50 Adventure games like Sleeping Dogs that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Sleeping Dogs down to the 50 that fit the “Adventure” category. Crackdown, True Crime: Streets of LA and Infamous: Second Son top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Sleeping Dogs.

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The best adventure games like Sleeping Dogs

50 similar games foundUpdated July 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Sleeping Dogs. Each one has been evaluated across 16 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.

#1Crackdown

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SoloSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB85· 2

Year 2007Dev Realtime Worlds · Microsoft Game Studios

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and deep RPG systems

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi and co op, while skipping action RPG combat

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#2True Crime: Streets of LA

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SoloMeleeNarrativeSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB74· 3

Year 2003Dev Exakt Entertainment · ActivisionOn PC · Mac

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and fighting mechanics

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, stealth mechanics and setting scifi, while skipping deep RPG systems

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#3Infamous: Second Son

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SoloSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationLootSkill TreeThird Person

IGDB79· 15OC82· 79

Year 2014Dev Sucker Punch Productions · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

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#4Total Overdose

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SoloMeleeSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB66· 3

Year 2005Dev Deadline Games · SCi EntertainmentOn PC

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

≠ Missing: deep RPG systems.

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#5True Crime: New York City

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SoloNarrativeSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB64· 3

Year 2005Dev Exakt Entertainment · Hands-On MobileOn PC

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

≠ Missing: deep RPG systems.

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#6Infamous

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SoloSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB86· 8

Year 2009Dev Sucker Punch Productions · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

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#7Infamous: First Light

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SoloSandbox WorldOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB76· 7OC76· 50

Year 2014Dev Sucker Punch Productions · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming and setting scifi, while skipping deep RPG systems

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#8Days Gone

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SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 93%· 114KIGDB75· 16OC72· 183

Year 2019Dev Bend Studio · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep RPG systems

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloSandbox WorldThird PersonMultiplayerHistorical

IGDB66· 5

Year 2004Dev Capcom · Take-Two InteractiveOn PS4

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: historical setting and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping deep RPG systems

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#10Pragmata

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SoloNarrativeThird PersonSci-Fi

Steam👍 97%· 43KIGDB88· 6OC86· 189

Year 2026Dev CapcomOn Xbox · Switch · PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi, while skipping deep RPG systems

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Steam Xbox PS

#11Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

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SoloMeleeThird Person

Steam👍 85%· 1.4K

Year 1999Dev Core Design · Aspyr MediaOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloNarrativeThird Person

IGDB79· 3

Year 2004Dev Volition · THQOn PC

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

≠ Missing: deep RPG systems.

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#13Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

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SoloMeleeThird PersonSci-Fi

Steam👍 89%· 123IGDB45· 2

Year 2002Dev Sunstorm Interactive · Apogee SoftwareOn PC · iOS · Mac

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming and setting scifi, while skipping deep RPG systems

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Steam

#14Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeThird PersonSci-FiSpace

Steam👍 74%· 857IGDB65· 1

Year 1996Dev LucasArts · NintendoOn PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi and setting space, while skipping deep RPG systems

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Steam GOG

#15Tomb Raider: Chronicles

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeThird Person

Steam👍 72%· 882IGDB60· 1

Year 2000Dev Core Design · Eidos InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, first-person shooting and precision platforming, while skipping deep RPG systems

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Steam

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