- #1 Door Kickers
97% matchVery Positive94% of 9,980 reviews2014
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Why similar: Tactical 47.5%, Top-Down 18.7%, Strategy 17%, Action 5.1%, 2D 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the most similar tactical, top-down, squad-based planning and execution mechanics.
- #2 Crookz - The Big Heist
96% matchVery Positive82% of 352 reviews2015
Dev: Skilltree StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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.
Why similar: Heist 57% ★, Stealth 20.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Tactical 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated heist strategy game that focuses on planning and executing complex robberies with a specialized crew.
- #3 Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
96% matchVery Positive91% of 8,532 reviews2013
Dev: Pocketwatch GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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% ★, Stealth 19.8%, Crime 11.8%, Top-Down 7.2%, Great Soundtrack 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic top-down heist game that emphasizes cooperative stealth and unique character abilities.
- #4 Invisible, Inc.
95% matchVery Positive91% of 5,719 reviews2015
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Why similar: Stealth 47.6%, Tactical 31.8%, Strategy 18.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in turn-based stealth and heist-like infiltration with deep squad management.
- #5 Heat Signature
94% matchVery Positive94% of 7,334 reviews2017
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
Why similar: Stealth 38.3%, Top-Down 21%, Tactical 12.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Action 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features top-down, tactical, heist-focused gameplay where you infiltrate ships using stealth and gadgets.
- #6 Gunpoint
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,251 reviews2013
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
Why similar: Stealth 49.9%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Puzzle 9%, Strategy 7.8%, Indie 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D stealth game that focuses on clever infiltration and using gadgets to manipulate the environment.
- #7 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,121 reviews2016
Dev: Mimimi GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Why similar: Stealth 46.3%, Tactical 30.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Great Soundtrack 2.5%, Indie 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides high-stakes tactical stealth where you control a squad of specialists to complete complex missions.
- #8 Serial Cleaner
92% matchVery Positive85% of 3,942 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: Stealth 50.2%, Crime 13.8%, Top-Down 10.7%, Action 9.7%, Indie 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down stealth game where you must clean up crime scenes without being detected by police.
- #9 No Plan B
91% matchVery Positive87% of 793 reviews2024
Dev: GFX47
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
Why similar: Top-Down 29.6%, Strategy 27.1%, Tactical 26.2%, Indie 7.6%, Action 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical squad-based game that focuses on planning and executing high-pressure missions from a top-down perspective.
- #10 The Swindle
91% matchMixed64% of 630 reviews2015
Dev: Size Five Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 44.1% ★, Crime 29.5%, Stealth 17.3%, Action 3.6%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D heist game that combines stealth, platforming, and procedural generation for high-stakes robberies.
- #11 Desperados III
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,197 reviews2020
Dev: Mimimi GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
Why similar: Stealth 43.3%, Tactical 25.8%, Strategy 17.9%, Top-Down 4.3%, Great Soundtrack 4%
Why You'll Like It: A deep tactical stealth game that requires precise squad control and planning to overcome overwhelming odds.
- #12 Intravenous
89% matchVery Positive90% of 5,357 reviews2021
Dev: Explosive Squat GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!
Why similar: Stealth 35.2%, Tactical 27.7%, Crime 15.4%, Top-Down 9.2%, Strategy 4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical top-down game that emphasizes stealth and careful planning to infiltrate secure locations.
- #13 The Marvellous Miss Take
90% matchVery Positive81% of 322 reviews2014
Dev: Wonderstruck
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The stealth genre gets turned on its head in The Marvellous Miss Take – the only heist adventure that invites you to steal with style! Use cunning, guile and the art of deception to grab the loot and escape without getting caught by the guards!
Why similar: Heist 57.2% ★, Stealth 32%, Action 5.4%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused heist game that requires careful movement and timing to avoid detection.
- #14 UNDETECTED
87% matchMixed68% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Antonio FreyrePub: Digerati
Windows
Stealth your way through the shadows and uncover a corporate conspiracy. Become a cyber-augmented agent in this gameplay-focused stealth game that brings classic sneaking to the modern era.
Why similar: Heist 38.4% ★, Stealth 21.2%, Tactical 16.2%, Top-Down 11.9%, Retro 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down stealth game that focuses on non-lethal infiltration and tactical movement.
- #15 Company of Crime
88% matchMixed47% of 215 reviews2020
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Company of Crime places you in the heart of 1960s London. Will you build an influential criminal empire, or head up an elite Scotland Yard task force and crack down on the rising tide of corruption? Case out targets, then dive into the melee with your hand-picked team of gangsters or detectives.
Why similar: Crime 41.9%, Tactical 22%, Top-Down 16.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Action 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based tactical combat with a crime-syndicate management theme set in 1960s London.
