Games Like Crime Simulator

The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!

Why similar: Heist 29.2% ★, Crime 25.3%, Stealth 9.6%, Hacking 7.7% ★, Simulation 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a direct evolution of the burglary simulation gameplay with improved mechanics and more complex heists.

Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

Why similar: Heist 29.6% ★, Crime 25.7%, Stealth 10.4%, Simulation 9.4%, First-Person 5%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational experience for the burglary simulation genre, focusing on observation, planning, and execution.

PAYDAY 3 is the ultimate co-op FPS crime fantasy. Choose between stealth or loud playstyles, customize your character, and get ready to pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Heist 36.3% ★, Crime 20.3%, Online Co-Op 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.8%, FPS 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for cooperative, high-stakes heist gameplay that requires coordination and tactical planning.

Crime Boss: Rockay City is a 1-4 player co-op FPS heist game with enjoyable stealth and epic killing spree combat. Featuring a solo roguelike campaign that combines FPS and strategy elements with the most hilariously cheesy voice acting that make you laugh.

Why similar: Heist 32.5% ★, Crime 20.2%, Online Co-Op 11%, Multiplayer 9.1%, FPS 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person shooter action with criminal empire building and cooperative heist missions.

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.

Why similar: Heist 27.9% ★, Crime 17.9%, Online Co-Op 10.4%, Co-op Campaign 9.1% ★, Multiplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative burglary game that captures the same 'break-and-enter' feel with a focus on physics-based interaction.

From the THIEF SIMULATOR developers. It's the 80s. Steal VCRs, tapes, classic cars, and if you get caught, outrun the police!

Why similar: Heist 41.2% ★, Crime 22.9%, Stealth 10.1%, Driving 7%, Immersive Sim 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar open-world burglary loop set in a nostalgic 1980s aesthetic with stealth-focused gameplay.

What turns a drug dealer into a drug lord? Find out in DDS2, a first-person co-op sim set in a dynamic open world. Make contacts, cook drugs, and manage your cartel on Isla Sombra, where power is the only law.

Why similar: Crime 32.5%, Co-op Campaign 25% ★, Multiplayer 14.5%, Simulation 8.1%, First-Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: Expands the criminal simulation experience into an open-world setting with a focus on building a network and managing illicit operations.

Filthy Animals is a chaotic single-player/co-op heist game for up to 4 players. Become a mutant animal working for criminal mastermind Tony as you steal, fight, fall over, and eat tacos. Solve puzzles and avoid security before making off with the loot, ya Filthy Animal!

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 46.9% ★, Online Co-Op 18.7%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Action-Adventure 10%, Co-op 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic and humorous cooperative heist game that emphasizes teamwork and creative problem-solving during robberies.

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: Crime 37%, Heist 16.6% ★, Simulation 11.3%, First-Person 7.1%, Hacking 7% ★

Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique perspective on the criminal underworld by focusing on the aftermath of heists and the necessity of covering one's tracks.

Lights, Camera, HEIST! Grab your perfect team and hack, unlock, disguise and solve your way to stealing England's finest tat and treasures. Plan your way around lasers, guards and locked doors in some famous locations... Then build your own to share with the world!

Why similar: Heist 68.5% ★, Stealth 14.8%, Simulation 11.4%, Action-Adventure 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated heist experience that focuses on the mechanics of breaking into secure locations and bypassing security systems.

Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”

Why similar: Heist 33.8% ★, Crime 19.2%, FPS 13%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic cooperative shooter that remains a benchmark for team-based crime and heist missions.

Go on heists through Midnight City alone or with up to four players to fulfill tasks as a hacker for various organizations. Improve your reputation, earn money, and uncover the secrets of shady companies all while being hunted by terrifying entities.

Why similar: Heist 35.1% ★, Crime 14.6%, Hacking 14.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Adds a layer of tension and hacking to the heist formula, focusing on stealth and avoiding detection in high-security environments.

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

Why similar: Crime 54.3%, Simulation 22.1%, First-Person 6.1%, Action 4.9%, Realistic 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty simulation of the criminal underworld that emphasizes the risks and rewards of managing a street-level operation.

Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.

