Best Crime Games on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated crime games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free crime games are available at the bottom of the page.
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The Break-In
Steal everything. Even the people. The Break-In lets you take whatever you want, from TVs to fridges to toilets. And all in 1-4 player co-op, VR and non VR. Select your getaway vehicle, anything from a bicycle to a stolen police van, and load up with gear like hammers and rocket boosters, and steal.
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
The Precinct
Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.
Cash Cleaner Simulator
Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...
Misty Judgment
This is a suspense reasoning interactive work with real people. You will play the protagonist "Qi Yi", find evidence in a series of murders, piece together the truth, and find the ultimate murderer, all of which will lead you to an unpredictable future.
The Boba Teashop
A cozy horror game where you own and manage a boba tea shop. Prepare boba teas, serve customers, and expand your menu to grow your business.
Vivat Slovakia
Vivat Slovakia is an open-world action game set in '90s Slovakia, where corruption runs deep and law enforcement is weak. Uncover a gripping story based on true events as you explore and shoot your way through a city at the crossroads of Eastern Europe’s turbulent history.
Promise Mascot Agency
Explore a cursed Japanese town! Recruit mascot friends and come to the rescue when disaster strikes! Solve the mystery of your exile! Help a living finger work through her many anger issues! Turn Promise Mascot Agency into the best agency in Japan in this open-world narrative adventure!
Used Cars Simulator
Used Cars Simulator - trade used or stolen cars, fix and customize them, drive around, and explore the open world! Grow your business, complete quests, and have fun with a physics-based sandbox!
The Chef's Shift
The Chef’s Shift is a fast-paced typing game in a restaurant setting, where you’ll both cook & serve food to hungry customers, all done by TYPING.
Trials of Innocence
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Schedule I
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Psycho Patrol R
FPS/mecha hybrid europolice sim with emphasis on interacting with NPCs and different gameplay systems.
OUTLAWED
OUTLAWED is a crime-themed PvE or PvPvE first-person extraction shooter, set in a modern city overrun by gangs. Enter solo or with a squad to challenge powerful enemies and search for riches, and use everything at your disposal to make it out alive.
Saihate Station
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
Experience entertainment blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online — now upgraded for a new generation with stunning visuals, faster loading, 3D audio, and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players.
Butcher's Creek
A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.
The Shell Part III: Paradiso
The coiling chains of obsession that began with The Shell now threaten to strangle Detective Reiji Tokisaka in the third and final entry in the trilogy. As old friends and foes rise up for one last confrontation, can anyone break the cycle—and can Reiji's heart ever be set free?
Cursed Digicam | 呪われたデジカメ
You receive a cursed digital camera that captures ghosts from a strange website. The website allows you to liberate your loved ones by uploading images of their spirits using the camera. You decide to go to the nearest park where your girl was last seen.
Loco Motive
On the Reuss Express a passenger has been murdered, and you’re the prime suspects. Uncover a thrilling mystery and solve satisfying point and click puzzles to prove your innocence! A slapstick adventure, packed full of deadly surprises, shocking twists and larger than life characters!
Deathless Death
In the quiet of conscience and shadows of sin, four souls find themselves entwined in crimes involving a woman. In this narrative puzzle game, you don the sacred robe of a priest, hear the confessions of sinners, uncover secrets, seek the truth behind their crimes and deliver the final judgment.
The Rise of the Golden Idol
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Most played crime games on Steam
Take a look at the top crime games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of June 14th 2025.
1. Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
Experience entertainment blockbusters Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online — now upgraded for a new generation with stunning visuals, faster loading, 3D audio, and more, plus exclusive content for GTA Online players. Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced is a open world, action and multiplayer game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. Released on March 04th 2025 has received 55,881 reviews of which 38,595 were positive and 17,286 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played crime game, thanks to its 30,433 peak concurrent players over the last day.
6.8
38,595
17,286
30,433
players
2. Schedule I
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more. Schedule I is a simulation, co-op and crime game developed and published by TVGS. Released on March 24th 2025 has received 204,041 reviews of which 200,803 were positive and 3,238 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.7 out of 10. While seeing 22,012 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #2 among crime games based on player count.
9.7
200,803
3,238
22,012
players
3. Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition
Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Lopez all have one thing in common - they live in the worst city in America. Liberty City worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don't. Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition is a open world, action and automobile sim game developed by Rockstar North and Rockstar Toronto and published by Rockstar Games. Released on March 24th 2020 has received 175,184 reviews of which 144,493 were positive and 30,691 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. While seeing 2,739 players online at once in the last 24 hours, this game is currently ranked #3 among crime games based on player count.
