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The best crime indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 29 crime indie games on Steam, holding 625,611 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 282,319 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Schedule I · 282,319 reviews · 98% positive · 2025
  2. A Way Out · 101,832 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  3. Thief Simulator · 39,480 reviews · 88% positive · 2018
  4. Crime Scene Cleaner · 31,659 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  5. Unheard - Voices of Crime · 30,767 reviews · 96% positive · 2019
  6. Sifu · 28,008 reviews · 92% positive · 2023
  7. Hacknet · 16,782 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  8. Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator · 15,991 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  9. 911 Operator · 14,387 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  10. Back to the Dawn · 8,429 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  11. Drug Dealer Simulator 2 · 7,092 reviews · 70% positive · 2024
  12. Thief Simulator 2 · 6,608 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  13. Tangle Tower · 6,421 reviews · 95% positive · 2019
  14. Roadwarden · 4,400 reviews · 94% positive · 2022
  15. The Rise of the Golden Idol · 3,713 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  16. Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · 3,521 reviews · 87% positive · 2024
  17. Paradise Killer · 3,256 reviews · 93% positive · 2020
  18. This Bed We Made · 3,162 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  19. Intravenous · 2,844 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  20. Fears to Fathom - Carson House · 2,684 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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