- #16 Frozen Synapse
86% matchVery Positive83% of 2,618 reviews2011
Dev: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.
Why similar: Tactical 36.4%, Great Soundtrack 29.4%, Strategy 19.3%, Top-Down 8.4%, Indie 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game that focuses on simultaneous turn-based planning and squad execution.
- #17 Volume
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 710 reviews2015
Dev: Bithell Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pure stealth action and infinite level creation from the award-winning studio behind Thomas Was Alone. Enter the Volume to halt Gisborne Industries' corruption and train the masses to rob from the rich.
Why similar: Heist 53.4% ★, Stealth 21.9%, Top-Down 11.3%, Puzzle 4.5%, Action 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused heist game that emphasizes avoiding detection through clever movement and gadgets.
- #18 Satellite Reign
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 5,308 reviews2015
Dev: 5 Lives Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.
Why similar: Tactical 26.3%, Stealth 23.6%, Strategy 19%, Top-Down 11.8%, Action 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A squad-based tactical game that features top-down infiltration and stealth-heavy gameplay in a cyberpunk setting.
- #19 Party Hard
84% matchVery Positive90% of 12,288 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: Stealth 28.4%, Crime 19.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Retro 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down stealth game where you must tactically eliminate targets without being caught.
- #20 American Theft 80s
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,002 reviews2022
Dev: Noble MuffinsPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 49.7% ★, Crime 23.9%, Stealth 20.1%, Action 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: A heist-themed game that focuses on stealth, burglary, and planning in a 1980s setting.
- #21 Burgle Bros.
84% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2017
Dev: Fowers Games
Windows
Burgle Bros. blends high-tension teamwork, stealth and brain-twisting puzzles.
Why similar: Heist 65.5% ★, Stealth 17.4%, Strategy 7%, Indie 3.3%, 2D 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A digital adaptation of a heist board game that emphasizes tactical planning and stealth.
- #22 Serial Cleaners
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 453 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: Crime 30%, Stealth 21.4%, Tactical 16%, Top-Down 11.7%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A sequel that expands on the top-down stealth and crime-scene cleanup mechanics of the original.
- #23 Spirited Thief
82% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2023
Dev: Koi Snowman GamesPub: Ishtar Games
Windows · Linux
Scout, loot, and get out in Spirited Thief, a tactical turn-based heist simulator with a twist. Search ahead as spirit, Trin, and grab the goods as thief, Elaj. Just make sure you have the loot before the guards come looking!
Why similar: Heist 48.2% ★, Stealth 21.2%, Tactical 10%, Top-Down 9.4%, Strategy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based stealth game where you plan your heist and execute it with tactical precision.
- #24 Monaco 2
81% matchMixed67% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: Pocketwatch GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Get your crew back together for the ultimate heist experience! Return to Monaco, plan your operation, and skedaddle when things inevitably go awry in this co-op heist game. The city is yours for the taking!
Why similar: Heist 42.7% ★, Crime 16%, Stealth 10.8%, Loot 9.8%, Top-Down 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: The sequel to the classic heist game, offering refined top-down cooperative stealth and strategy.
- #25 Tactical Breach Wizards
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,483 reviews2024
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Why similar: Tactical 54%, Puzzle 18.7%, Strategy 13.3%, Indie 7.4%, Singleplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical squad-based game that focuses on planning and executing complex room breaches.
- #26 Gone Rogue
80% matchVery Positive89% of 297 reviews2023
Dev: AskaLot Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Gone Rogue is a tactical stealth game with RPG elements. Get into the role of a thief from the city slums. Lurking in the shadows, sneak unnoticed past enemies, get behind any locked doors, and carry off rich loot.
Why similar: Heist 36.3% ★, Stealth 17.2%, Loot 13.1%, Crime 12.4%, Tactical 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical stealth RPG that focuses on infiltration and heist-like objectives.
- #27 Filcher
81% matchVery Positive92% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: Johan HjärpePub: MythoLogic Interactive
Windows
Filcher is a first-person 2.5D noir stealth game. As Sporey the master thief, break into guarded buildings to steal from the wealthy and corrupt, using only your senses, your wits, and a handful of tools and gadgets.
Why similar: Stealth 55.3%, Crime 21.5%, Retro 14.9%, Singleplayer 5.1%, Indie 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated stealth-heist game that focuses on sneaking into secure locations to steal valuables.
- #28 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
78% matchVery Positive90% of 20,374 reviews2018
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Why similar: Tactical 37.4%, Strategy 29.7%, Stealth 27.4%, Action 3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features tactical squad-based combat and stealth exploration in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #29 Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
79% matchVery Positive90% of 3,945 reviews2007
Dev: Pyro StudiosPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.
