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Crookz - The Big Heist is a tactical strategy game set in the funky 1970’s with a slick and groovy atmosphere. Show off the art of thieving by plotting stylish heists and robberies; utilizing espionage and quick-thinking to avoid detection.

Crookz - The Big Heist is a strategy, simulation and heist game developed by Skilltree Studios and published by Kalypso Media Digital.
Released on August 25th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 8 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish and Korean.

It has received 341 reviews of which 278 were positive and 63 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Crookz - The Big Heist into these genres:

Strategy Simulation Heist Stealth Tactical Crime Real-Time with Pause Singleplayer

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows Vista SP2 / 7 SP1 / 8 / 8.1 / 10
  • Processor: 2.7 GHz AMD / Intel dual-core processor (AMD Athlon II X2 250 and Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E6750 or higher)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512 MB ATI/NVIDIA (HD3870 and NVIDIA 8800GT / DirectX 10 compatible or better)
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Integrated or dedicated DirectX 9 compatible soundcard
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-3230M (dual-core + HT) @2600MHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M / Intel Iris Graphics
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Core Audio compatible
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17.0 / 64 Bit
  • Processor: 3.0 GHz AMD Quad-Core / Intel Quad-Core
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512 MB ATI/NVIDIA HD3870 and NVIDIA 8800GT / OpenGL 3.2 compatible
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Sound Card: OpenAL compatible

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Nov. 2025
Wanted to give this game a positive review but with BIG caveat, if you're looking for something similar to Commandos, Desperados or Shadow Tactics you may be disappointed. While a lot of the mechanics are very similar to the more well known strategic stealth games the level design here is very different giving a totally different tone. Enough so if you love those game I could see you not enjoying this. Other games in genre present you with a big open sandbox full of challenges and character driven tools to figure out your own path to solve them. Crookz is designed much more like a puzzle game. The levels may look open, but once you start unpicking which switches you need to hit the unlock doors, disable camera and sensors you'll realise there's often only 1 or 2 stealthy routes through the level. So solving a level is less about creative and clutch solutions, and more about solving what the designer wanted you to do. The most satisfying way I've found to play the game is to sit and work out the order of things you need to do to solve a big chunk (if not all) of the level and queue up all the waypoints with pauses on all three characters and then just run your solution all at once. Seeing a plan come together all at once can be quite rewarding, and when it goes wrong I just reload and adjust the plan. The problem with this puzzle approach is the levels do feel very samey, with mainly increasing levels of complexity of doors and switches to unpack each time around. I also feel like a lot of the tools you can find or buy don't feel like creative ways to solve the puzzles they mainly just allow you to solve puzzles badly. Like chloroform for example, drugging the guards can help but it docks your score and finding ways around them unseen feels more satisfying. Raw dogging the level feels more like you've found the correct path through. Ultimately I do personally prefer the more sandbox style of strategic stealth game and I couldn't see this through to the end but I don't think it's a bad game. It's just a little at odds with the genre conventions.
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Crookz - The Big Heist is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

Crookz - The Big Heist is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

Crookz - The Big Heist received 278 positive votes out of a total of 341 achieving a rating of 7.61.
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Crookz - The Big Heist was developed by Skilltree Studios and published by Kalypso Media Digital.

Crookz - The Big Heist is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Crookz - The Big Heist is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Crookz - The Big Heist is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Crookz - The Big Heist is a single-player game.

Crookz - The Big Heist does not currently offer any DLC.

Crookz - The Big Heist does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Crookz - The Big Heist does not support Steam Remote Play.

Crookz - The Big Heist is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Crookz - The Big Heist PEGI 16
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Skilltree Studios
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Kalypso Media Digital
Release 25 Aug 2015
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