Just Cause™ 3 similar games & best alternatives

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Just Cause™ 3

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2015

Should you play it?

With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable.

What works

  • Fun, explosive open world gameplay
  • Large, beautiful map with diverse environments
  • Creative use of grappling hook and wingsuit
  • Good value on sale
  • Engaging physics and destruction mechanics

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive missions and objectives
  • Poor optimization and technical issues
  • Weak story and character development
  • Vehicle handling is frustrating
  • Limited multiplayer and social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Just Cause 2

  • Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered

  • Goat Simulator: Remastered

  • Crimson Desert

  • Outcast - A New Beginning

  • Sunset Overdrive

More story-driven

Games that feels like Just Cause™ 3 but with deeper narrative immersion

  • FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

  • God of War Ragnarök

  • Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT

  • Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

  • Assassin’s Creed® Rogue

  • High On Life 2

More social

Games that feels like Just Cause™ 3 but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Sniper Elite 4

  • Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand

  • Welcome to Princeland

  • Saints Row: Gat out of Hell

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

  • Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Just Cause 2

  • Mad Max

  • Disney Infinity 2.0: Gold Edition

  • Just Cause 2: Multiplayer Mod

  • Renegade Ops

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Just Cause™ 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 Just Cause™ 3. These titles are not in What to play next.

Just Cause™ 3: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival.

Last update: 21/08/2026