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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 50 games similar to VR Sailing down to the 15 that fit the “Racing” category. Need for Speed™ Payback, Jet Island and Need for Speed: Rivals top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to VR Sailing.

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Within the “Racing” category, the closest game to VR Sailing is Need for Speed™ Payback — scoring 82/100 on our similarity scale. Jet Island and Need for Speed: Rivals follow close behind.

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15 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to VR Sailing. 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™ Payback
Need for Speed™ Payback
ActionOpen World Action
MultiplayerSoloOnlineMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFirst 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, sports simulation and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, sandbox world and co op, while skipping vibe casual

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.

Genre100Combat100Visuals68Game mode66World59Tone52
#2Jet Island
Jet Island
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerMeleeCasualOpen World
Steam👍 96%· 1.7K
Dev Master IndiePlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, deep simulation and sports simulation

≠ Where it differs: brings co op and exploration and discovery, while skipping strong narrative focus

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.

Genre100Combat100World100Tone79Game mode51
Need for Speed: Rivals
ActionOpen World Action
MultiplayerSoloOnlineMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldFirst 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, adventure storytelling and sports simulation

≠ Its own twist: co op, PvP competition and offline, while skipping deep simulation

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

It predates VR Sailing by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World100Visuals70Game mode61Tone51
#4Trailmakers
Trailmakers
ActionOpen World Action
SoloOnlineMultiplayerMeleeOpen World
Steam👍 92%· 36KRAWG👍 59%· 70OC69· 5
Year 2020Dev FlashbulbPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, survival mechanics and sandbox world, while skipping sports simulation

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 mode82World59
Need for Speed™
ActionOpen World Action
MultiplayerSoloMeleeOpen WorldFirst 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 adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: co op, exploration and discovery and visual third person, while skipping sports simulation

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 VR Sailing.

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

Genre100Combat100World100Visuals58Game mode55
Crash Time 2
ActionOpen World Action
MultiplayerSoloMeleeNarrativeOpen World
Steam👍 58%· 2.5KRAWG👍 19%· 107
Year 2008Dev RTL interactive · Meridian4Playtime ~1hOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, sandbox world and offline, while skipping sports simulation

Crash Time 2 is a mission-based open-world driving game developed by Synetic. You are one of the officers of a fictional Cobra 11 police unit. The players are free to explore the open world or just complete the missions.

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: visuals and game mode.

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

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

Genre100Combat100Tone55World55Game mode47Visuals0
Saints Row 2
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeOpen World
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 open world exploration

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, shooter and sandbox freedom, 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 VR Sailing: visuals.

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

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

Genre100Game mode80Combat66World66Visuals0
Saints Row: The Third
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerOnlineMeleeOpen World
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 open world exploration

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

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: tone and visuals.

It predates VR Sailing by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode81World66Tone0Visuals0
Crash Time 3
ActionOpen World Action
MultiplayerSoloMeleeOpen WorldOffline
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 and exploration and discovery, while skipping sports simulation

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 VR Sailing by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World100Game mode60
Mafia III
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeOpen World
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 strong narrative focus

≠ 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 VR Sailing: visuals and tone.

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

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

Genre100World88Combat73Game mode58Tone42Visuals0
Just Cause 2
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldRanged
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 open world exploration

≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, shooter and sandbox freedom, 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 VR Sailing: visuals.

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

Genre100Combat70World66Game mode61Visuals0
Grand Theft Auto 2
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldDark
Steam👍 92%· 491IGDB70· 1
Year 1999Dev DMA Design · Take-Two InteractiveOn PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: tone and visuals.

It predates VR Sailing by 25 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World100Game mode64Tone0Visuals0
Just Cause
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldRanged
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 open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and sandbox freedom, 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 VR Sailing: visuals.

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

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

Genre100Combat66Game mode57World51Visuals0
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMultiplayerMeleeOpen WorldFirst 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, post-apocalyptic world and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: tone.

It predates VR Sailing by 26 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100World100Visuals71Game mode63Tone0
Driver Parallel Lines
ActionOpen World Action
SoloMeleeOpen WorldRangedExploration
Steam👍 90%· 1.5KRAWG👍 64%· 106MC61IGDB66· 3
Year 2006Dev Ubisoft · Ubisoft EntertainmentPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

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

Driving is where the series always delivered, and the handling here is heavy and satisfying in a way most open-world games skip. The 1978-to-2006 time jump changes the whole city halfway through, which is a strong structural idea. On-foot sections and shooting are stiff and unwelcome, and the difficulty spikes without warning.

Where it drifts furthest from VR Sailing: visuals and game mode.

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

Genre100World100Combat78Game mode31Visuals0

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