Games Like The Break-In

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: VR 25%, Crime 18.5%, Stealth 14.5%, Heist 14.5% ★, Simulation 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is the most direct VR equivalent, offering a dedicated simulation of breaking into houses and stealing valuables.

Boo Men is a 1-4 player online co-op horror game. You and your crew of burglars are tasked with stealing from ghosts. Just remember to stay in the light because you never know what could be lurking in the dark...

Why similar: Heist 37% ★, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Stealth 13.6%, Multiplayer 9%, Horror 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the exact same vibe of co-op heist horror where you must coordinate with friends to steal items while avoiding detection.

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 38.5% ★, Multiplayer 14.4%, Stealth 11.5%, Co-op 9.6%, VR 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, co-op heist game that focuses on the thrill of breaking in and escaping with as much loot as possible.

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 27.8% ★, Crime 22.9%, Stealth 19.7%, Simulation 7.8%, Co-op 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: The non-VR foundation of the genre, providing a deep simulation of planning and executing residential burglaries.

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 40.4% ★, Crime 13.8%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Immersive Sim 7.3%, Horror 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends stealth and heist mechanics with a psychological horror atmosphere, perfect for fans of the creepier side of The Break-In.

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 36.6% ★, Co-op Campaign 14.4% ★, Online Co-Op 11.1%, Physics 10.2%, Multiplayer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled physics-based destruction that allows you to create your own entry points during high-stakes heists.

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 27.8% ★, Crime 18%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Co-op Campaign 9.1% ★, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the multiplayer heist experience, allowing players to coordinate criminal activities in a sandbox environment.

A co-op horror comedy game for you and your friends about burglarizing a nightmarish neighborhood full of mutated pets. No one said this would be easy, but maybe you can make it out of there with a sweet wood paneled video cassette recorder.

Why similar: Heist 37% ★, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Co-op 10.1%, Physics 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-heavy, comedic co-op game that leans into the absurdity of breaking and entering.

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

Why similar: Online Co-Op 36.6%, Horror 16.7%, Co-op 15.7%, Funny 10.9%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on scavenging, it shares the chaotic, physics-based co-op comedy and high-stakes heist atmosphere.

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 46.8% ★, Stealth 25.5%, Immersive Sim 12%, First-Person 5.4%, Multiplayer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a more immersive-sim approach to the heist genre, rewarding stealth and creative problem-solving.

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

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.9%, Multiplayer 13.1%, Horror 12.8%, Co-op 12.7%, Physics 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same hilarious, physics-driven co-op chaos where you and your friends try to survive while documenting your exploits.

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 27.3% ★, Co-op 16.7%, Funny 11.5%, Stealth 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous co-op game that puts you in the shoes of a gnome pulling off heists in a first-person perspective.

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 40.1% ★, Crime 21.2%, Stealth 20.1%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Action-Adventure 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world stealth game that captures the classic burglary experience with a distinct retro aesthetic.

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 60.4% ★, Stealth 26.4%, Simulation 8.9%, Action-Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated VR experience that focuses on the technical and strategic aspects of pulling off complex robberies.

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 31.5% ★, Crime 18.4%, Co-op Campaign 11.7% ★, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style heist game that emphasizes multiplayer interaction and first-person criminal action.

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: Heist 39.3% ★, Stealth 31.8%, Crime 9.2%, Multiplayer 7.3%, First-Person 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted stealth game that mixes burglary with various action and strategy elements.

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 31.1% ★, Crime 25.3%, Stealth 20.5%, Simulation 6.9%, Co-op 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original simulation mechanics with more tools and larger environments to burgle.

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: Simulation 25.5%, Co-op 23.9%, Multiplayer 19.5%, Action 12.6%, Funny 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: While not a crime game, it perfectly captures the physics-based, chaotic co-op gameplay of moving large objects quickly.

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Co-op 25.7%, Multiplayer 21.6%, Physics 20.3%, Funny 19.2%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that thrives on the same accidental comedy and clumsy movement found in The Break-In.

Welcome to Klepto where there's no place like a burglarized home. In this burglary simulation you'll explore, terrorize and loot your way to success in a variety of open-world sandbox neighborhoods. **VR is NOT required for this game.