Why similar: Stealth 42.3%, Tactical 29.7%, Strategy 18.4%, Action 6.2%, Retro 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational tactical squad-based stealth game that defined the genre.
- #30 Party Hard 2
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,230 reviews2018
Dev: Pinokl GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
It's 3am and you just want to get some sleep. Welcome back to Party Hard! Stop parties using hundreds of new ways, incidentally destroy a drug syndicate, and save the Earth from an alien invasion. May the chickens be with you!
Why similar: Stealth 31.5%, Great Soundtrack 21.7%, Tactical 11.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Top-Down 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original top-down stealth mechanics with more tactical options and gadgets.
- #31 Crime Boss: Rockay City
75% matchMixed68% of 9,690 reviews2024
Dev: INGAME STUDIOSPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 45% ★, Crime 24.1%, Stealth 13.4%, Tactical 12.1%, Action 3.8%
- #32 Sneak Thief
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,858 reviews2022
Dev: Nicholas Rizzo
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 43% ★, Stealth 28.4%, Crime 8.6%, Strategy 7.8%, Action 4.7%
- #33 PAYDAY™ The Heist
77% matchVery Positive93% of 40,756 reviews2011
Dev: OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.Pub: Starbreeze Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”
Why similar: Heist 47.3% ★, Crime 23.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.8%, Stealth 7.8%, Tactical 6%
- #34 SteamWorld Heist
76% matchVery Positive94% of 6,137 reviews2016
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!
Why similar: Heist 34.6% ★, Strategy 24.1%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Action 7.5%, Indie 6.6%
- #35 The Chameleon
75% matchVery Positive91% of 180 reviews2021
Dev: Antonio FreyrePub: Merlino Games
Windows
A tense stealth game with super-powers, set in the 70s, filled with glorious fat pixels. Transform into enemies, dash, teleport, slow time and super-punch your way through this moody retro stealth game.
Why similar: Heist 56.7% ★, Stealth 25.5%, Retro 10.7%, Action 3.5%, Indie 2%
- #36 PAYDAY 3
74% matchMixed44% of 63,323 reviews2023
Dev: Starbreeze StudiosPub: Starbreeze Entertainment
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 48.9% ★, Crime 23.4%, Stealth 13.5%, Tactical 10.9%, Action 3.3%
- #37 Intravenous 2
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,213 reviews2024
Dev: Explosive Squat GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.
Why similar: Crime 27.7%, Stealth 26.5%, Tactical 24.3%, Top-Down 10.7%, Action 4.5%
- #38 Perfect Heist
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 517 reviews2018
Dev: yeswecamp
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Perfect Heist is a round-based online game, where the robber team tries to execute a bank robbery without getting noticed, and the cop team tries to prevent it. Robbers hide in plain sight and try to slowly infiltrate the bank while the Cops try to figure out who is a normal customer, and who is a robber!
Why similar: Heist 63.8% ★, Crime 18.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Action 5%, Indie 3.6%
- #39 Perfect Heist 2
72% matchVery Positive93% of 4,507 reviews2021
Dev: yeswecamp
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 53.3% ★, Stealth 21.4%, Tactical 10.1%, Strategy 7.8%, Action 4.5%
- #40 Plan A
73% matchVery Positive89% of 296 reviews2021
Dev: GFX47
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
Why similar: Heist 51.9% ★, Tactical 19%, Top-Down 13.9%, Strategy 10.2%, Indie 2.5%
- #41 One-armed robber
68% matchVery Positive91% of 48,093 reviews2023
Dev: Duhndal
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 64% ★, Stealth 15.2%, Tactical 8%, Strategy 6%, Action 4.2%
- #42 PAYDAY 2
71% matchVery Positive89% of 671,733 reviews2013
Dev: OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio.Pub: Starbreeze Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 99.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 44% ★, Crime 19.3%, Stealth 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Tactical 6.7%
- #43 Breach & Clear
73% matchVery Positive82% of 2,423 reviews2014
Dev: Mighty Rabbit StudiosPub: Gun Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...
Why similar: Tactical 56%, Strategy 29%, Action 6.8%, Top-Down 4.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #44 Of Guards And Thieves
73% matchVery Positive85% of 4,329 reviews2014
Dev: Subvert Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Of Guards and Thieves is a multiplayer stealth game in which high-powered guards face off against fast and elusive thieves in a contest of wits. Outsmarting the enemy and shooting your way through to the goal are equally valid strategies. Simple rules, emergent gameplay and high replayability.
Why similar: Stealth 44.6%, Top-Down 17.7%, Tactical 16.2%, Action 8.6%, Strategy 7.6%
- #45 LA Cops
74% matchMixed52% of 177 reviews2015
Dev: Modern DreamPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
LA Cops is a fast, action packed 3D top down shooter set to a theme of 70s Cops in LA trying to do a tough job in a tough town.
