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Top 10 Crime Games

Criminal ambition, investigations and the complicated cost of power.

10 EDITORIAL PICKS
1
GameRed Dead Redemption 2Cover pending
Red Dead Redemption 2 cover
Game2018

Red Dead Redemption 2

An outlaw gang’s decline becomes a richly observed open-world story about loyalty, change and the costs hidden inside a romantic idea of freedom.

9.5/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Crime
2
GameGrand Theft Auto VCover pending
Grand Theft Auto V cover
Game2013

Grand Theft Auto V

Three criminals pursue competing ambitions across Los Santos, combining an expansive satirical world with elaborate missions and shifting perspectives.

9.2/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Crime
3
GameYakuza 0Cover pending
Game2015

Yakuza 0

Two protagonists navigate an overheated criminal economy, with heartfelt drama and eccentric side activities sharing an unusually vivid urban setting.

9.0/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Crime
4
GameGrand Theft Auto IVCover pending
Game2008

Grand Theft Auto IV

An immigrant’s attempt to establish a new life becomes a sombre criminal story about loyalty, disillusionment and the compromises of survival.

8.8/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Crime
5
GameGrand Theft Auto: Vice CityCover pending
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City cover
Game2002

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

A criminal’s rise through a colourful coastal city combines memorable radio culture, open-world freedom and an unmistakable period personality.

8.4/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Crime
6
GameMafiaCover pending
Game2002

Mafia

A taxi driver’s entry into organised crime becomes a carefully paced period story whose city and missions reinforce the attraction and cost of belonging.

8.2/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Crime
7
GameMax Payne 2: The Fall of Max PayneCover pending
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne cover
Game2003

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

A detective’s doomed attraction drives a compact noir adventure, with slow-motion gunplay and dreamlike interludes reinforcing its fatalistic mood.

8.2/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Crime
8
GameMafia IICover pending
Mafia II cover
Game2010

Mafia II

A veteran’s ambitions pull him deeper into organised crime, with a strong period atmosphere framing friendship and the price of advancement.

8.1/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Crime
9
GameSleeping DogsCover pending
Game2012

Sleeping Dogs

An undercover officer moves between police responsibilities and gang loyalty, with martial-arts combat giving its urban crime story a distinctive physical identity.

8.0/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Crime
10
GameL.A. NoireCover pending
Game2011

L.A. Noire

A detective works cases in postwar Los Angeles, with interviews and crime scenes revealing tensions beneath the city’s polished public image.

7.9/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Crime

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