Best Crime Games on Steam

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Crookz - The Big Heist 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.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 25 Aug 2015
Fingered GUILTY! THEY ARE ALL GUILTY! FINGERED is a "whodunit" hyperrealisic police sim where you must finger the guilty and clean up this darn city using the descriptions of the local busy bodies. but everyone's perspective is different: one man's fat is another man's sexy! send him to the chair!!!

Price 1.87€
Rating 7.2
Release 18 Aug 2015
Silver Creek Falls: Chapter 1 Two city detectives are sent to a small idyllic town in North Carolina called ‘Silver Creek Falls” to investigate a strange series of events that the local sheriff can’t seem to get his mind around. What initially seems like an open-and-shut case unfolds into a truly terrifying mystery that will leave the detectives wondering what is...

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 12 Aug 2015
Hacknet Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.

Price -86% 1.44€
Rating 9.2
Release 12 Aug 2015
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.

Price -93% 1.18€
Rating 6.2
Release 28 Jul 2015
Contradiction: Spot The Liar Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Price 12.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 10 Jul 2015
Her Story A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.

Price -51% 4.86€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Jun 2015
The Masterplan Tactical squad-based heist game set in 1970s. The 2D top-down view gives you a great overview of what's happening at any given moment, allowing you to be a real criminal mastermind. Can you pull off the greatest heist in the history of mankind?

Price -95% 1.12€
Rating 6.1
Release 04 Jun 2015
Retro City Rampage™ DX OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!

Price -83% 2.59€
Rating 8.4
Release 11 Nov 2014
The Detail The Detail, a crime noir adventure in a modern American city. This is a city where cases matter, clearance rates matter, and on a good day even justice matters.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 28 Oct 2014
A Golden Wake The rise and fall story of a real estate agent in 1920s Miami. Based on historical events. From Francisco González, creator of the Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator series, Shardlight, and Lamplight City.

Price -80% 1.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 09 Oct 2014
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.

Price -76% 4.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 08 Oct 2014
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.

Price -99% 0.46€
Rating 8.7
Release 29 Sep 2014
The Journey Down: Chapter Two Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!

Price -94% 0.76€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Aug 2014
Detective Grimoire Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!

Price -55% 3.13€
Rating 9.1
Release 18 Aug 2014
Richard & Alice Richard and Alice are prisoners. Both their cells have a leather sofa and a state-of-the-art computer. But only Richard’s has a TV. Outside, the snow falls. It has done for some time. Elsewhere, they say, parts of the world have been rendered an inhospitable desert, the earth parched and cracked. People live in the zones now.

Price -91% 0.46€
Rating 6.9
Release 05 Jun 2014
Murdered: Soul Suspect MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.

Price -96% 0.94€
Rating 8.4
Release 05 Jun 2014
1954 Alcatraz 1954: Alcatraz – The cash is out there. But who will get it?Joe's doing 40 years on Alcatraz for a heist on an armored truck. The loot is still hidden out there, but only Joe knows where it is. In the streets of San Francisco, Joe's ex-accomplices and his wife are eager to find the stolen money. Who will get their hands on the dough?

Price -92% 0.81€
Rating 7.1
Release 11 Mar 2014
Hitman: Contracts Enter the world of a HITMAN - a world of crime, sin and greed. Delve into the mind of Agent 47 and encounter his greatest adversaries, completing the work that made him so brutally efficient and shaped him as an assassin. Eliminate your targets by any means necessary. There are no rules... only the contract, signed in blood.

Price -93% 0.68€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Jan 2014
Doorways: Prelude Doorways is an immersive horror adventure, featuring a complex story and deep atmosphere.

Price 9.75€
Rating 6.0
Release 20 Sep 2013
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller FBI agent Erica Reed has an uncanny talent: she can see the past and piece together how a crime unfolded. But not even this sixth sense could save her younger brother, Scott, from a brutal serial killer. Three years later, the investigation into Scott’s murder has gone cold -- but Erica’s work has only just begun.

Price -83% 2.63€
Rating 7.8
Release 19 Sep 2013
PAYDAY 2 PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.

Price -60% 3.89€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Aug 2013
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

Price -95% 0.77€
Rating 8.8
Release 24 Apr 2013
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.

Price -93% 1.16€
Rating 6.5
Release 31 Jan 2013
Hitman: Absolution™ The original assassin is back! Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.

Price -98% 0.54€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Nov 2012
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes Become the greatest detective of all time in The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, a twisting, turning investigation game set in a faithfully-reproduced London of 1898. As Sherlock Holmes, you must find clues, interrogate suspects and unveil a mystery in a story full of twists!

Price -98% 0.43€
Rating 7.7
Release 20 Sep 2012
APB Reloaded The world’s first and premier Action MMO Third Person Shooter allows you to choose between two sides of the law. Play as Enforcer or Criminal, customize your gear for the task at hand and hit the streets and play how you want in a city filled with more action this side of a Hollywood blockbuster.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.3
Release 06 Dec 2011
Saints Row: The Third Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!

Price -91% 0.92€
Rating 9.4
Release 17 Nov 2011
L.A. Noire In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.

Price -22% 15.66€
Rating 8.4
Release 08 Nov 2011
PAYDAY™ The Heist Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”

Price 9.49€
Rating 9.2
Release 20 Oct 2011
Still Life Still Life 2 also now available!

Price -89% 0.95€
Rating 7.8
Release 01 Jun 2011
Mafia II (Classic) Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...

Price -80% 5.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 22 Mar 2011
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.5
Release 17 Aug 2010
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper Recognized as one of the best licenses in gaming and lauded by the press, Sherlock Holmes is back with an investigation that is sure to be the most horrifying of the series. The famous detective stands against the most dangerous serial killer England has ever known - Jack the Ripper.

Price -96% 0.40€
Rating 7.7
Release 23 Dec 2009
Kingpin — Life of Crime Kingpin is a tale of revenge. Take control of a street gang and order your recruits to attack, defend or even do a little safe-cracking to pick up some needed cash. Use that cash to buy nastier weapons and take down your punk enemies in this intense first-person shooter. Being the Kingpin is half attitude and all action.

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.5
Release 19 Aug 2009
Driver® Parallel Lines You were the fastest wheelman on the street. You were a legend. You were money. Until they set you up and sent you down. Twenty-eight years inside for someone else's crime. Now you're getting out. Guess what? You got a new job, it's called getting revenge.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 13 Feb 2009

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