8.2
144,493
30,691
2,739
players
4. Crime Scene Cleaner
Once you get tangled with the mob, you will forever be a part of the mob. At least they pay a decent salary and all you have to do is clean up after their dirty work, but you know what you’re doing. So clean crime scenes, earn as much money as you can, and get ready for the next mission. Crime Scene Cleaner is a simulation, crime and gore game developed by President Studio and published by President Studio and PlayWay S.A.. Released on August 14th 2024 has received 22,018 reviews of which 21,567 were positive and 451 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.6 out of 10. With 764 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played crime games.
9.6
21,567
451
764
players
5. Yakuza 0
SEGA’s legendary Japanese series finally comes to PC. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka as junior yakuza Kiryu and Majima. Take a front row seat to 1980s life in Japan in an experience unlike anything else in video gaming, with uncapped framerates and 4K resolutions. A legend is born. Yakuza 0 is a story rich, action and beat 'em up game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by SEGA. Released on August 01st 2018 has received 73,481 reviews of which 70,292 were positive and 3,189 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. With 680 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played crime games.
9.4
70,292
3,189
680
players
6. Mafia: Definitive Edition
An inadvertent brush with the mob thrusts cabdriver Tommy Angelo into the world of organized crime. Initially uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, the rewards become too big to ignore. Mafia: Definitive Edition is a open world, crime and story rich game developed by Hangar 13 and published by 2K. Released on September 24th 2020 has received 91,793 reviews of which 79,686 were positive and 12,107 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. With 607 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played crime games.
8.6
79,686
12,107
607
players
7. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: It’s the early ’90s. After a couple of cops frame him for homicide, Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition is a open world and action game developed and published by Rockstar Games. Released on January 19th 2023 has received 8,865 reviews of which 6,814 were positive and 2,051 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. With 524 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played crime games.
7.5
6,814
2,051
524
players
8. Mafia II: Definitive Edition
War hero Vito Scaletta becomes entangled with the mob in hopes of paying his father’s debts. Vito works to prove himself, climbing the family ladder with crimes of larger reward and consequence. Mafia II: Definitive Edition is a action, adventure and crime game developed by Hangar 13 and D3T and published by 2K. Released on May 19th 2020 has received 30,264 reviews of which 21,955 were positive and 8,309 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. With 504 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #8 spot among the most played crime games.
7.2
21,955
8,309
504
players
9. Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
The Definitive Edition of the critically acclaimed, award winning open-world action adventure, reworked, rebuilt and re-mastered for the new generation. With all previously available DLC included and a wealth of tech and visual improvements, Hong Kong has never felt so alive. Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition is a open world, action and martial arts game developed by United Front Games and published by Feral interactive (Mac) and Square Enix. Released on October 08th 2014 has received 69,029 reviews of which 64,644 were positive and 4,385 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. With 485 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #9 spot among the most played crime games.
9.2
64,644
4,385
485
players
10. The Precinct
Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game. The Precinct is a detective, crime and sandbox game developed by Fallen Tree Games Ltd and published by Kwalee. Released on May 13th 2025 has received 5,190 reviews of which 4,444 were positive and 746 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. With 357 concurrent players in the last 24 hours, the game currently holds the #10 spot among the most played crime games.
8.3
4,444
746
357
players
Best deals on crime games on Steam
Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of crime games available on Steam right now, updated on June 14th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted crime games.
1. Rustler (Grand Theft Horse)
Become a medieval thug in a crazy open-world action game, full of pop-culture references. Complete insane quests, kill heroes, steal horses, fight guards, rob peasants, listen to some bard music, and much more! All packed in old-school gameplay style! Rustler (Grand Theft Horse) is a crime, open world and funny game developed by Jutsu Games and published by Games Operators and Modus Games. Released on August 31st 2021 has received 1,726 reviews of which 1,301 were positive and 425 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. Featuring a massive 98% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for crime category.
7.3
1,301
425
-98%
20.99€
0.58€
2. Hot Brass
As an elite SWAT operator, think fast and put your tactics to the test to master a series of missions and save lives. Summon your team of up to four players in online and local co-op, or hone your skills solo. Don’t just be the best—be the best of the best. Hot Brass is a real time tactics, stealth and crime game developed by Walk with Kings and published by Treasure Hunters FanClub. Released on February 26th 2021 has received 651 reviews of which 492 were positive and 159 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 98% discount, this game is now the #2 best deal in crime games.
