- #1 Stick Em Up
97% matchMostly Positive72% of 265 reviews2019
Dev: Nicholas Rizzo
Windows
Stick Em Up, is a game in which you will use your skills, your wits, and your arsenal of guns and explosives to pull off cunning, exciting, and sometimes messy heists. Watch as your skills take you from robbing lonely gas stations to the most massive banks.
Why similar: Gore 42%, Violent 34.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Action 8.5%, Indie 4.6%
- #2 Narco Strike
96% matchMixed55% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: Free Initiative Games
Windows
Action game based on narco war, in which you take different perspectives of it.
Why similar: Gore 41%, Violent 36.3%, Action 13.4%, Indie 9.3%
- #3 Pathos
96% matchVery Positive82% of 60 reviews2019
Dev: Team Horde LLC
Windows
Take down a crime syndicate using emotion-altering drugs to manipulate guards and spread chaos among enemies as you make your way to the crime lord.
Why similar: Gore 47.1%, Violent 41.7%, Action 11.3%
- #4 Serial Cleaners
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 456 reviews2022
Dev: Draw DistancePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Serial Cleaners is a top-down stealth-action game, where you get to experience being a murder scene cleaner for the mob in 1990s New York. Alternate between four cleaners, each with their own unique style, and live their stories.
Why similar: Gore 58.2%, Strategy 21.3%, Action 11.9%, Indie 8.7%
- #5 Contract
95% matchMixed51% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: S Houben
Windows
Contract is a side-scrolling shooter in which you must shoot, hack and massacre your way past armed guards, security systems and other challenges in order to reach your targets. You play as a man, blackmailed into the art of assassination by the kidnappers of his brother.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #6 Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
92% matchVery Positive95% of 5,367 reviews2024
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #7 Russian Gangsta In HELL
94% matchMixed50% of 62 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 11%
You play as a gangster who got into Hell for your business, and you need to kill all demon devils demons, because there's nothing else to do in Hell
Why similar: Gore 43.6%, Violent 40.3%, Action 9.5%, Indie 6.6%
- #8 Crime Scene Cleaner
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 32,534 reviews2024
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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.
Why similar: Gore 62.3%, Violent 24.1%, Action 8.6%, Indie 4.9%
- #9 Kill The Bad Guy
93% matchMixed61% of 356 reviews2014
Dev: Exkee
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Track the Bad Guys, be brutal and smart in your planning, and eliminate them one by one. But bear this in mind: each criminal’s death has to look like an accident. In each level, you’ll have the chance to splatter and destroy the Bad Guy using various weapons and traps.
Why similar: Gore 51.7%, Strategy 25.8%, Indie 11.5%, Action 11%
- #10 Cartel Simulator
91% matchMixed67% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: ITK
Windows · Mac
Step into the shoes of a young man in a fictional 1980s Latin America. Embrace your destiny navigating a world fraught with drugs, violence, and bloodshed.
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Action 46.9%
- #11 Season's Beatings
91% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: Code Avarice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Season's Beatings is a fast and frantic one hit kill FPS best described as first person Hotline Miami. You'll need to memorize enemy patterns and placements, and execute a meticulously thought out plan to succeed! Or...y'know. Just dive in and shoot some fools with a tommy gun.
Why similar: Gore 45.2%, Violent 38.3%, Action 9.9%, Indie 6.5%
- #12 Mafia: The Old Country
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 27,679 reviews2025
Dev: Hangar 13Pub: 2K
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily. Fight to survive as Enzo Favara and prove your worth to the Family in this immersive third-person action-adventure.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #13 Sneak Thief
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,873 reviews2022
Dev: Nicholas Rizzo
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Sneak Thief is a first person, shooter, strategy, stealth and puzzle game that lets you choose how you want to play. Use your wits and expertise to setup and perform heists whether that be by using brute force to smash your way through or by getting away without making a sound.
Why similar: Gore 35%, Violent 27.4%, Strategy 17.3%, Action 12.6%, Indie 7.7%
- #14 Kontrakt
89% matchMixed58% of 60 reviews2018
Dev: Shotx
Windows · Linux
Kontrakt is a hyper-violent action-adventure game about schizophrenia with a dark and twisted story. You will assume the role of a hitman involved in mysterious contract killing, while uncovering the dirty truth and secrets behind the City of Light.
Why similar: Gore 43.9%, Violent 40.1%, Action 9.3%, Indie 6.6%
- #15 Hitman: Contracts
87% matchVery Positive87% of 3,538 reviews2014
Dev: Io-Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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.
