Games like Watch Dogs
Closest overall match: Assassin’s Creed Rogue (★ 3.7). Highest rated: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Prince of Persia (2008) at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Watch Dogs? Our model ranked 25 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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70%
1. Assassin’s Creed Rogue
Shares Parkour, Stealth, Third Person, Open World and Partial Controller Support and 1 more tags; same developer; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
66%
2. Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry
Shares Parkour, Stealth, Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.5 lower; about 12h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
65%
3. Sleeping Dogs
Shares Parkour, Driving, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person and Open World and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 14h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
64%
4. Saints Row IV
Shares first person mod, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World and cooperative and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
63%
5. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Stealth, Third Person, cooperative and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.8 higher; about 14h shorter.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
63%
6. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Shares Parkour, Third Person and Singleplayer; same developer; about 14h shorter.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
62%
7. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
Shares Stealth, Partial Controller Support, cooperative and Singleplayer; same developer; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
62%
8. Mad Max
Shares Driving, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer; about 5h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
61%
9. Resident Evil Revelations
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, cooperative and Singleplayer; about 8h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
61%
10. Prototype 2
Shares Parkour, Stealth, Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer; about 10h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
61%
11. Assassin's Creed Unity
Shares Parkour, Stealth, Third Person, Open World and Partial Controller Support and 2 more tags; same developer; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 14h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
61%
12. Prince of Persia (2008)
Shares Parkour, Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer; same developer; about 15h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
61%
13. Mafia III
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Stealth, Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 7h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
14. Grand Theft Auto IV
Shares first person mod, Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World and Partial Controller Support and 2 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 95
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
15. Resident Evil Revelations 2
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, cooperative and Singleplayer; about 12h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
16. Saints Row: The Third
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World, Partial Controller Support and cooperative and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 14h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
17. Friday the 13th: The Game
Shares Stealth, Third Person, Open World, cooperative and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 10h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
18. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
Shares Third Person, Open World and Singleplayer; about 9h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
19. Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Shares Parkour, Stealth, Third Person, Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.5 higher; about 15h shorter.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
20. L.A. Noire
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World, Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
60%
21. Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Shares Parkour, Stealth, Third Person, Open World and Partial Controller Support and 2 more tags; same developer; about 6h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 22h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
60%
22. Thief
Shares Parkour, Stealth, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; about 11h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
23. Deadpool
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Third Person, Open World, Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer; about 11h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 63
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
24. Styx: Shards of Darkness
Shares Parkour, Stealth, Third Person, Open World and cooperative and 1 more tags; about 13h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
25. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Shares Third-Person Shooter, Stealth, Third Person and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.6 higher; about 14h shorter.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Watch Dogs?
On our similarity model, Assassin’s Creed Rogue is the closest match to Watch Dogs — shares Parkour, Stealth, Third Person, Open World and Partial Controller Support and 1 more tags; same developer; same release year.
Which game like Watch Dogs is rated highest?
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 489 players.
Are there games like Watch Dogs on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 15 games like Watch Dogs on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Watch Dogs on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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