Games Like Crime Simulator: Playgrounds

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 47% ★, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Co-op 12.7%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the chaotic, physics-based cooperative heist gameplay found in Crime Simulator: Playgrounds.

The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time is a sandboxy physics game for 1-8 players, with everything from sneaky heists to hilarous stupidity to baking pizzas. With continuous updates, plenty of maps, and hundreds of items, clothes and quests, it has something for everyone.

Why similar: Heist 55.7% ★, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Co-op 9.7%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Action-Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly absurd, cartoony, and physics-driven approach to planning and executing heists with friends.

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 31.4% ★, Crime 18.6%, Co-op Campaign 11.7% ★, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This cooperative burglary simulator captures the same lighthearted, physics-focused approach to breaking into buildings.

Rubber Bandits is a criminally fun multiplayer party game for up to 4 players. With 8 action-packed game modes, players steal, brawl, and dash to the finish line with the most loot to win!

Why similar: Heist 46.2% ★, Online Co-Op 16%, Co-op 14.2%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Funny 7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based party brawler that emphasizes stealing loot and causing mayhem in a highly destructible environment.

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 25% ★, Crime 17.7%, Co-op Campaign 16.8% ★, Driving 10.5%, Co-op 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world crime game that balances absurd humor with cooperative exploration and destruction.

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 47% ★, Multiplayer 16.9%, Co-op 13.7%, FPS 7%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play heist game that focuses on the same cooperative, first-person crime-spree mechanics.

Escape prison with your friends by equipping tools, evading guards, and executing your breakout plan. Destructible environments, proximity chat, a multitude of escape routes, 10 player lobbies, and a full custom map editor!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.3%, Co-op 18%, Multiplayer 17.4%, FPS 13.5%, Funny 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A hilarious, physics-based escape game that relies on cooperative chaos and creative problem-solving.

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 29.2%, Co-op 28.9%, Online Co-Op 23.4%, Action 9.4%, Funny 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox crime game allows for immense freedom and chaotic emergent gameplay that feels right at home with the seed title.

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 31.9% ★, Co-op Campaign 20.3% ★, Driving 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Co-op 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for physics-based destruction, allowing you to dismantle environments to complete your heist objectives.

Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.

Why similar: Multiplayer 31.3%, First-Person 21.7%, FPS 17.2%, Funny 13.6%, Action 13%

Why You'll Like It: It features intense, physics-based first-person combat that captures the destructive, chaotic energy of the seed game.

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.

Why similar: Heist 35.3% ★, Crime 16.7%, Co-op 14%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, FPS 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more tactical, it remains the definitive cooperative heist experience with plenty of room for chaotic playstyles.

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 31.6% ★, Crime 25.2%, Driving 10.1%, Hacking 9% ★, First-Person 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A more grounded take on the burglary genre that still offers plenty of opportunities for chaotic, first-person crime.

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 34.8% ★, Crime 20.1%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Co-op 10.1%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person shooter that focuses on cooperative heist missions with a distinct, over-the-top action movie vibe.

Film your friends doing scary things to become SpöökTube famous! (strongly advised to not go alone)

Why similar: Online Co-Op 35.9%, Co-op 22.5%, Multiplayer 18.6%, First-Person 12.8%, Funny 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative game that thrives on chaotic, funny, and physics-heavy moments while exploring dangerous locations.

A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 44.4%, Co-op 23.8%, First-Person 14.9%, Funny 9.6%, Action-Adventure 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends cooperative scavenging with physics-based comedy and high-stakes tension in a way that feels very similar.

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Why similar: Funny 35.2%, Open World 20.7%, Co-op 16.1%, Simulation 15.1%, Action 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential physics-based sandbox game where the primary goal is causing as much destruction as possible.

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 35.3% ★, Hacking 15.7% ★, Crime 13.8%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Co-op 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative heist game that adds a layer of tension and hacking to the standard burglary formula.

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

Why similar: Crime 29.9%, Co-op 14.9%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, First-Person 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, simulation-heavy crime game that shares the same focus on urban exploration and mayhem.

Fight your friends as puppies, kittens and other fuzzy creatures in PARTY ANIMALS! Paw it out with your friends remotely, or huddle together for chaotic fun on the same screen. Interact with the world under our realistic physics engine. Did I mention PUPPIES?

Why similar: Multiplayer 28.9%, Online Co-Op 21.6%, Co-op 21.1%, Funny 15.6%, Action-Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based brawler that emphasizes hilarious, unscripted cooperative interactions and environmental chaos.

Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.