Why similar: Crime 27.1%, Top-Down 14.9%, Tactical 11.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Great Soundtrack 10.7%
- #46 Phantom Doctrine
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,637 reviews2018
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
Why similar: Stealth 40.8%, Tactical 22.1%, Strategy 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Action 4.1%
- #47 Crime Simulator
65% matchVery Positive83% of 5,381 reviews2025
Dev: CookieDevPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 53.5% ★, Crime 30.2%, Stealth 10.4%, Action 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #48 Police Stories
69% matchVery Positive85% of 9,494 reviews2019
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!
Why similar: Crime 31.7%, Tactical 31.5%, Strategy 15.7%, Action 9.7%, 2D 5.3%
- #49 Shoot on Sight
67% matchMixed66% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Aroko Game Studio
Windows
The System built a world of injustice and oppression. Pressed up against the wall, it now fights for its survival. Uphold the law as an elite police officer or join the Stagers to liberate the world, defining the future of society in this multiplayer isometric tactical shooter!
Why similar: Heist 57.4% ★, Crime 18.5%, Tactical 16%, Action 3.8%, Indie 2.7%
- #50 Halt The Heist!
68% matchVery Positive87% of 75 reviews2022
Dev: ByteTale Studios
Windows
A co-operative multiplayer "Thieves vs. Guards" game about halting, catching and make it out with the loot!
Why similar: Heist 40.8% ★, Top-Down 18.5%, Tactical 16.2%, Action 7.9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #51 SteamWorld Heist II
64% matchVery Positive94% of 2,346 reviews2024
Dev: Thunderful DevelopmentPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Skill-based gunplay meets turn-based tactics in SteamWorld Heist 2! Aim carefully, bounce bullets, and pull off trick shots in high-stakes heists. Choose your crew and utilize 150+ items to navigate real-time naval battles and daring missions in this 30+ hour adventure to stop a deadly water crisis.
Why similar: Heist 56.5% ★, Tactical 15.7%, Strategy 8.5%, Puzzle 5.4%, 2D 4.5%
- #52 Stick Em Up
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 262 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: Strategy 47.8%, Action 32.9%, Indie 19.3%
- #53 Basement
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,215 reviews2019
Dev: Halfbus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.
Why similar: Crime 50%, Great Soundtrack 23.7%, Strategy 13.4%, 2D 4.9%, Indie 3.2%
- #54 Invisigun Reloaded
69% matchVery Positive87% of 542 reviews2017
Dev: Sombr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The ultimate stealth battle adventure where everyone’s invisible! Risk versus reward guides your journey through the full-length single player campaign and local/online multiplayer. Vigilance is key as environmental tells such as footprints and other disturbances will point out careless cadets.
Why similar: Stealth 27.1%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Strategy 12.8%, Top-Down 12.7%, Retro 10.4%
- #55 Rogue Heist
71% matchMostly Negative34% of 393 reviews2019
Dev: Lifelike StudiosPub: Time2Play Gaming Studios
Windows
Rogue Heist is a fresh take on Heist; what happens when both the sides are eyeing the same prize. A 6v6 multiplayer game where are you are sent in with your team to steal and outrun an opponent at the same time.
Why similar: Heist 48.8% ★, Crime 26.7%, Tactical 13.3%, Action 7%, Indie 4.2%
- #56 DEADBOLT
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,556 reviews2016
Dev: Hopoo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.
Why similar: Stealth 40.5%, Great Soundtrack 36.4%, Action 5.9%, 2D 5.9%, Indie 5.5%
- #57 Master Spy
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 395 reviews2015
Dev: TURBOGUN
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Throw on your invisibility cloak and put your reflexes to the test in this brutal precision platformer brimming with espionage, intrigue, and betrayal! Featuring an Original Soundtrack by Grammy Award Winner RAC.
Why similar: Stealth 36.8%, Great Soundtrack 28.7%, Retro 14.6%, Action 7.4%, Indie 5.9%
- #58 Larcin Lazer
65% matchVery Positive99% of 283 reviews2023
Dev: Tambouille
Windows
In this puzzle game combining action and stealth, your memory will be your best tool! Remember the location of the lasers, they disappear as soon as you move. Avoid deadly lasers with style, steal from the richest and save your cat 🐱 Prepare for a MEMORABLE heist
Why similar: Heist 62.2% ★, Stealth 24.1%, Puzzle 6.3%, Action 5.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #59 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
62% matchVery Positive94% of 2,628 reviews2025
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!
Why similar: Stealth 44.9%, Tactical 38.5%, Strategy 16.5%