Crime is the type of Action games where the player is put into the role of either a mobster, a police officer or a criminal. The crime games have been popularized by the release of GTA series, where the player assumes the role of the citizen who has to establish his life of crime to survive in the world. Similar crime themes are available in other video games such Saint Row, Mafia, etc. where the player starts his game as the low-level member of organized crime and must perform different illegal jobs to rise to the top. The player can explore the environment of these games from either a first-person or a third-person perspective with an objective to do illegal jobs, ranging from killing targets to street crime. In some games, the player acts as the police officer with an aim to catch the criminals who invaded the environment. These games offer mission-based gameplay and let the player complete each mission at any cost to receive money and other huge rewards which the player uses to unlock additional stuff.

14 Best Crime Games for PS4

#1 Grand Theft Auto III

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Grand Theft Auto III mixes the Action-Adventure, Open World, Third-person Shooter and Exploration elements developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games. The game has a Single-player mode, and it serves as the 5th title in the popular series of GTA. It takes place within the fictional city known as Liberty, based in New York City. The plot centers on the protagonist named as Claude, who is left for dead and become the leader of the criminal world full of crime and corruption. You assume the protagonist’s role and can explore the landscape from the third-person view either on foot or by vehicle. The open world landscapes enable you to move freely in the world comprises three islands. In the gameplay, you have to complete a variety of challenging missions, and each mission consists of a set of objectives. You can run, walk, jump, drive, and fight your way through a variety of tasks to progress through the game and can use a huge arsenal of weapons to take down enemies and fulfill your missions to earn money. During the fight, you use melee attacks, explosives, and firearms. Grand Theft Auto III is the addictive and action-packed game in the series of GTA.

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#2 Assassin’s Creed Syndicate

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Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is an Action-Adventure, Stealth and Third-person Perspective video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. The game supports Single-player mode and serves as the 9th title in the series of Assassin’s Creed video game. The plot of the game takes place in the fictional history of the world and follows the struggle between Assassins, who battle against enemies for peace with liberty, and the Templars, who wants peace through order and chaos. The story takes place in Victorian ear London and focuses on twin assassins named as Evie Frye and Jacob as they explore the corridors of planned crime and struggle to take back the city from the Templar. It offers open-ended gameplay and enables the player freely roam the fictional London. During the gameplay, the player explores the wonderful landscapes from a third-person perspective and can navigate the land either or foot or by carriage. The game brings new travelling systems for the player and pure stealth and combat mechanics. In the game, the player control one of two lead protagonists such as Evie Frye and Jacob. The game deals with exploration, stealth, combat, and parkour elements. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#3 Yakuza 6

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Yakuza 6 is an Action-Adventure, Open world, Exploration and Single-player video game developed and published by Sega for PlayStation platform only. It is the seventh major entry in the series of Yakuza and offers the similar gameplay to its previous entries with navigation combined with arcade style. You can assume the role of the playable protagonist named as Kazuma Kiryu and the takes place in the locations of Hiroshima and Kamurocho. According to the story, the protagonist is in the hospital, recovering from his injuries. A police officer comes to the hospital to tell the protagonist that they are planning to arrest him for his crime. The protagonist decides not resist his arrest and spends three years in the prison to live his life peacefully. After releases, Kiryu finds that Haruka is missing. There are a variety of missions, and each mission is challenging than others. Your act as the protagonist and your ultimate task is to navigate the environment from a third-person perspective while completing several missions to find Haruka. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, superb features with the detailed environment, Yakuza 6 is the best game to play and enjoy.

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#4 Watch Dogs 2

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Watch Dogs 2 or also known and Stylized as WATCH_DOGS2 is a marvelous new addiction to the series. This fantastic Action-Adventure, Stealth and Third-person Shooter video game is originally scheduled to be released in November 2016 but you can Pre Order it on Official game Website. The game is set in the midst of Fictional setting of San Francisco and it allows you to be the protagonist Marcus Halloway who is a hardcore skilled Hacker. Your task in the game is to simply get connected to the Hacking Association named as DedSec and take down the Advanced Security System of the City, ctOS 2.0. This tiem the game features a new protagonist, from far reaches of Oakland, California and drags him all the way to San Francisco to achieve your one and only ultimate goal, to bring down the ctOS 2.0. Years earlier when the protagonist was just a child, ctOS framed him into a crime he did not commit and he paid a heavy price for that. Now is the time to take your revenge as a skilled hacker and a great marksman. In order to complete the game objectives, you’ll have to go through a number of different types of enemies and that’s where you’ll have to show off your shooting and stealth skills. So are you ready for the ultimate adventure?

#5 Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter

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Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is an Adventure and Single-player video game in the series of Adventure of Sherlock Holmes created by Frogwares and published by Bigben Interactive. It offers the similar gameplay to its previous titles, and the major part of the game involves examining clues and exploring crime scenes. Once the player finds out the clues, it will be added to deduction board. The game casts the player in the role of the protagonist, who must explore the environment from a third-person perspective, interact with NPCs and objects to collect clues and combine them to solve mystery cases. It puts the player in the experience of action and adventure to test the limits of his intelligence and nerves. It takes place in the fictional London threatened evil, and the player must take down them by completing the missions. The player assumes the role of the brilliant detective, and his primary goal is to uncover the secrets behind the mysteries. The game is about exploration, interrogations, battles, chases, and infiltration. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter offers prominent features such as Play as Sherlock Holmes, Explore Open Environment, Challenging Missions, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

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#6 Battlefield Hardline

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Battlefield Hardline is a Shooter, Simulation, Adventure, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Electronic Arts. Throughout the game, the player serves as a special agent of police where the main mission is to engage in the war between police and criminals.

