ShooterFPS
SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldHistoricalHorrorExplorationThird Person3D
Steam👍 92%· 19KIGDB81· 4OC79· 62
Year 2023Dev Rockstar GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Switch
5 Sandbox games like Red Dead Redemption that you should try
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NarrativeDarkSoloMultiplayer
Year 2010Dev Rockstar North
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Within the “Sandbox” category, the closest game to Red Dead Redemption is Red Dead Redemption — scoring 90/100 on our similarity scale. Max Payne 3 and Grand Theft Auto Online follow close behind.
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The best sandbox games like Red Dead Redemption
5 similar games foundUpdated July 2026
Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Red Dead Redemption. Each one has been evaluated across 19 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.
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeDarkSandbox WorldThird Person
Steam👍 87%· 63KIGDB89· 12
Year 2012Dev Rockstar New England · Rockstar GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
IGDB94· 1
Year 2014Dev Rockstar North · Rockstar GamesOn Xbox · PlayStation 3 · PS4
ShooterFPS
SoloMeleeSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person
IGDB79· 4
Year 2006Dev Radical Entertainment · Sierra EntertainmentOn PC
ShooterFPS
SoloMultiplayerSandbox WorldThird PersonSci-Fi
IGDB70· 2
Year 2003Dev Digital Anvil · Microsoft Game StudiosOn PC
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting
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