Why similar: Heist 33% ★, Co-op Campaign 18.7% ★, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Driving 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on destruction, its heist missions require careful planning and environmental manipulation to succeed within a time limit.

Get a taste of prison life! Become a prison guard and deal with dangerous convicts. Prison management, lots of daily activities. Will you become the best guard in history? Or maybe you'll turn into the worst scumbag this Prison has ever seen?

Why similar: Crime 36.7%, FPS 14.9%, Stealth 12.3%, Simulation 9.5%, First-Person 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a different side of the crime genre, letting players experience the life of a prison guard or inmate with simulation-heavy mechanics.

A Way Out is an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 42.3%, Crime 21.8%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Co-op 10.8%, Action-Adventure 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strictly cooperative experience that captures the narrative tension of criminal activity and prison escape.

Crime Simulator: Playgrounds is a short, chaotic, and hilarious entry in the Crime Simulator franchise. Throw hammers, spray pepper gas, and cause mayhem solo or with up to 4 players. Take over hideouts, complete absurd missions, and unleash destruction with the wildest weapons. No rules—just fun!

Why similar: Heist 24.9% ★, Crime 15.2%, Co-op Campaign 13.1% ★, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Multiplayer 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style crime game that focuses on multiplayer interaction and heist-based objectives.

Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?

Why similar: Crime 35%, Life Sim 14.4%, Multiplayer 11%, Simulation 10.4%, Immersive Sim 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the planning and execution of a complex escape, sharing the 'breaking in/out' DNA of the seed game.

The mayor of Rockhaven threw you down a hole into the Undercity. Why? Net worth too low. In this open-world simulation, you and up to 3 pals will steal, fight, and scheme to reclaim the city. Customise your rides, buy businesses, and take on the Mayor’s forces. Rockhaven is yours for the taking!

Why similar: Heist 24.8% ★, Crime 19%, Co-op Campaign 14.8% ★, Driving 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous open-world crime game that focuses on theft and causing chaos in a suburban setting.

Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

Why similar: Multiplayer 32%, Online Co-Op 22.6%, Stealth 11.9%, Co-op 9.7%, Immersive Sim 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a chaotic, top-down take on criminal activity with deep systemic interactions that allow for diverse heist-like approaches.

First-person homeless crime sandbox. Steal, drink, hallucinate and crush rival bums in chaotic online co-op.

Why similar: Crime 29.6%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Life Sim 9.5%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Simulation 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy game that explores the grittier, survival-focused side of urban crime and social struggle.

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.

Why similar: Crime 52.3%, Multiplayer 24%, First-Person 8.8%, Action 5.7%, Funny 5%

Why You'll Like It: Features iconic, multi-stage heist missions that set the standard for cinematic crime action in an open world.

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.

Why similar: Heist 41.6% ★, Crime 13.8%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Stealth 12.1%, Co-op 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A highly tactical cooperative heist game that rewards stealth and clever coordination over brute force.

Welcome to Brighton! Join the police force of this fictitious American city and experience the day to day life of a police officer.

Why similar: Crime 34.6%, Online Co-Op 19.2%, Multiplayer 15%, Immersive Sim 9.2%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the opposing perspective of the crime genre, allowing players to understand the security measures they usually try to bypass.

Hobo: Tough Life is an urban survival role-playing game where you play as a homeless person. Play alone or team up in online co-op. Explore the streets of Praslav, scavenge for food and supplies, beg, steal, and do whatever else it takes to survive the forthcoming winter.

Why similar: Heist 35.1% ★, Multiplayer 17.6%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, First-Person 8.5%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and social aspects of urban life, including petty crime and scavenging for resources.

An online 1-6 player co-op "casino crawler" where you and your friends share one bank account and one massive debt. Gamble, buy sketchy items, make terrible decisions, and climb an ominous casino tower to hit your loan shark’s daily quota in 5 minutes - or face the consequences.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 36.1%, Multiplayer 29.6%, First-Person 11.5%, Co-op 10.1%, Simulation 9.4%

Become a thief in VR! Feel the thrill of stealing in free roam sandbox neighborhoods. Use lockpicks and hi-tech hacking tools. Observe your target, gather information and hide from police. Or drive a car like crazy to get out of trouble!

Why similar: Crime 27.2%, Heist 20.2% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Stealth 10%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive virtual reality adaptation that brings the burglary simulation experience to a more tactile level.

