Watch_Dogs® 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Watch_Dogs® 2

2016

Should you play it?

Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.

What works

  • Engaging and creative hacking gameplay
  • Vibrant and detailed open world of san francisco
  • Extensive character customization
  • Good multiplayer and co-op modes
  • Varied mission approaches and side activities

Things to keep in mind

  • Story is light and sometimes cringy
  • Vehicle handling and physics could be improved
  • Optimization issues on some pc setups
  • Limited depth in multiplayer community
  • Some repetitive mission structures

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Once Human

  • NTE: Neverness to Everness

  • DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT

  • Onirism

  • Saleblazers

  • The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time

More violent

Games that feels like Watch_Dogs® 2 but with more combat and destruction

  • Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced

  • Dying Light

  • Arizona Sunshine® VR 2

  • Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered

  • Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

  • Dying Light: The Beast

Less competitive

Games that feels like Watch_Dogs® 2 but with less competition against others

  • DYSPLACED

  • Star Wars Outlaws

  • Split Fiction

  • LEGO® MARVEL's Avengers

  • Craftopia

  • LEGO® STAR WARS™: The Force Awakens

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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® 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

Watch_Dogs® 2: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026