Why similar: Action 50.9%, Gore 31.6%, Violent 17.5%
- #16 Sefir: Mafia Story
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Septime Studios
Windows
Sefir: Mafia Story is a reflex and fast thinking based 2D top down shooter game.
Why similar: Action 34.2%, Violent 30%, Indie 20%, Gore 15.8%
- #17 The Slater
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,035 reviews2018
Dev: Laina Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Get ready to kill drug dealers, crime bosses and anyone who stands in your way as you seek revenge for your father’s murder. The Slater is a story-driven first-person stealth-action-puzzle game that puts you in the shoes of a former cop Mark Slater.
Why similar: Violent 45.1%, Gore 36.7%, Action 11.1%, Indie 7%
- #18 Sniper Killer
83% matchVery Positive86% of 653 reviews2024
Dev: Black Eyed PriestPub: Torture Star Video
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Eliminate your victims as a serial killer dubbed ‘The Sniper Killer’. Terrorize the city with your keen eye and thirst for blood while staying one step ahead of a detective hell bent on bringing you to justice.
Why similar: Gore 43.6%, Violent 39.7%, Action 9.5%, Indie 7.2%
- #19 Jackal
82% matchVery Positive91% of 477 reviews2026
Dev: Transhuman Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Execute ultra-violent raids in 1970s casino hotels. Take down the Las Vegas mob as a drug super-powered hitman in physics-fueled top-down close combat
Why similar: Violent 52.8%, Gore 35.9%, Action 11.2%
- #20 Suit for Hire
81% matchVery Positive93% of 3,117 reviews2025
Dev: Godmode Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.
Why similar: Gore 49.2%, Violent 39.8%, Action 10.9%
- #21 Omerta - City of Gangsters
85% matchMixed67% of 2,388 reviews2013
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #22 The Executioner
84% matchMixed66% of 372 reviews2019
Dev: Lesser Evil Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn’t lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one.
Why similar: Gore 42.6%, Violent 38.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Indie 8.7%
- #23 Retro Miami
84% matchMostly Negative31% of 77 reviews2017
Dev: Green-eyed TaxiPub: Narko Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Retro Miami - it's an adrenaline thriller, full of primitive brutality, deadly gunshots and roofing fights.
Why similar: Gore 44.1%, Violent 39.1%, Action 10.1%, Indie 6.7%
- #24 One Try, One Kill
82% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: Repa GamesPub: KuKo
Windows
One try, one kill - a gory TDS game, in which you must clean the areas of ruthless mercenary. The game is a top-down so you could view the battle situation as it's best.
Why similar: Action 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #25 FAKE SIGNALS
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Vona Soft
Windows
FAKE SIGNALS is an action hybrid rogue-lite that you sneak in the enemies' camps, get various weapons and eliminate them.
Why similar: Gore 47.8%, Violent 26.5%, Action 17.6%, Indie 8.1%
- #26 Hitman: Codename 47
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,935 reviews2007
Dev: IO Interactive A/S
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
As the enigmatic Hitman, you must use stealth and tactical problem solving to enter, execute and exit your assignment with minimum attention and maximum effectiveness. For a price, you have access to the most devious devices, but how you use them will determine if you retire as a millionaire or get permanently retired.
Why similar: Action 66.3%, Violent 25%, Strategy 8.7%
- #27 Nazi Bunker
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 199 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
1943, you play for the American soldier Ahmed, who was captured by the Nazis during the task of finding and destroying the SS secret weapon. You have one target - kill everyone.
Why similar: Gore 42.7%, Violent 39.7%, Action 10.3%, Indie 7.4%
- #28 Trapper: Drug Dealing RPG
77% matchVery Positive90% of 121 reviews2022
Dev: Lathon Gaming
Windows
Drug Dealing RPG roguelite strategy crime saga with choose your own adventure elements. The police and the jackboys aren't your biggest enemy... Time is!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #29 The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire
75% matchVery Positive83% of 283 reviews2025
Dev: BEF GAMESPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Rise from street hustler to kingpin in a seamless open-world sandbox with no loading screens. Hustle, manage businesses, build your criminal empire, and outsmart the law in a city that reacts to every move.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #30 ACT
78% matchMixed55% of 76 reviews2020
Dev: DIG Games
Windows
Bluff, build alliances, betray your friends, and become the richest player! Speak with other players, guess their job, and kill them if it can bring you money. Between Police, FBI, Robber, Mafia, Kamikaze, and Serial Killer, you will find the best job to win.