Why similar: Multiplayer 40.9%, Co-op 28.3%, Funny 27.8%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: This game is built entirely around clumsy, physics-based combat that creates endless comedic moments with friends.

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: Crime 33.7%, Heist 29.6% ★, Multiplayer 10%, Life Sim 9.2%, First-Person 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique perspective on the crime genre by focusing on the cleanup process with satisfying physics-based mechanics.

Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.

Why similar: Co-op 30.7%, Multiplayer 17.7%, Funny 14.6%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Action 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based cooperative game where the challenge comes from the hilariously difficult controls and chaotic environment.

Get ready to defy rules and create paw-some chaos. Pick your cat and embrace the cuteness overload. Let the fur-tastic fun take over, as multiplayer madness unfolds in this open-world adventure.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 30%, Co-op 24.6%, Multiplayer 19.8%, Funny 10.2%, Action 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted, open-world crime game that focuses on exploration and chaotic fun in a multiplayer setting.

Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.

Why similar: Co-op 35.7%, Multiplayer 23.8%, Action 19.4%, Simulation 9.8%, Funny 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative physics game that turns mundane tasks into chaotic, destructive, and hilarious cooperative challenges.

Play solo or in up to 10-player multiplayer co-op! Flashing Lights is an open world police, firefighting and EMS simulator game with plenty of opportunity for role-play or more relaxed fun with friends. Become the law or save lives! Discover leagues of player-created mods!

Why similar: Crime 35.1%, Driving 24.3%, Multiplayer 12.7%, FPS 10.9%, Open World 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: While a simulator, it offers cooperative, open-world crime and emergency response gameplay that fits the sandbox theme.

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

Why similar: Heist 34.9% ★, Crime 18.4%, Co-op 11.1%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, FPS 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: The classic cooperative heist shooter that established the genre's focus on teamwork and objective-based crime.

Sub Rosa is a multiplayer first-person shooter about tense deals, double-crosses, and the occasional high-speed car chase.

Why similar: Crime 28.1%, Multiplayer 18.8%, FPS 14.8%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Co-op 8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique multiplayer game that focuses on tense, physics-based negotiations and shootouts in a crime-ridden setting.

You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?

Why similar: Heist 24.7% ★, Crime 15%, Co-op Campaign 13.2% ★, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Multiplayer 7%

In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning up after various horrific sci-fi horror events. Instead of machineguns and plasma-rifles, your tools are a mop and bucket. That hero left a mess, and it's up to you to deal with the aftermath.

Why similar: Co-op 32.1%, Multiplayer 26.8%, First-Person 19.1%, Funny 11.7%, Simulation 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It takes the aftermath of the chaos seen in the seed game and turns it into a physics-based cleaning simulation.

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

Why similar: Co-op 45.7%, Multiplayer 28%, Action 15.6%, Funny 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane, side-scrolling action game where the entire environment is destructible and the chaos is constant.

Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.

Why similar: Multiplayer 40.3%, Online Co-Op 20%, Funny 19.6%, Co-op 12.4%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, physics-based combat game that relies on chaotic, short-burst matches similar to the seed game's vibe.

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 30.3% ★, Crime 23.3%, Co-op 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.7%, First-Person 6.2%

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 34.3% ★, Crime 27.9%, Co-op 10.8%, First-Person 6.8%, FPS 4.3%

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 45.2%, Multiplayer 28.4%, First-Person 8.3%, Life Sim 8%, Simulation 6.4%

No packages? No problem! Break in. Scrap everything. Deliver... A chaotic online co-op game for up to 5 players (or 15 if you really want to)!

Why similar: Heist 34.2% ★, Crime 21.9%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Co-op 10.5%, Multiplayer 10.2%

Grapples Galore is a fast-paced online multiplayer arena shooter with physics-based grappling hook movement, active ragdolls, and thrilling gunplay.

Why similar: Multiplayer 65.2%, Funny 21.7%, Action 13.1%

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 38.8% ★, Crime 20%, Co-op 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9%, Multiplayer 7.5%

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 28.3%, Heist 22.1% ★, Multiplayer 9.9%, Co-op 8.2%, Driving 6%

One-armed cook is a chaotic co-op cooking game for up to 4 people. Work as a team or cook on your own, set your own pace, and don't let the stress of a full restaurant catch up to you. The goofy physics-based aspect of the game gives this cooking game a new twist.

Why similar: Multiplayer 28.4%, Co-op 25.6%, Online Co-Op 22.4%, Funny 10.1%, First-Person 8.5%

Melon Simulator™ is a chaotic, co-op (1 - 4 players), first person melee combat game. Almost anything that isn't nailed down can be used to whack, slice, and throw at the oncoming melon hoard...