An online Co-op game about breaking into houses and causing havoc as a tiny gnome. Avoid danger, repurpose stolen household items, and complete tasks to meet the High-Gnome’s demands. Craft equipment and upgrade your home to make your missions easier and more successful.

Why similar: Heist 37.4% ★, Multiplayer 18.8%, Co-op 11.2%, Funny 10.4%, First-Person 8.1%

Welcome to the world's most chaotic place! Play solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Run a fast-food restaurant, and work with your friends to expand your business. Take orders, make burgers, and increase your earnings by dealing with customers.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 37.6%, Multiplayer 22.9%, Simulation 20%, Co-op 6.2%, First-Person 4.9%

Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 40.8%, Multiplayer 22%, Simulation 15.8%, Co-op 10.1%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, cooperative tactical shooter that emphasizes breaching and clearing rooms, similar to the entry phase of a heist.

Tired of political exploitation? Join me and let's rebuild our thieving business together! Let's steal cars, radios, and TVs - anything that catches your eye can be yours! Recall what it's like to be a thief in Thief Simulator 2: Prologue!

Why similar: Heist 30% ★, Crime 24.8%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Simulation 8%, First-Person 5.3%

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...

Why similar: Crime 46.7%, Life Sim 17.7%, Immersive Sim 14%, First-Person 10.4%, Simulation 9.5%

Roadside Research is a 1 to 4 player co-op gas station simulator. Except you’re aliens. And undercover. Do very human things like restocking shelves while preparing for the invasion. Just don’t get caught.

Why similar: Life Sim 25.2%, Immersive Sim 18.9%, Simulation 16.6%, First-Person 14.8%, Funny 11.1%

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.

Why similar: Crime 39.2%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Co-op 6.7%, Stealth 6.4%

Grocery Store Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you build and manage your own supermarket by stocking shelves, setting prices, hiring staff, and customizing your store, all while expanding your business and keeping customers happy.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 31.7%, Multiplayer 22.2%, Simulation 12.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Immersive Sim 10.7%

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.

Why similar: Heist 47.3% ★, Crime 37%, Stealth 11.4%, Action 3%, Indie 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: A steampunk-themed heist game that focuses on stealth, hacking, and upgrading equipment to pull off increasingly difficult robberies.

Car Service Together is a 1-4 co-op & single player simulation game where you and/or with your friends start from scratch and build your way up. Work together to successfully run your own service center. Team up, manage your business, and create the ultimate car service !

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.9%, Driving 17.6%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Simulation 11.1%, Realistic 8.2%

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)

Why similar: Crime 44.1%, Heist 28.1% ★, Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 8.4%, Action 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, visceral cooperative shooter that captures the desperate feel of being on the run in a criminal underworld.

Run your pizza shop up front and handle shady business out back. Help hand-crafted NPCs with favors that never go as planned. Play solo or online co-op with up to four players and expand your operation across Hobarey Town. In this darkly comedic management sim - become that guy everyone knows.

Why similar: Crime 43.4%, Stealth 12.9%, Simulation 11.4%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, First-Person 9.6%

Build a top-tier business solo or in co-op (1–4 players). Start from scratch, keep the slot machines spinning and deal with chaotic events like vandals and alien invasions. Grow your fortune and show everyone why the house always wins.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 31%, Life Sim 20.8%, Simulation 14.6%, First-Person 11.4%, Funny 10.1%

Welcome to Wrap House Simulator! Run your own wrap shop, chop, grill, and serve in this cooking adventure. Customize your shop, master the grill, and survive the rush solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Keep up with orders, satisfy customers, and build your dream restaurant!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.5%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Life Sim 12.3%, Immersive Sim 10.3%

Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.4%, Multiplayer 21.2%, Simulation 13.4%, Immersive Sim 11.4%, First-Person 8.9%

Play as one of the bidders for abandoned warehouses and uncover hidden treasures! Storage Hunter is a garage auction simulation game. Bid, win, and sell for profit! Become the king of storage auction.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.6%, Driving 17%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Simulation 9.8%

Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out.

Why similar: Heist 44.7% ★, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Stealth 7.8%, Funny 4.7%

Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?

