Goat Simulator 3 similar games & best alternatives

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Goat Simulator 3

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch • 2024

Should you play it?

Pilgor's baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new (at least on Steam), totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.

What works

  • Funny and absurd gameplay
  • Large open world with many quests
  • 4 player co-op multiplayer
  • Extensive customization options
  • Good value with dlc and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Map can be too large making navigation tedious
  • Some grind in quests
  • Multiplayer limited to same platform friends
  • Story and music less memorable than original

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • LEGO® The Incredibles

  • Rayman Raving Rabbids™

  • AdventureQuest 3D

  • Guild Wars 2®

  • ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4

  • Champions Online

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Goat Simulator 3 but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Grounded 2

  • RuneScape: Dragonwilds

  • Once Human

  • SMITE®

  • Borderlands 2

  • Monster Hunter: World

Less violent

Games that feels like Goat Simulator 3 but with less combat and destruction

  • Palia

  • Rayman® Origins

  • Rayman® Legends

  • LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™

  • Aloft

  • LEGO® The Hobbit™

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Goat Simulator

  • Goat Simulator: Remastered

  • Satisfactory

  • Sanctum 2

  • Sanctum

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Goat Simulator 3. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Goat Simulator 3. These titles are not in What to play next.

Goat Simulator 3: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival.

Last update: 21/08/2026