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Crime Simulator: Playgrounds

2024

Should you play it?

Crime Simulator: Playgrounds is a short, chaotic, and hilarious entry in the Crime Simulator franchise. Throw hammers, spray pepper gas, and cause mayhem solo or with up to 4 players. Take over hideouts, complete absurd missions, and unleash destruction with the wildest weapons. No rules—just fun!

What works

  • Fun co-op multiplayer experience
  • Sandbox freedom and creative gameplay
  • Character progression and customization
  • Accessible and intuitive controls
  • Good value for price and free demo

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and map size in demo
  • Some bugs and technical issues
  • Combat and ai can be frustrating
  • Repetitive mission design
  • Performance optimization needed

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Infinite Veil

  • First Class Trouble

  • Hellbreach: Vegas

  • The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time

  • Apewar

  • TYRONE vs COPS

Less dominating

Games that feels like Crime Simulator: Playgrounds but with less domination over others

  • The Break-In

  • Into the Radius 2

  • Priest Simulator: Heavy Duty

  • Lethal Company

  • VEIN

  • Abiotic Factor

Choose your own criteria ->

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Crime Simulator: Playgrounds. These titles are not in What to play next.

Crime Simulator: Playgrounds: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Cooperation, Violence.

Last update: 22/08/2026