Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition similar games & best alternatives

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition - grand-theft-auto-vice-city-stories-20th-anniversary-edition_1.avif
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition - grand-theft-auto-vice-city-stories-20th-anniversary-edition_2.avif
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition - grand-theft-auto-vice-city-stories-20th-anniversary-edition_3.avif
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition - grand-theft-auto-vice-city-stories-20th-anniversary-edition_4.avif
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition - grand-theft-auto-vice-city-stories-20th-anniversary-edition_5.avif
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition - grand-theft-auto-vice-city-stories-20th-anniversary-edition_6.avif

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition

Should you play it?

What works

  • Engaging empire-building system adds depth
  • Strong 1980s vice city atmosphere and soundtrack
  • Varied missions and open-world exploration
  • Compelling protagonist with emotional narrative
  • Good replay value and content volume

Things to keep in mind

  • Frustrating control scheme and camera issues
  • Inconsistent mission difficulty spikes
  • Repetitive empire defense and side missions
  • Subpar story writing and character motivations
  • Technical limitations from handheld origins

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

Less dominating

Games that feels like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition but with less domination over others

  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition

  • Parkan 2

  • Three Kingdoms Mushouden

  • Dust to the End

  • Caravaneer 2

  • Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

More competitive

Games that feels like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition but with more competition against others

  • Constructor Plus

  • Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)

  • Master of Orion 1

  • Galactic Civilizations IV

  • Mob Rule Classic

  • Port Royale 2

More social

Games that feels like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition but with more teamwork and cooperation

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition but with less focus on status and recognition

  • X3: Reunion

  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition

  • Spinnortality | cyberpunk management sim

  • Medieval: Total War™ - Collection

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit

  • Void Destroyer 2

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

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).

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories 20th Anniversary Edition: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination, Leadership, Status.

Last update: 05/08/2026