Games Like Just Cause 3
Quick Answer
The closest games to Just Cause 3 are Just Cause 4, Saints Row IV, Teardown, Crackdown and Far Cry 6. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Just Cause 3, and what does not.
What Made Just Cause 3 Work
Just Cause 3 is a physics toy. The grapple, parachute and wingsuit chain into movement you never stop doing, and the tethers let you attach anything to anything. The missions are an excuse. Recommendations should be sandboxes that reward messing about, not story-led open worlds.
Just Cause 3 is Avalanche Studios' 2015 open-world action game for PS4, Xbox One and PC. Rico Rodriguez liberates the Mediterranean island of Medici from a dictator, but the story matters far less than the toolkit: a grappling hook that can tether any two objects together, a parachute and a wingsuit that let you stay airborne almost indefinitely, and buildings built to explode. Fans usually want another sandbox where they can invent their own fun with physics.
Also written as Just Cause — same game, same list.
9 Games Like Just Cause 3
1.Just Cause 4
More tethers, more options, and the wingsuit is unchanged.
Why it fits: Avalanche's 2018 sequel moves Rico to the South American country of Solís and makes the tethers customisable with boosters, balloons and retractors, while keeping the grapple, parachute and wingsuit.
What is different: The same toolkit, but the world is less dense with things to blow up, and extreme weather is the new set piece.
Where to play it: PS4, Xbox One and PC.
Games like this →2.Saints Row IV
Superpowered traversal in an open city with the same silliness.
Why it fits: Volition's 2013 open-world game gives you superpowered sprinting, gliding and huge jumps in a simulated city, so traversal becomes a toy in much the way Rico's wingsuit is.
What is different: A comedy first, with guns and superpowers doing the work the grapple does; buildings do not come down.
Where to play it: PS3, Xbox 360 and PC; Re-Elected on PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
More about this game →3.Teardown
The best pure physics sandbox there is — everything is destructible.
Why it fits: Tuxedo Labs' voxel-based heist game, in early access from 2020 and fully released in 2022, makes every structure physically destructible. You plan a route by tearing holes in buildings — physics as the main mechanic.
What is different: No open world and no vehicles to speak of; it is a heist puzzle where destruction is the planning tool.
Where to play it: PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
More about this game →4.Crackdown
Traversal-first open world where the movement is the upgrade.
Why it fits: Realtime Worlds' 2007 Xbox 360 game lets you level up agility by collecting orbs until you can leap between rooftops, making the city itself a traversal playground.
What is different: Older and plainer, with no wingsuit or tether; you climb and leap rather than fly.
Where to play it: Xbox 360, playable on later Xbox consoles.
Games like this →5.Far Cry 6
Open-world chaos with a grapple and a wingsuit of its own.
Why it fits: Ubisoft Toronto's 2021 open world is set on the fictional Caribbean island of Yara and includes a wingsuit, grapple points and improvised weapons for taking outposts in any order.
What is different: First-person, with a much heavier story and a slower, stealthier outpost loop.
Where to play it: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Games like this →6.Gravity Rush
Movement in any direction as the core toy.
Why it fits: Japan Studio's 2012 PS Vita game (remastered for PS4 in 2015) lets Kat shift the direction of gravity, falling sideways or upward through a floating city — another game where movement itself is the pleasure.
What is different: Anime-styled and gentle, with gravity-shifting rather than explosions; almost nothing is destructible.
Where to play it: PS Vita, and PS4 in the Remastered version.
More about this game →7.Spider-Man
The best traversal in an open city, if you want it precise.
Why it fits: Insomniac Games' 2018 PS4 game (later on PS5 and PC) has the most precise traversal of any open-world city game, with web-swinging that rewards timing and momentum.
What is different: A tightly scripted superhero story in a real city, and swinging is precise rather than chaotic.
Where to play it: PS4, and PS5 and PC in the Remastered version.
Games like this →8.Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
The other great blow-everything-up sandbox.
Why it fits: Pandemic Studios' 2005 game for PS2 and Xbox is set in North Korea and lets you call in airstrikes to level almost any building — the same destroy-everything spirit, a generation earlier.
What is different: Two console generations older, with contract hunting as the structure and far less mobility.
Where to play it: PS2 and the original Xbox.
More about this game →9.Battlefield 2042
If the vehicle chaos and destruction were the appeal, with other people.
Why it fits: DICE's 2021 multiplayer shooter has large maps, vehicles, grappling hooks and wingsuits for specialists, so the Just Cause-style chaos happens with other players.
What is different: Competitive online matches, not a single-player sandbox; you share the chaos with dozens of strangers.
Where to play it: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
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Where to Start
Just Cause 4 is the obvious next step if you want more of the same tools. If it was the destruction you enjoyed most, Teardown is the purest version of it. If it was flying around the map, Saints Row IV or Gravity Rush will scratch that itch in very different moods.
How We Picked These Games
The test was whether you could spend an hour ignoring the missions and still be entertained. That rules in physics sandboxes and fast-traversal open worlds, and rules out story-driven open worlds where the map is mainly for travel. We allowed one multiplayer pick for players who want the vehicle chaos with other people.
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How These Picks Match Just Cause 3
Just Cause 3 is catalogued here as an open-world crime game and third-person shooter among PC and multi-platform games. Eight of the nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — eight action games, seven adventures and six shooters among them. The other one — Teardown — is a different genre and is on the list for one specific thing Just Cause 3 did, so read the reason before ruling it out.
Going by the "where to play it" notes, six can be played on PC, eight can be played on a PlayStation, one can be played on a Nintendo system and seven can be played on an Xbox. Teardown is from a small or self-published studio.
This list also answers "games like Just Cause 4": six of the picks we wrote for it are on this page, so the two lists are kept as one.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Just Cause 3 | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Just Cause 4 | Action, Shooter, Adventure | Action, Shooter, Adventure | PS4, Xbox One and PC. |
| Saints Row IV | Action, Shooter, Adventure | Action, Shooter, Adventure | PS3, Xbox 360 and PC; Re-Elected on PS4, Xbox One and Switch. |
| Teardown | Simulation, Puzzle, Indie | Different genre — see the reason above | PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. |
| Crackdown | Action, Shooter, Adventure | Action, Shooter, Adventure | Xbox 360, playable on later Xbox consoles. |
| Far Cry 6 | Shooter, Action, Adventure | Action, Shooter, Adventure | PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. |
| Gravity Rush | Action, Adventure | Action, Adventure | PS Vita, and PS4 in the Remastered version. |
| Spider-Man | Action, Adventure | Action, Adventure | PS4, and PS5 and PC in the Remastered version. |
| Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction | Action, Shooter, Adventure | Action, Shooter, Adventure | PS2 and the original Xbox. |
| Battlefield 2042 | Shooter, Action | Action, Shooter | PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. |
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