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We filtered the 50 games similar to Trailmakers down to the 48 that fit the “PlayStation” category. Need for Speed™ Payback, Far Cry 6 and Far Cry 3 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Trailmakers.

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The best games like Trailmakers on PlayStation

48 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Trailmakers. Each one has been evaluated across 15 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™ PaybackClosest overall match

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MultiplayerSoloCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

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, sandbox freedom and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: sports simulation, strong narrative focus and PvP competition, while skipping survival mechanics

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.

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#2Far Cry 6Closest on game mode

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Steam👍 71%· 34KIGDB82· 11OC77· 185

Year 2021Dev Ubisoft Toronto · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and sandbox freedom

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Trailmakers: setting.

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

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Steam👍 88%· 129KIGDB90· 15

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and sandbox freedom

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

The template every later Far Cry followed: outposts to liberate, towers to climb, and a genuinely good stealth loop with a bow that makes clearing a camp silently the most satisfying thing in it. The second half loses the plot once the antagonist exits, and the island's activities repeat well before you finish clearing them.

Where it drifts furthest from Trailmakers: combat.

It predates Trailmakers by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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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: adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, shooter and ranged combat, 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 Trailmakers: progression.

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

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

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#5Saints Row: The Third

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Steam👍 96%· 69KIGDB85· 10

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

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom

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

Where it drifts furthest from Trailmakers: setting and progression.

It predates Trailmakers by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationCrafting

Steam👍 85%· 69KIGDB86· 19OC84· 97

Year 2014Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and survival mechanics

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

Where it drifts furthest from Trailmakers: setting and combat.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerCo-opSoloMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExplorationCrafting

Steam👍 72%· 42KIGDB53· 12OC49· 65

Year 2019Dev Systemic ReactionOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing survival mechanics, adventure storytelling and sandbox freedom

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

Where it drifts furthest from Trailmakers: setting.

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

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#8Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

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, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom

≠ Stands apart with shooter, first-person shooting and third-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 Trailmakers: combat.

It predates Trailmakers by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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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 adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: visual third person, visual first person and visual topdown, while skipping sandbox freedom

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.

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

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#10Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

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 adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and puzzle design, while skipping deep simulation

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.

Where it drifts furthest from Trailmakers: game mode.

It predates Trailmakers by 18 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam👍 91%· 51KRAWG👍 64%· 1.4KMC84IGDB85· 4

Year 2010Dev Square EnixPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, shooter and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation

A physics sandbox first and a shooter a distant second. The grapple and parachute let you chain traversal indefinitely, and most of the fun comes from improvising with them rather than from any mission. Expect repetition: the island is enormous but the objectives recycle a handful of templates, and the story is barely present.

Where it drifts furthest from Trailmakers: game mode.

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

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#12Mafia III

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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, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom

≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and first-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 Trailmakers: game mode.

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

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#13Just Cause

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Steam👍 66%· 5.2KRAWG👍 48%· 446MC75IGDB60· 1

Year 2006Dev Avalanche Studios · Square EnixPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, racing gameplay and sandbox freedom

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and procedural generation, while skipping deep simulation

The first outing for the grapple-and-parachute traversal the series became known for, though far cruder here — the hook is limited and stunt-jumping between vehicles is the main trick. The island is large and mostly empty, missions repeat a handful of templates, and the driving physics are loose enough that chases become guesswork.

Where it drifts furthest from Trailmakers: game mode.

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

It predates Trailmakers by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14Far Cry 2

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

Steam👍 76%· 18KIGDB58· 6

Year 2008Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with shooter, first-person shooting and roguelike runs, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Trailmakers: game mode.

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

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

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#15Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

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Co-opSoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeOpen WorldSandbox WorldExploration

Steam👍 96%· 5.1KOC84· 20

Year 2021Dev Exit Plan Games · Untold TalesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual, offline and visual 3d, while skipping deep simulation

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles rolls onto the stage! A 3D platformer inspired by some of the best games of the genre including some Italian plumbers, a blue hedgehog, or a bear with a bird on his backpack!

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