The best crime indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 16 crime indie games on Steam, holding 517,659 reviews at an average of 92% 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 275,336 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Schedule I · 275,336 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
2. A Way Out · 76,189 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
3. Thief Simulator · 36,679 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
4. Crime Scene Cleaner · 30,859 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
5. PAYDAY™ The Heist · 21,724 reviews · 93% positive · 2011
6. Sifu · 20,045 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
7. 911 Operator · 19,543 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
8. Back to the Dawn · 10,078 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
9. Thief Simulator 2 · 6,423 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
10. Tangle Tower · 6,119 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
11. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,944 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
12. Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · 3,386 reviews · 87% positive · 2024
13. This Bed We Made · 3,070 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
14. The Chef's Shift · 1,736 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
15. JudgeSim · 1,361 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
16. Loco Motive · 1,167 reviews · 93% positive · 2024

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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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