Why similar: Violent 42.3%, Strategy 28.5%, Action 18%, Indie 11.2%
- #31 Cocaine Dealer
76% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: Stone/Spark Games
Windows
A clicker/management drug dealing simulator. Get your product cut and wrapped quickly and out on the streets. Build your crew, expand your operation, and climb the supply chain. Stay ahead of the cops, keep your crew in line, or pay the price.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #32 Save Koch
78% matchMixed63% of 155 reviews2019
Dev: Wooden Monkeys
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.
Why similar: Violent 52.5%, Strategy 40.1%, Indie 7.4%
- #33 Rescue Love Revenge
79% matchMixed47% of 75 reviews2016
Dev: HatchlightPub: Rich Pine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
An Episodic Retro Indie Three-Act Spaghetti Western Platformer
Why similar: Gore 43.1%, Violent 38.2%, Action 11.3%, Indie 7.5%
- #34 Game Of Mafia
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: FastGame
Windows
Game Of Mafia is an adventure game set in New York City in the mid-1920s. You play as Frank, an ordinary postman whose quiet life changes dramatically when he meets his old friend. Opening your own bar sounds much better than delivering packages for the rest of life.
Why similar: Action 62.5%, Violent 32.2%, Indie 5.3%
- #35 Slaughter Me Street: 1999
74% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: GlitchedLizardPub: Impulse Game Studios, LLC.
Windows
You are being hunted for your misdeeds. With blood on your hands and weight on your conscience, you must collect the relics of your past, and confront your demons once and for all...
Why similar: Strategy 47.8%, Action 32%, Gore 17.3%, Indie 2.9%
- #36 Brush Burial: Gutter World
71% matchVery Positive94% of 787 reviews2025
Dev: Knife Demon Software
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A murky first-person immersive sim with tightly-wound melee combat and tangled, vertical levels to explore. Use your forked tail to tie your enemies in knots and climb impossible heights. Kill your mark with quickness and cunning, using whatever tools you see fit.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #37 Hunter Hitman
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Urban Isotope
Windows · Mac
Hunt or be hunted. Execute stealth kills and survive in this action-packed assassin game.
Why similar: Strategy 60.4%, Action 39.6%
- #38 Nobodies: Murder Cleaner
74% matchVery Positive90% of 460 reviews2019
Dev: Blyts
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Nobodies is a puzzle-filled point-and-click adventure in which you must cover up government-sanctioned assassinations. Hide the bodies, destroy the evidence, and leave no trace you were ever there. They do the dirty work. You clean it up.
Why similar: Gore 42.6%, Violent 39.2%, Indie 18.2%
- #39 Murderous Pursuits
75% matchMixed64% of 2,813 reviews2018
Dev: Blazing Griffin
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Murderous Pursuits is a kill-or-be-killed Victorian stealth-em-up for 1-8 players in which you must hunt and kill your quarry before your hunters do the same to you, all while avoiding witnesses.
Why similar: Action 90.6%, Strategy 6.4%, Indie 3%
- #40 Killers and Thieves
76% matchMixed51% of 158 reviews2017
Dev: Alex ThomasPub: Stoic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Become the leader of a medieval thieves' guild in Killers and Thieves from the co-creator of the Banner Saga series. Train a team, steal loot and master heists throughout a sprawling city to take your revenge.
Why similar: Violent 50.1%, Strategy 24%, Action 16.1%, Indie 9.8%
- #41 Psychopathy Assessment
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Why similar: Gore 45.8%, Violent 40.5%, Indie 6.9%, Action 6.8%
- #42 Serial Cleaner
73% matchVery Positive84% of 4,290 reviews2017
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Slip on your flares, grab your shades and hop in your station wagon, it's time to work… as a professional mob cleaner. In this stylish award winning 2D action-stealth game you have to make sure you get in, clean up and get out without leaving a trace - Queue the funky 70s inspired soundtrack!
Why similar: Gore 67.5%, Action 19.5%, Indie 13.1%
- #43 PUSHER - Drug Tycoon
71% matchVery Positive84% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: P4 GAMES
Windows
Thrilling business tycoon sim where you step into the shoes of a drug dealer in 1980s USA. Your main goal is simple: BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Get ready for a experience where you'll combine strategy, risk-taking, and decision-making to build your criminal empire.
