Watch_Dogs™ similar games & best alternatives

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Watch_Dogs™

2014

Should you play it?

In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.

What works

  • Innovative hacking mechanics
  • Engaging story and characters
  • Detailed open world chicago
  • Varied mission approaches
  • Immersive atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Driving controls criticized
  • Technical issues at launch
  • Some repetitive side missions
  • Graphics downgraded from trailers
  • Limited melee combat

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy

  • Far Cry® 4

  • Resident Evil Revelations

  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist

  • Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

  • Sniper Elite 5

Less social

Games that feels like Watch_Dogs™ but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

  • Steel Seed

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition

  • STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™

  • STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®

Less competitive

Games that feels like Watch_Dogs™ but with less competition against others

  • Hell is Us

  • Dishonored

  • Terminator: Resistance

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered

  • Dying Light: The Beast

More intimate

Games that feels like Watch_Dogs™ but with more focus on close relationships

  • REMNANT II®

  • Assassin's Creed® Revelations

  • DARK SOULS™ III

  • Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

  • Hellpoint

  • Watch_Dogs® 2

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  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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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 Watch_Dogs™. These titles are not in What to play next.

Watch_Dogs™: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026