Why similar: Online Co-Op 22%, Co-op 18.3%, Multiplayer 16.1%, First-Person 12.8%, FPS 12.4%

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 41.4%, Multiplayer 22.2%, Co-op 19.8%, First-Person 7%, Simulation 6.7%

A chaotic “Goofylike” co-op cleaning sim for up to 4 players. Purr cats, cast spells, clean messes, craft weird tools, and cause trouble in equal measure. Your mission? Make it shine or at least less disgusting.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.1%, Co-op 18.8%, Multiplayer 14.2%, First-Person 12.7%, Funny 9.5%

Dive into a hilarious sandbox BBQ experience with friends! Grill, serve, and manage mayhem as meats soar and sizzle. Craft your grill, cook steaks, and feed everyone before hunger strikes!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.5%, Multiplayer 21.7%, Life Sim 16.4%, Funny 13.3%, First-Person 12.7%

The ultimate party game! In The Mosquito Gang, team up to battle mutant mosquito swarms in co-op PvE or fight in chaotic asymmetric PvP. Outrageous weapons, wild powers, and nonstop laughter—bring the party to life!

Why similar: Multiplayer 25.9%, Co-op 23.8%, Funny 14.5%, Online Co-Op 13.1%, First-Person 11.3%

Play solo or with up to 16 friends in a chaotic grocery store showdown! Manage, grow, and compete against rival stores in a fun, lighthearted battle of wits and strategy. Who will be the ultimate grocery tycoon? Sabotage, upgrade, and outwit your friends in this unpredictable simulator!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 38.9%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Funny 13.7%, Life Sim 10%, Simulation 7.6%

Stealth and rebellion in an absurd totalitarian government.

Why similar: Crime 34.2%, Action 18.7%, Co-op 15.1%, First-Person 12%, Funny 9.2%

Pyroworks is a free-to-play online multiplayer game containing fireworks from real-life companies from all over the globe. You can choose to make your own show, cause destruction and chaos or simulate new years. Don't miss out on playing with your friends - the most fun part.

Why similar: Multiplayer 40%, First-Person 24.2%, Open World 11.2%, Action 8.3%, Simulation 7.8%

Dark Hours: Prologue is a free 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 a monster. Forget your plan, your mission: survive! Explore and cooperate to find a way out or hide and wish for daylight.

Why similar: Heist 37.6% ★, Online Co-Op 23.4%, Multiplayer 17.4%, Co-op 12.2%, Funny 7.3%

Firefighting Simulator lets you experience what it means to fight fires up close as an active part of a major US city's firefighting crew - together with up to 3 friends in the co-op multiplayer- or in the single player mode.

Why similar: Driving 20.6%, Online Co-Op 20.3%, Co-op 17.7%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Action 5.6%

Dude Simulator is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.

Why similar: Multiplayer 25.9%, Funny 19.1%, First-Person 15.4%, Open World 15%, Action 10.9%

Become a hacker and build your online reputation to the top by discovering a simplified and enjoyable version of real-life hacking methods. Complete contracts, buy new programs, upgrade your computer, crack wifi networks and infiltrate peoples or companies online systems.

Why similar: Crime 33.4%, Hacking 31.7% ★, First-Person 10.6%, Action 7.4%, Simulation 6.2%

Survive the fast, chaotic roads with your friends! Or experience your favorite music in the Audio Drive mode. The audio affects the environment and speed.

Why similar: Crime 26%, Online Co-Op 20%, Driving 19%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Funny 6.9%

Kitchen Wars is a fast-paced party game with 2-8 players that plunges players into the chaos of a restaurant, where they must engage in strategic fights and theft while serving their customers.

Why similar: Heist 46.5% ★, Online Co-Op 26.3%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Funny 8.5%, Action 4.3%

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 56.5%, Co-op 8.1%, First-Person 7.8%, Action 7.8%, Simulation 6.9%

Deconstruction Simulator is the ultimate demolition simulator, offering you complete freedom of action and a wide array of contracts to complete. Get ready for spectacular destruction.

Why similar: First-Person 39.6%, Realistic 16%, Simulation 13.2%, Funny 10.6%, Open World 10.5%

Build your team of mechanics and work together to repair and deliver as many cars as possible before the time runs out! Playable with up to 4 players, locally or online, Mechanic Heroes will make you love mechanics or simply hate your friends.

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 27% ★, Online Co-Op 17.8%, Driving 16.8%, Co-op 11.7%, Multiplayer 11.1%