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Rockstar Games fires over 30 employees, all were part of pro-union Discord group, "one of the most blatant and ruthless acts of union busting in the history of the games industry" (archive.ph)
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[–] 22 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

What GTA-like games do you enjoy by indie devs?

The closest I can provide is Wobbly Life which is unironically an awesome physics heavy GTA-like themed around being a destructive kid.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1211020/Wobbly_Life/

For driving jobs, hanging out in a living multiplayer city and driving feel that hits just right check out the rabidly loved Motor Town: Behind The Wheel.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369670/Motor_Town_Behind_The_Wheel/

Contractville looks interesting but I haven't tried it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2698780/ContractVille/

Schedule 1 seems popular

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3164500/Schedule_I/

Inzoi seems like it is similar in the open world roleplaying sense

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456740/inZOI/

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I can vouch for Motortown, even if it’s not a ton like GTA. There’s a surprising amount of gameplay detail considering the assets look low-detail. Great roleplay experience.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Motor Town is a behemoth, I have driven so many urgent taxi jobs I put myself on the taxi leaderboard for a hot minute without intending too... with pretty much all the driving manual not autopilot which I am not sure many of the other drivers higher taxi level than me do... lol

    Yeah, Motor Town is GOOD.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    If you like the old-school top-down GTA feel, American Fugitive is super cheap now and is a good-ish game. Same dev has The Precinct, which is top-down GTA but you're playing a cop.

    The story is not a strong point with either, but if you need that, go to a different genre.

    And there is also Rustler, which is ridiculously fun.

    I also loved Simpsons Hit and Run, but that's a bit old and IDK how indie was it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    If you like the old-school top-down GTA feel

    You also HAVE to check out the quick multiplayer match topdown GTA-like Skillshot City. The gameplay feels super tight.

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/308600/Skillshot_City/

    Maniac is a singleplayer police escape arcade mayhem game with locked in topdown GTA-like gameplay.

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/1482380/Maniac/

    In a different genre but still worth mentioning for having cool topdown arcade multiplayer & singleplayer combat is Running With Rifles

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/270150/RUNNING_WITH_RIFLES

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