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We filtered the 50 games similar to Sunset Overdrive down to the 38 that fit the “Xbox” category. Saints Row, Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell and Just Cause 4 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Sunset Overdrive.

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The best games like Sunset Overdrive on Xbox

38 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Sunset Overdrive. 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.

#1Saints RowClosest overall match

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Steam👍 57%· 8.3KIGDB61· 4OC63· 160

Year 2022Dev Volition · Deep SilverOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Missing: precision platforming.

A reboot that keeps the open-world crime structure and the customisation depth — the character creator is the strongest part — but pulls the tone toward earnest. Combat is serviceable, driving is fine. The mission design leans on repeated activity types, and the shift away from the earlier games' absurdity leaves it without a clear identity.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Sunset Overdrive.

Released 8 years after Sunset Overdrive.

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#2Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 75%· 9.7KIGDB64· 11OC67· 69

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

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

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus and online features, while skipping precision platforming

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.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sunset Overdrive.

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Steam👍 62%· 32KIGDB69· 15OC68· 134

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

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

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, while skipping precision platforming

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Sunset Overdrive.

Released 4 years after Sunset Overdrive.

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#4Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person

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

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

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

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics, while skipping precision platforming

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 Sunset Overdrive: combat.

It predates Sunset Overdrive by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 84%· 127KIGDB77· 19OC75· 109

Year 2015Dev Avalanche Studios · Square EnixOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Sunset Overdrive: tone.

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Steam👍 83%· 92KIGDB81· 21OC82· 136

Year 2016Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, stealth mechanics and setting scifi, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Sunset Overdrive: setting.

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Steam👍 57%· 63KIGDB68· 23

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

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

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics, while skipping precision platforming

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.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Sunset Overdrive.

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#8Grand Theft Auto IV

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MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 83%· 195KRAWG👍 96%· 103MC95

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

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

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus and ranged combat, while skipping precision platforming

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.

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

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

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

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, ranged combat and online features, while skipping precision platforming

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.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sunset Overdrive.

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Steam👍 84%· 11KIGDB73· 12OC74· 93

Year 2018Dev Rebellion DevelopmentsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, horror tension and strong narrative focus, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Sunset Overdrive: progression.

Released 4 years after Sunset Overdrive.

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Steam👍 72%· 42KIGDB53· 12OC49· 65

Year 2019Dev Systemic ReactionOn PS4 · PC · PS5

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

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

Where it drifts furthest from Sunset Overdrive: tone and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sunset Overdrive.

Released 5 years after Sunset Overdrive.

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#12Gears 5

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 71%· 24KIGDB88· 12OC85· 150

Year 2019Dev The Coalition · Xbox Game StudiosOn Xbox · PC

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

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, setting scifi and offline, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Sunset Overdrive: setting and progression.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sunset Overdrive.

Released 5 years after Sunset Overdrive.

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#13Saints Row IVClosest on progression

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Steam👍 88%· 77KIGDB84· 14

Year 2013Dev High Voltage Software · Deep SilverOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

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

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat, setting scifi and online features, while skipping precision platforming

Superpowers replace most of the driving: you sprint faster than cars and glide over buildings, which makes the open world trivial to cross and much more fun to move through. Combat is chaotic rather than precise. It reuses the previous game's city wholesale, and once you have full powers almost nothing offers resistance.

Where it drifts furthest from Sunset Overdrive: setting.

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#14Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationThird Person

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 third-person shooting, adventure storytelling and shooter

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, puzzle design and strong narrative focus, while skipping precision platforming

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.

It predates Sunset Overdrive by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 63%· 3.9KIGDB58· 12

Year 2013Dev Spark Unlimited · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, strong narrative focus and setting scifi, while skipping precision platforming

Where it drifts furthest from Sunset Overdrive: tone and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Sunset Overdrive.

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