Why similar: Crime 36.6%, VR 20.4%, Stealth 14.4%, Simulation 13.1%, Multiplayer 10%

Why You'll Like It: An early-access title that focuses on the simulation of criminal activities and stealthy acquisition of goods.

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

Why similar: Crime 29.5%, Co-op 11.6%, Multiplayer 11%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Online Co-Op 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy co-op game that features crime and survival elements in a gritty urban setting.

First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.

Why similar: Co-op 26.5%, Multiplayer 21.9%, Online Co-Op 19.3%, VR 15.6%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a VR-compatible co-op experience that focuses on interacting with objects to solve puzzles and escape rooms.

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 21.1%, Physics 19.3%, Funny 17.3%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Simulation 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features hilarious, physics-based co-op gameplay where the goal is to transport items, often resulting in chaotic failure.

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 34% ★, Crime 16.5%, Stealth 14%, Co-op 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive co-op heist experience, offering deep customization and intense action sequences.

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 29.3% ★, Crime 21.3%, Co-op Campaign 12.2% ★, Funny 8.4%, Immersive Sim 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A funny, open-world crime game that allows for chaotic exploration and theft in a stylized city.

FOREWARNED is a 1-4 player co-op survival horror. Delve deep into ancient Egyptian ruins with your team of fellow archaeologists. Investigate phenomena, collect treasure, discover lore, survive danger, and banish the evil that lurks within.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.5%, VR 19.3%, Horror 15.2%, Co-op 14.5%, Multiplayer 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-supported co-op game where you explore dangerous locations to steal artifacts while avoiding supernatural threats.

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 25.8%, Co-op 24%, Physics 21.7%, Funny 21.6%, Action 7%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer brawler that relies on physics-based combat and movement, capturing the same silly, uncoordinated feel.

An online VR co-op horror game about delivering parcels into haunted mines. Avoid monsters, drop off packages, and pray you reach the quota! Team up with up to 5 other delivery goblins, survive your shift and pay back your student loans. (VR crossplay supported)

Why similar: VR 22.9%, Online Co-Op 16.6%, Stealth 13.6%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Co-op 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-focused horror-comedy game that requires co-op teamwork to complete dangerous delivery-based heists.

Eggstraction is a multiplayer (4vs1) game where a group of chickens must steal their eggs back from a furious farmer. Dodge dangerous traps, blast down barricades and make use of whacky abilities to avoid ending up back in the cage.

Why similar: Heist 36.2% ★, Stealth 16.7%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Co-op 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cartoony, multiplayer co-op game focused on high-stakes heists and team-based coordination.

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 46.1% ★, Stealth 12.3%, Online Co-Op 9%, Funny 6.8%, Co-op 6.5%

The ultimate spy-vs-guards simulator. Carefully sneak your way to the objective as Intruders or use the wide variety of tactical gadgets to trap your opponents as Guards. Intruder allows for stealth, teamwork, and environmental interactions never before seen in a multiplayer game.

Why similar: Stealth 37.8%, Physics 15.9%, Funny 13%, Multiplayer 12%, First-Person 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical stealth game that uses physics and communication to create tense, high-stakes multiplayer encounters.

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 28.7% ★, Crime 22.5%, Co-op 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Simulation 6.8%

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 31.2% ★, Crime 20%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Physics 9.4%

An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.1%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Stealth 13.9%, Horror 12.5%, Co-op 11.7%

Drunkn Bar Fight is a simple, immersive, silly, rowdy game. Now with 4 player Co-op! The only limits to the mayhem is your imagination and your moral decency.

Why similar: VR 55.9%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Funny 13.7%, Action 12%

Climb up from the depths of Hell. Scale various worlds solo or chained together with your friends in the 1-4 player platforming sensation.

Why similar: Co-op 20.6%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, Multiplayer 11.2%, 3D Platformer 10.9%, Platformer 10%

KILL IT WITH FIRE! 2 is the ultimate co-op spider-hunting experience! Either solo or as a team of Exterminators, unleash an arsenal of crazy weapons, wreak havoc, and complete dozens of challenges across seven dimensions under spider siege.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.6%, Co-op 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Physics 10.8%, Funny 9.5%

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

Why similar: Heist 37.2% ★, Crime 20.1%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Co-op 9.6%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Plan your heist, gear up with weapons and gadgets, and infiltrate in randomly Generated Missions. Go full stealth or guns blazing in Panther VR: an upcoming VR stealth game. Built by and for fans of the Stealth Genre. Everything can be stolen, the rest is up to you.

