

Gangstar: Crime City is a 2006 open world action-adventure mobile game developed and published by Gameloft. The series focuses around many different protagonists who attempt to rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each game.

Gameplay focuses on an open world where the player can choose missions at their own leisure to progress an overall story, as well as engaging in side activities, consisting of action-adventure, driving, third-person shooting, occasional role-playing, stealth and racing elements. Games in the Gangstar series are set in fictional locales modeled after American cities, and is primarily inspired by open world crime-based games such as Grand Theft Auto and later Saints Row. Retrieved 30 July 2016.Gangstar is a series of open worldaction-adventure game released by video game developer Gameloft.

Gangstar: Crime City received mixed to positive reception from critics, with praise given to the gameplay and Gameloft's efforts at bringing a Grand Theft Auto-like experience to mobile devices, which hasn't seen any official release from Rockstar up until the tenth anniversary mobile release of Grand Theft Auto III in 2011.
