skipping first-person shooting

✓ Nearly identical: adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting.

≠ Missing: sandbox freedom.

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: horror setting, multiplayer gameplay and online features

✓ 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 shooter

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with multiplayer gameplay, while skipping sandbox freedom

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, puzzle design and survival mechanics, while skipping third-person shooting

✓ Same family of open-world action games: third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and shooter

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, racing gameplay and ranged combat, while skipping first-person shooting

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, horror tension and horror setting, while skipping third-person shooting

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, Metroidvania exploration and punishing difficulty, while skipping sandbox freedom

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and third-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, survival mechanics and punishing difficulty, while skipping adventure storytelling

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and shooter

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, puzzle design and ranged combat, while skipping first-person shooting

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, third-person shooting and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings ranged combat and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping first-person shooting

✓ Same family of open-world action games: first-person shooting, shooter and third-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, ranged combat and horror setting, while skipping co op