Why similar: Heist 38.1% ★, VR 20.6%, Stealth 20.3%, Crime 18.2%, Action 2.7%

STEAL THE PIG! is a cooperative game where two thieves must steal a stubborn pig and deliver it safely while overcoming traps and puzzles. Play with a friend in multiplayer, choose your difficulty level, and make sure the pig doesn’t escape!

Why similar: Co-op 18.1%, Online Co-Op 18%, Multiplayer 12.6%, 3D Platformer 11.9%, Funny 10.1%

Run, jump, and climb using only your hands. Play tag or infection with people online. Run away from the infected players, or outmaneuver the survivors to catch them. Embrace your inner ape.

Why similar: VR 36.1%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Funny 11.1%, 3D Platformer 8.4%, Horror 8.2%

Live Inc. is an online 2vs2 heist game where two opposing players play in a cat and mouse scenario and their team members play as overseers of the map. Teams can use unique mechanics to interact with the map and must work together to outsmart their opponent.

Why similar: Heist 44.5% ★, Stealth 21.9%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Co-op 5.5%

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 34.5% ★, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Co-op 12.1%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Physics 10.8%

A co-op adventure about driving your Recreational Vehicle home.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.9%, Multiplayer 23.4%, Co-op 20.9%, Funny 13.3%, Physics 8.6%

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 34.2% ★, Crime 20.2%, Stealth 12.6%, Online Co-Op 10.6%, Co-op 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 35.9% ★, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Stealth 12.7%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Co-op 7.9%

A House of Thieves is a level-based stealth comedy-horror game about a Thief who doesn't go shopping but instead takes his shopping list and breaks into random houses to get his things.

Why similar: Heist 50.9% ★, Stealth 26%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Funny 5.3%, First-Person 4.9%

Can you escape with the loot? Play as the Master Thief and steal as much as you can. Burgle houses in order to obtain some sweet, sweet loot but, be careful, do not get caught!.

Why similar: Crime 32.6%, Stealth 28%, Multiplayer 12.6%, Co-op 12.1%, Funny 8.6%

Stealth and rebellion in an absurd totalitarian government.

Why similar: Crime 26.2%, Stealth 26.1%, Action 11.1%, Funny 9.5%, Co-op 9.1%

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

Why similar: Crime 33.3%, Multiplayer 21.6%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Co-op 7.5%, Physics 7%

Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.8%, Horror 20.5%, VR 19.3%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Co-op 11.3%

You are bound by a chain — every step matters. Break the Chain is a physics-based solo and co-op puzzle game where precision, timing, and teamwork are everything. One mistake can pull everyone down. Fall, restart, and fight your way to freedom.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 17.9%, Co-op 12.7%, 3D Platformer 12.5%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Platformer 10.1%

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 40.6% ★, Crime 30.1%, Stealth 19.8%, Platformer 6.7%, Action 2.9%

Hotel R’n’R, the gonzo VR rockstar simulator! Sell your soul to The Devil, smash up hotels and become Infamous. Pressure from hotel staff and your own limp wrists are against you, but with over 40 weapons, and a World Tour ahead of you, it’s time to get creative.

Why similar: VR 43.9%, Simulation 17.2%, Physics 16.4%, Funny 8.9%, Action 8.8%

An online co-op horror experience for up to 4 players. Use your elastic arms to grab valuable loot for your captain. But be careful, danger lurks around every corner trying to take your booty!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.6%, Co-op 14.3%, Funny 12%, Horror 11.5%, Physics 11.5%

Leap, climb, and launch your friends in this chaotic co-op extraction platformer for up to 6 players! Use your drill-wrench to build your way across a vibrant post-apocalyptic world, find replacement parts, and fix broken machines. And if you lose your head, don’t worry: it’s all part of the job.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.7%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Co-op 15.8%, Physics 13.9%, Platformer 8%

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 50.2% ★, Stealth 25%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Funny 4.8%, First-Person 4.6%