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The best crime indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 29 crime indie games on Steam, holding 608,814 reviews at an average of 90% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Schedule I with 287,984 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Schedule I · 287,984 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  2. A Way Out · 78,071 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  3. Thief Simulator · 37,348 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
  4. Crime Scene Cleaner · 31,659 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  5. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 30,927 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  6. Sifu · 28,731 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  7. Hacknet · 16,892 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  8. Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator · 16,140 reviews · 79% positive · 2023
  9. 911 Operator · 14,417 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  10. Back to the Dawn · 10,399 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
  11. Drug Dealer Simulator 2 · 7,127 reviews · 70% positive · 2024
  12. Thief Simulator 2 · 6,548 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  13. Tangle Tower · 6,439 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
  14. Roadwarden · 4,467 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  15. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,774 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  16. Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · 3,452 reviews · 87% positive · 2024
  17. Paradise Killer · 3,292 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  18. This Bed We Made · 3,171 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  19. Intravenous · 2,861 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  20. Fears to Fathom - Carson House · 2,748 reviews · 92% positive · 2023

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.

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