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492
159
-98%
14.79€
0.37€
3. Basement
Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past. Basement is a management, strategy and crime game developed and published by Halfbus. Released on November 10th 2019 has received 2,204 reviews of which 1,554 were positive and 650 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. Thanks to its incredible 98% discount, this game is now the #3 best deal in crime games.
6.9
1,554
650
-98%
16.79€
0.46€
4. The Big Con
Hustle your way across ‘90s America as a runaway teen con artist. Choose how to make your scratch as you don disguises, pick pockets, and rip people off in this comedic crime-filled adventure. Experience the totally rad '90s in all its plaid and payphone glory! The Big Con is a 1990's, crime and comedy game developed by Mighty Yell and published by Skybound Games. Released on August 31st 2021 has received 895 reviews of which 841 were positive and 54 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 97% discount, this title has earned the #4 position in the best deals for crime games.
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841
54
-97%
14.79€
0.52€
5. The Swindle
The Swindle is a steampunk cybercrime caper about breaking into buildings, hacking their systems, stealing all their cash, and quickly running away again before the police show up. The Swindle is a crime, indie and action game developed and published by Size Five Games. Released on July 28th 2015 has received 613 reviews of which 390 were positive and 223 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.2 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 97% discount, this title has earned the #5 position in the best deals for crime games.
6.2
390
223
-97%
14.99€
0.51€
6. Drug Dealer Simulator
Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW Drug Dealer Simulator is a simulation, crime and action game developed by Byterunners and published by Movie Games S.A.. Released on April 16th 2020 has received 24,058 reviews of which 18,054 were positive and 6,004 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 96% discount, this title has earned the #6 position in the best deals for crime games.
7.4
18,054
6,004
-96%
16.79€
0.82€
7. This Is the Police
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse? This Is the Police is a strategy, management and story rich game developed by Weappy Studio and published by THQ Nordic. Released on August 02nd 2016 has received 10,652 reviews of which 8,820 were positive and 1,832 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 94% discount, this title has earned the #7 position in the best deals for crime games.
8.1
8,820
1,832
-94%
14.99€
0.96€
8. Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic. Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is a detective, adventure and mystery game developed and published by Frogwares. Released on September 29th 2014 has received 7,191 reviews of which 6,469 were positive and 722 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 92% discount, this title has earned the #8 position in the best deals for crime games.
8.7
6,469
722
-92%
29.99€
2.44€
9. Thief Simulator
Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does. Thief Simulator is a simulation, stealth and singleplayer game developed by Noble Muffins and published by PlayWay S.A.. Released on November 09th 2018 has received 35,807 reviews of which 31,601 were positive and 4,206 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 91% discount, this title has earned the #9 position in the best deals for crime games.
8.7
31,601
4,206
-91%
19.50€
1.81€
10. Omerta - City of Gangsters
Omerta - City of Gangsters is a simulation game with tactical turn-based combat. Taking the role of a fresh-from-the-boat immigrant, with dreams of the big life, the player will work his way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920’s Atlantic City. Omerta - City of Gangsters is a crime, strategy and management game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media Digital. Released on January 31st 2013 has received 2,336 reviews of which 1,554 were positive and 782 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. Currently offered at a significant 90% discount, this title has earned the #10 position in the best deals for crime games.
6.5
1,554
782
-90%
14.99€
1.60€
Free crime games on Steam
Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play crime games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on June 14th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play crime games.
1. Psycholonials
While in communication with supernatural forces, two influencers launch a daring new social media brand. Psycholonials is a visual novel, dark and dark humor game developed by Andrew Hussie and published by None. Released on February 03rd 2021 has received 958 reviews of which 856 were positive and 102 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played free crime games on Steam.
8.4
856
102
3
players
2. Auto Sale Life: Fresh Start
This is a free prologue version. Build an automotive empire. Buy, sell, and customize cars to create your own brands and showrooms. Become a shrewd entrepreneur in this immersive car trading and customization game. Auto Sale Life: Fresh Start is a immersive sim, driving and economy game developed by OTTO Games and published by GrabTheGames. Released on April 05th 2024 has received 378 reviews of which 256 were positive and 122 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played free crime games on Steam.
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