What is the best game similar to Wheelman?

The closest game to Wheelman is True Crime: Streets of LA, scoring 79/100 on our similarity scale. They share 9 gameplay attributes, including shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Wheelman?

The three closest games to Wheelman are: 1. True Crime: Streets of LA (79/100, 9 shared attributes) 2. Sleeping Dogs (74/100, 8 shared attributes) 3. Jak II (72/100, 7 shared attributes). All share Wheelman's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 9 dimensions.

Is Sleeping Dogs similar to Wheelman?

Yes, very much so — Sleeping Dogs scores 74/100 similarity to Wheelman. They share 8 attributes, including shooter and third-person shooting. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Shooter games are similar to Wheelman?

The best Shooter games similar to Wheelman are True Crime: Streets of LA, Sleeping Dogs, Jak II and Deadly Premonition. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Wheelman attributes like shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay.

How is similarity to Wheelman calculated?

We compare Wheelman against every game in our catalog using 9 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Wheelman experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

If Wheelman left you wanting more, this list of 50 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — shooter, open world exploration and melee combat — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 9 attributes. True Crime: Streets of LA comes closest (79/100).

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Top games similar to Wheelman

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Wheelman. Each one has been evaluated across 9 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.

#1True Crime: Streets of LAClosest overall match

iRank74

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB74· 3

Year 2003Dev Exakt Entertainment · ActivisionOn PC · Mac

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay

≠ Stands apart with fighting mechanics, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

Where it drifts furthest from Wheelman: combat.

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#2Sleeping DogsClosest on combat

iRank88

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 94%· 17KRAWG👍 88%· 1.3KMC81IGDB82· 13

Year 2012Dev United Front Games · Square EnixPlaytime ~14hOn PC · PS · Xbox

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

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and sandbox freedom, while skipping racing gameplay

Sleeping Dogs is a third-person action shooter with RPG elements, having Hong Kong as its central location. The city is an open world for the player’s exploration, and many gameplay features revolve around interacting with the surroundings.

Released 3 years after Wheelman.

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Steam Xbox

#3Jak IIClosest on world

iRank90

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonSci-Fi

IGDB90· 1

Year 2003Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PS4

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

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming and setting scifi, while skipping racing gameplay

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#4Deadly Premonition

iRank89

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SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonNarrative

IGDB89· 1

Year 2010Dev Access Games · UTV Ignition EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

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

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping racing gameplay

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonMultiplayer

IGDB83· 2OC63· 160

Year 2006Dev Volition · THQ

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay

≠ Stands apart with multiplayer gameplay, while skipping melee combat

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeExplorationThird PersonDark

IGDB80· 1

Year 2002Dev Capcom Production Studio 4 · Capcom

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

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, survival mechanics and Metroidvania exploration, while skipping racing gameplay

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#7Tomb Raider: Legend

iRank78

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 87%· 5.9KIGDB60· 6

Year 2006Dev Crystal DynamicsOn PlayStation 3 · PC

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, puzzle design and first-person shooting, while skipping racing gameplay

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonNarrative

IGDB80· 1

Year 2006Dev Headgate Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PC

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

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus and historical setting, while skipping racing gameplay

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#9Infamous

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SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonSandbox World

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, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping racing gameplay

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#10Tomb Raider: Underworld

iRank75

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeExplorationThird PersonNarrative

Steam👍 76%· 6.7KIGDB72· 4

Year 2008Dev Crystal Dynamics · Feral InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

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

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, puzzle design and first-person shooting, while skipping racing gameplay

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

IGDB66· 3

Year 2005Dev Deadline Games · SCi EntertainmentOn PC

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

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping racing gameplay

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#12Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

iRank85

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

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 racing gameplay

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

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Steam

#13Days Gone

iRank83

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMeleeOpen 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, sandbox freedom and horror tension, while skipping racing gameplay

Released 10 years after Wheelman.

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Steam GOG Epic

#14Jak 3

iRank70

GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonSci-Fi

IGDB70· 2

Year 2004Dev Naughty Dog · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PS4

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

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming and setting scifi, while skipping racing gameplay

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#15Infamous: Second Son

iRank80

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SoloOpen WorldExplorationThird PersonSandbox World

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, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping racing gameplay

Released 5 years after Wheelman.

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