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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE down to the 15 that fit the “Racing” category. Need for Speed™, Descenders and Jet Island top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE.

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Within the “Racing” category, the closest game to NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE is Need for Speed™ — scoring 90/100 on our similarity scale. Descenders and Jet Island follow close behind.

#1Need for Speed™90 #2Descenders84 #3Jet Island84 #4Need for Speed™ Payback82 #5Trailmakers77

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE. Each one has been evaluated across 12 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.

#1Need for Speed™Closest overall match

90

Need for Speed™

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonFirst Person

Steam👍 69%· 28KRAWG👍 50%· 824MC66OC65· 78

Year 2015Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with racing gameplay, deep simulation and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling and visual topdown, while skipping visual isometric

Become the ultimate icon of today’s urban car culture in Need for Speed™, featuring Five Ways to Play and a huge open world to race and explore from dusk ‘till dawn. * FIVE WAYS TO PLAY – Earn reputation and master all Five Ways to Play - Speed, Style, Build, Crew and Outlaw - to win your own way.

It predates NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100World100Progression100Visuals52

84

Descenders

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 94%· 23KRAWG👍 53%· 129MC76IGDB77· 3OC74· 23

Year 2019Dev RageSquid · No More RobotsPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with racing gameplay, deep simulation and open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings sports simulation, roguelike runs and vibe relaxing, while skipping visual first person

From the developers of Action Henk, Descenders is a fast-paced extreme downhill biking game that's easy to pick up, but difficult to master.

Where it drifts furthest from NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE: visuals.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100World53Visuals36

84

Jet Island

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 96%· 1.7K

Dev Master IndiePlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with deep simulation, racing gameplay and open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, sports simulation and vibe casual, while skipping visual first person

Jet Island is a giant land mass, floating in space. Nearly 16 km across, stone structures and ruins are scattered across this ancient land. Scientists are baffled as to why a long forgotten alien race created this place. However, for those who have made the journey to this world, one thing is clear.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100World100Progression100

#4Need for Speed™ PaybackClosest on visuals

82

Need for Speed™ Payback

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonFirst Person

Steam👍 85%· 31KRAWG👍 43%· 741MC61OC60· 110

Year 2017Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with racing gameplay, deep simulation and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: sports simulation, sandbox freedom and adventure storytelling, while skipping visual isometric

Need for Speed Payback is an action-driving racing game and the twenty-third part of the NFS franchise. ###Gameplay Despite the trend made by NFS' before Payback features an offline mode. The game is set in a fictional city named Fortune Valley.

Genre100Combat100Progression100Visuals68Game mode63World60

77

Trailmakers

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 92%· 36KRAWG👍 59%· 70OC69· 5

Year 2020Dev FlashbulbPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: deep simulation, racing gameplay and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and survival mechanics, while skipping visual first person

Welcome to the Ultimate Expedition! Journey over grueling mountains, hazardous swamps, and bone-dry deserts on a distant world far from civilization - it is just you, your fellow adventurers and the amazing, jet-powered hover-buggy you built yourself.

Genre100Combat100Game mode75World60Progression54

73

Crash Time 3

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloMeleeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 85%· 652

Year 2009Dev Synetic · Kalypso MediaPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: racing gameplay, deep simulation and open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: offline, while skipping co op

Like its predecessors, Crash Time 3, the new installment of the well-known action racing game series, offers varied gameplay in top quality. The German game forge Synetic has once more taken the graphics engine a significant step further.

It predates NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World100Progression100Game mode66

#7Saints Row: The Third

71

Saints Row: The Third

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person2D

Steam👍 96%· 69KIGDB85· 10

Year 2011Dev Volition · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: racing gameplay, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling, while skipping deep simulation

It predates NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode88World66Visuals64Progression55

70

RAGE

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst PersonThird Person

Steam👍 78%· 18KRAWG👍 52%· 834MC79IGDB81· 10

Year 2011Dev Aspyr Media · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: racing gameplay, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: first-person shooting, shooter and adventure storytelling, while skipping deep simulation

id Software shooting at its most precise, wrapped in a wasteland that mostly exists to connect combat arenas. The gunfeel and enemy animation still hold up. Everything around it is weaker: driving sections pad the runtime, the world is a hub-and-spoke rather than open, and it ends abruptly enough that many players assume they missed a final act.

Where it drifts furthest from NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE: combat.

It predates NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100World100Progression100Visuals66Combat44

#9Need for Speed: Rivals

69

Need for Speed: Rivals

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst PersonThird Person

Steam👍 76%· 10.0KIGDB80· 13OC80· 58

Year 2013Dev Ghost Games · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with racing gameplay, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, sports simulation and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

It predates NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World100Progression100Visuals67Game mode59

#10Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

69

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 83KRAWG👍 93%· 4.1KMC93IGDB93· 6

Year 2004Dev Rockstar North · CapcomPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: racing gameplay, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

The largest of the PS2-era entries by a distance: three cities, countryside between them, and systems the series never repeated — stat training, gang territory, vehicle variety from bikes to planes. It is also the most uneven. Mission difficulty spikes without warning, and the RPG-ish stat grind sits oddly against the pace of everything else.

Where it drifts furthest from NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE: combat.

It predates NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100World81Visuals66Combat42

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#11Saints Row 2

65

Saints Row 2

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 76%· 21KRAWG👍 64%· 897MC78IGDB81· 6

Year 2008Dev Volition · Deep SilverPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: racing gameplay, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and shooter, while skipping deep simulation

The entry most fans point to: an open city with genuine variety in activities, co-op through the entire campaign, and a tone that swings between crude comedy and surprisingly dark story beats. The PC port is the problem — it shipped badly and still needs community patches to run properly, which is a real barrier before you start.

Where it drifts furthest from NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE: visuals.

It predates NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode90Progression67World66Combat64Visuals37

#12Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now

65

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExplorationFirst PersonThird Person

Steam👍 88%· 954

Year 1998Dev Stainless Games Ltd. · Interplay EntertainmentOn PC · Mac

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing racing gameplay, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping deep simulation

It predates NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE by 25 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World100Progression100Game mode71Visuals65

#13Grand Theft Auto 2

65

Grand Theft Auto 2

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExplorationIsometric2D

Steam👍 92%· 491IGDB70· 1

Year 1999Dev DMA Design · Take-Two InteractiveOn PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing racing gameplay, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling, while skipping deep simulation

It predates NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE by 24 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World100Progression100Game mode71Visuals60

#14Grand Theft Auto

64

Grand Theft Auto

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExplorationIsometric2D

Steam👍 84%· 393IGDB80· 1

Year 1997Dev DMA Design · BMG InteractiveOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with racing gameplay, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, shooter and sandbox freedom, while skipping deep simulation

It predates NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE by 26 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Progression100Game mode72World65Visuals55

59

Mafia III

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 57%· 63KIGDB68· 23

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

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with racing gameplay, open world exploration and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

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 NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE: visuals.

Genre100Progression100World88Combat71Game mode66Visuals37

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