Games like GTA 6 (2026)

Counting down to Vice City's return? GTA 6 promises sun-bleached highways, neon nightlife, a criminal duo on the run, and a world that pokes fun at modern life. Until it arrives, these games already deliver parts of that mix, from tropical chaos and heist-style crime stories to cities you can explore for hours without touching a single mission.

GTA 6 Alternatives to Play While You Wait

• Grand Theft Auto V - The most direct warm-up for GTA 6: Rockstar's sunny take on Los Angeles, three playable criminals, and heists you plan and pull off step by step.
• Red Dead Redemption 2 - Rockstar's most detailed world before GTA 6. Gang life on the frontier gives a good sense of the storytelling and attention to detail you can expect from Leonida.
• Hotline Miami - Pure 80s Miami fever dream: synth music, pastel colours, and brutal top-down fights that capture the darker side of the Vice City look in short, intense bursts.
• Saints Row - Sun-baked desert city, a crew of young friends turning crime into a business, and a full campaign you can play in co-op with a partner.
• Watch Dogs 2 - GTA 6 is expected to satirize social media and online culture, and that is exactly the joke here: a hacker crew in a parody of Silicon Valley, chasing followers as much as targets.
• Sleeping Dogs - Hong Kong at night, rain on the streets, and a cop torn between the law and the triad family he joined undercover. Brawls hit hard and street races feel great.
• Cyberpunk 2077 - Another huge, dense city full of gangs, cars, and side jobs, though set in a dark future rather than a bright coastline. Story choices change how things play out.
• Just Cause 3 - For the chaotic side of the island, with grappling hooks, wingsuits, and explosions across a Mediterranean archipelago. No rules, just fun destruction.