Best Crime Games

Every Crime game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Crime setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Crime theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Crime world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Crime-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Crime Games rankings

9.8

Hotline Miami

Action · Shooter

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PlayStation 5 · Android

CrimePsychologicalSurreal+1

IntenseFast-PacedBrutal+3

9.6

Yakuza 0

Action-Adventure · Fighting

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PC · Xbox One · Amazon Luna

CrimeModernComedy+1

ImmersiveIntenseFunny+3

9.6

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Action · Shooter

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation Vita · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PlayStation 5 · Stadia

CrimePsychologicalSurreal+1

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.5

Counter-Strike 2

Shooter

PC · Linux

MilitaryModernCrime

IntenseCompetitiveTactical+3

9.5

PAYDAY 2

FPS · Action

PC · Linux · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch

Crime

CooperativeTeam-OrientedIntense+3

9.4

Murder Mystery 2

Survival · Horror · Action

Roblox

CrimeDetective / Mystery

SuspensefulTenseCompetitive+3

9.4

Cyberpunk 2077

Action · RPG · Adventure

PC · macOS · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Google Stadia · Nintendo Switch 2

Sci-FiCyberpunkDystopian+1

ImmersiveIntenseAtmospheric+2

9.4

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

RPG · Action · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Windows · Steam

CrimeComedyFamily+1

AdventurousFunnyQuirky+3

9.4

Lost Judgment

Action-Adventure · RPG

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PC · Amazon Luna

Detective / MysteryCrimeSchool / Academy+1

AtmosphericIntenseCinematic+2

9.3

Fallen Aces

Shooter · Action

PC

NoirCrimeDetective / Mystery

AtmosphericGrittySatisfying+2

9.3

The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

RPG

PlayStation Portable · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation Vita · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2

ModernDetective / MysteryMilitary+1

ImmersiveStrategicTactical+3

9.2

NO MORE HEROES 2: DESPERATE STRUGGLE

Action-Adventure

Wii · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Amazon Luna

ModernCrimeSatire+1

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.2

The Darkness

Action · Horror · Shooter · FPS

PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

CrimeSupernaturalOccult+1

DarkIntenseAtmospheric+3

9.2

No More Heroes

Action-Adventure

Wii · Nintendo Switch · Windows · Amazon Luna

ModernCrimeComedy+1

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.2

Saints Row 2

Action · Adventure · Shooter

PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PC · Linux · Mobile

CrimeComedySatire

ChaoticWildFunny+3

9.2

Yakuza 5

Action · Adventure

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC

CrimeModernComedy+1

ImmersiveIntenseQuirky+3

9.2

No Big Deal

FPS · RPG · Simulation

PC · Mobile · Xbox · PlayStation

WorkplaceCrimeSatire+1

ChaoticFunnySocial+2

9.2

The Wild West

Adventure · RPG · Sandbox

Roblox

WesternNature / WildernessCrime

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.1

RUINER

Shooter · Action · Adventure

Linux · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch · Macintosh

Sci-FiCyberpunkDystopian+1

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.1

Ace Attorney

Adventure · Visual Novel

Game Boy Advance · Nintendo DS · Windows · Wii · iOS · Android · Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Detective / MysteryComedyCrime

FunnyQuirkyCharming+2

9.1

The Henry Stickmin Collection

Adventure

PC · Mac

ComedyCrimeSatire

FunnySillyQuirky+3

9.0

The Darkness II

FPS · Action

Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · macOS

CrimeSupernaturalOccult+1

DarkBrutalIntense+2

8.9

The Hong Kong Massacre

Action · Shooter

PC · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

CrimeNoirDark / Grim

IntenseFast-PacedAdrenaline-Fueled+3

8.8

Yakuza Kiwami

Action · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PC · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2

CrimeModernMartial Arts+1

IntenseFunnyQuirky+3