Why similar: Strategy 65.5%, Indie 34.5%
- #44 In Celebration of Violence
72% matchVery Positive87% of 506 reviews2018
Dev: Julian Edison
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A fantasy action roguelike of exploration and murder. Live, kill, die, improve, live again.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #45 Kingpin — Life of Crime
72% matchVery Positive81% of 484 reviews2009
Dev: Xatrix EntertainmentPub: Interplay Inc.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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.
Why similar: Gore 42.7%, Violent 37.8%, Action 19.5%
- #46 Rough Justice: '84
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Gamma MinusPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Do what it takes to make your fledgling security agency thrive in this 80s noir crime bustin', dirty crossing, vengeance-seeking board game inspired strategy game with dice and cards.
Why similar: Strategy 69.6%, Indie 30.4%
- #47 Tackle for Loss
65% matchVery Positive100% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: Indifferent Penguin
Windows · Mac
Tackle. Die. Repeat. Use American football skills to dash through a bloody 2D underworld. Fast, top-down carnage until the floor is cleared. You’re at the top of your game... but unfortunately, your C.T.E. is catching up.
Why similar: Violent 86.2%, Action 13.8%
- #48 Mafia
70% matchVery Positive87% of 16,111 reviews2002
Dev: Illusion SoftworksPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.
Why similar: Violent 69%, Action 31%
- #49 WISE GUYS
65% matchVery Positive92% of 193 reviews2026
Dev: StonieDudePub: Brokenworld Studios
Windows
Wise Guys is a ruthless, high-stakes social deduction game where trust is a weapon and betrayal is just survival. Up to 8 players race against time to clean up their criminal operation and get out before the raid hits. Meanwhile, a Rat is quietly sabotaging the crew at every turn.
Why similar: Gore 32.8%, Violent 26.6%, Strategy 20.9%, Action 14.9%, Indie 4.7%
- #50 Perfect Crime
70% matchMixed69% of 473 reviews2020
Dev: Skeleton
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
With superb script and calm narrative style, Perfect Crime will reproduce every detail of a criminal case. How to make use of common objects to make a perfect crime is all up to you. An editor of cases is accompanied if help is needed. Now it’s time to log on and create your own murder.
Why similar: Strategy 48.7%, Violent 29.4%, Indie 21.9%
- #51 Christmas Massacre
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,076 reviews2021
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Christmas is coming and Larry's got a big problem - his Christmas tree is telling him to KILL! Lead him through his murder rampage.
Why similar: Gore 42.8%, Violent 41.6%, Action 10.2%, Indie 5.4%
- #52 Run Dude
69% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Skull Box Games
Windows
Hardcore, bloody platformer with a simple dude.
Why similar: Gore 41.7%, Violent 36.9%, Action 12.7%, Indie 8.7%
- #53 Gangsta Sniper
70% matchMixed55% of 78 reviews2018
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Thirdperson shooter and survival game, where player is gangsta criminal. Mission to rob and collect hidden money bags. Also avoid or kill different enemies like zombies, mutants and cyborg soldiers. Also use armored vehicle
Why similar: Action 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #54 TORMENTOR
66% matchMixed49% of 268 reviews2025
Dev: Madmind Studio
Windows
Take on the role of a merciless torturer. Earn money from video transmissions of your manhunts.
Why similar: Gore 50.1%, Violent 39.4%, Action 10.5%
- #55 End State
67% matchMixed63% of 137 reviews2022
Dev: Finger Squad
Windows
End State is a turn-based tactics game where you manage a mercenary company tracking down a terrorists in a war-torn country. Hire, gear up and gain experience for your mercenaries. Take on rebels and criminal gangs, do side contracts and explore Brekovia.
Why similar: Violent 48.1%, Strategy 26.7%, Action 16.3%, Indie 8.9%
- #56 Tale of Ninja: Fall of the Miyoshi
68% matchMixed54% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: S.Y. GAMES
Windows
Play as a ninja through the Sengoku period of Japan. There are many possible ways to assassinate the target and find your own nindou.
Why similar: Action 65.9%, Indie 34.1%
- #57 Stealth Bastard Deluxe
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,214 reviews2012
Dev: Curve StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.
Why similar: Action 50.1%, Indie 49.9%
- #58 Party Hard
66% matchVery Positive90% of 12,409 reviews2015
Dev: Pinokl GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
Why similar: Violent 37.5%, Gore 34.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Action 7.7%, Indie 5.8%