Why similar: Driving 20.7%, Life Sim 17.9%, FPS 14.5%, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Simulation 12.8%

The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 35.3%, Multiplayer 25.4%, Simulation 16.1%, Life Sim 8.6%, Immersive Sim 6.1%

Plan, design, build, and decorate your dream house in an open-world. Smash walls, sketch your layout, then build and decorate every inch—inside and garden. In an open world, tackle each renovation solo or with up to 4 friends. Pick up that hammer and start creating - Your dream house is waiting!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.1%, Multiplayer 18.3%, Driving 14.7%, Life Sim 13.4%, Simulation 10.9%

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!

Why similar: Crime 31.4%, Driving 15.3%, Life Sim 14.6%, Stealth 11.7%, Immersive Sim 8.9%

Step into the shoes of a skilled Anonymous hacker and embark on a mission to unveil the truth hidden behind a sinister organization's plans to monitor civilian data and enforce mass surveillance.

Why similar: Crime 28%, Hacking 26.5% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Stealth 7.6%

Thick as Thieves is a stealth-action heist game, playable solo or with a partner in crime in co-op multiplayer. Master the art of thievery through cunning gameplay across a 4-hour campaign in this dynamic new take on stealth.

Why similar: Heist 55% ★, Stealth 14.7%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, First-Person 7.8%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Face unpredictable dangers, fight perilous fires with your crew, and save lives in Firefighting Simulator: Ignite. Step into the boots of a U.S. firefighter and play with up to 3 friends or with the help of your NPC controlled crew members.

Why similar: Simulation 19.7%, Multiplayer 17.5%, Co-op Campaign 14.3% ★, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Immersive Sim 10.9%

Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.

Why similar: Hacking 35.1% ★, Crime 34%, Simulation 12.5%, Realistic 7.6%, First-Person 5.7%

One-armed robber is a chaotic first-person heist game that centers around a uniquely challenging premise. Players take the role of a determined robber equipped with only one arm, tasked with pulling off daring heists on banks, shops, and various establishments.

Why similar: Heist 43.8% ★, Multiplayer 19.9%, FPS 8.6%, Stealth 6.4%, Simulation 5.5%

Keep Digging is a digging survival craft game for up to 8 players. Explore a procedurally generated 5000m underground world, bring back ores, blueprints, and fossils, then use the smelter, forge, and enchantments to build your gear! Team up in co-op or compete for items in PvP.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 31.8%, Multiplayer 23.2%, Simulation 14.1%, First-Person 11.3%, Co-op 9%

Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!

Why similar: Heist 49.2% ★, Multiplayer 14.5%, Stealth 12.1%, FPS 11%, First-Person 5.6%

Start from nothing and rise to the top as you expand your criminal empire in Drug Lord Tycoon.

Why similar: Crime 43%, FPS 13.8%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Simulation 10.4%, Immersive Sim 8%

Old Market Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you manage your market by ordering goods, growing produce, raising animals, fishing, and crafting items in your workshop, while hiring employees and expanding your business.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.5%, Life Sim 18.6%, Multiplayer 15%, Simulation 13.2%, Immersive Sim 11.7%

KEEP GAMBLING is a hostile friendslop gamble-em-up featuring LOTTO TICKET, CASE OPENING, SLOTS, and SUBSTANCE ABUSE simulations. Work with or against your friends to repay your debt.

Why similar: Multiplayer 40.5%, Simulation 28.3%, FPS 17.2%, Action 6.9%, Realistic 5.9%

Play solo or co-op with up to 5 players to find oil, store crude, refine fuels, and sell them at gas stations and shop. Dig for gems and fossils, upgrade your gear, lease new land, and dominate the city as the biggest oil supplier!

Why similar: Multiplayer 21.2%, Online Co-Op 16%, Life Sim 13.7%, Immersive Sim 13.5%, Driving 12.6%

You tried to escape prison but got caught. Instead of prison, they gave you a debt. Manage a toll booth on a desert highway. Check passports, take payments, and decide who passes. Grow fruit, mix mocktails, sell drinks, and dodge the cops. The only way to earn freedom is by paying off your debt.

Why similar: Crime 38.4%, Life Sim 16.5%, Simulation 10.8%, Driving 9.8%, First-Person 8.3%