The player has access to various military-grade weapons and vehicles, such as Tasers and other sensor weapons. The game introduces many maps where the player can explore small as well as large playfields. The game has several playable modes such as Heist, Rescue, Hotwire, Blood Money, and Crosshair Mode.

#7 Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders

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Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders is an Adventure, Point and Click and Single-player video game offered by Artefacts Studio for multiple platforms. The game offers an exciting gameplay which leave you in the fictional land to explore a variety of crime scenes in different cities takes place in the stunning environment around the United States. Assume the role of the protagonist who is a detective, and his primary job is to solve mysterious cases by finding clues, solving puzzles and capturing the person who is the responsible for the crime. You can gather information by examining suspects and finding evidence. A variety of levels are available each with a set of objectives that you must complete at any cost to progress through the game. You explores the environment from third-person perspective and are able to interact with environment and NPCs. According to the story, you as a private detective finds yourself up against a strange opponent. Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders offers core features such as Examinations, Mind-bending Puzzles, Timeline and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it if you want to become a detective.

#8 Retro City Rampage DX

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Retro City Rampage DX is a Top-Down Action-Adventure, Open World, and Single-player video game developed and published by Vblank Entertainment. It offers retro-style 80’s and 90’s pop culture and the gameplay is similar to Grand Theft Auto game. It takes place in the fictional city of Thefttropolis in 1985, where the protagonist is hired as a henchman of a massive crime syndicate controlled by the Jester. According to the story, three years later, during the bank robbery gone wrong, and the protagonist runs into the time-traveling telephone booth. During the event, the booth flings the player forward in time to the year 20XX. Upon arrival, the man arrives named as Doc Choc in his time traveling vehicle and save the player as the both breaks down. The ultimate objective of the player is to collect the rare parts by navigating the world to repair the telephone booth, while encountering waves of 80s games and pop culture including the Jester, Dr. Von Buttnik, and more. There are more than fifty story-based missions available and thirty challenging stages. With superb graphics, excellent gameplay, and smooth controls, Retro City Rampage DX is the best game to play and enjoy.

#9 Citizens of Earth

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Citizens of Earth is a Role-playing, Turn-based and Single-player video game created by Eden Industries and published by Atlus. The game takes place in detailed environment where you can assume the role of the vice president and your main task is to control population and your town. In the game, thing are going to crazy around your town, increase crime graph, chaos covers your town from everywhere. In the beginning, you’ll face protestors a suspicious shop of coffee and a missing President. Other characters are included in the game as you progress. Each character has its unique personality and title such as programmer and Hippie Guy. Explore the game world, face challenges bravely, fight against enemies, solve critical problems, calm down the protestors and fulfill their demands. The game includes uncanny enemies such as hippies, toasters, bees and more. With detailed environment, exciting gameplay, superb mechanics and brilliant story, Citizens of Earth is the best game to play and enjoy.

#10 Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is an Adventure and Single-player video game created by Frogwares and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game is set in the fictional London and revolves around mystery elements. There are up to six cases of murders, thefts, and disappearance that the player has to solve to progress through the plot. During the gameplay, the player can take on the role of the main character named as Sherlock Holmes with Dr. John Watsom, and more. The majority of the game consists of exploration, examining clues, and finding the murderers, robbers, and kidnappers. The player can explore the land from either the first-person perspective or the third-person viewpoints. The game enables the player to conduct his investigations in his style and use up to fourteen extraordinary skills of detection. During the case, the player can interrogate the suspects and can find the guilty party and person. Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments includes prominent features such as Multiple Weapons, Equipment, Exploration, Extraordinary Skills, Become a Detective and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#11 Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth: Hacker’s Memory

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Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth: Hacker’s Memory is an Adventure, Role-playing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by Media Vision and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the marvelous title in the series of Digimon and severs as the sequel to Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, released in 2015. The game introduces a new story and increases the amount of Digimon creatures. The game takes place in the same world as the previous title and puts the player in the role of the protagonist, a boy named Keisuke Amazawa. According to the story, Eden account is stolen by a hacker in a phishing attack. The protagonist joins a hacker group called Hudie after a theft leaves the player accused of the crime he didn’t commit. The player needs to explore the world from a third-person perspective, interact with non-player characters, collect powerful Digimon creature and participate in multiple battles to show off his abilities and capture the culprit to progress through the story. With the exciting story, wonderful mechanics, and brilliant controls, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth: Hacker’s Memory is the best game to play.

#12 Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry

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Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry takes you to an amazing journey of being a Slave turned Assassins. This Wonderful Action-Adventure, Stealth, Hack and Slash and shooting video game is basically a DLC Pack for the popular Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and it allows you to be Adewale, the protagonist who is born a slave but is destined to be a great Assassin. In the game, you as Adewale will see yourself involved in a shipwreck in Saint-Domingue. With no weapons or tools, your task is to rise and gather up your own crew, acquire a ship, and take your men to free the slaves and assassinate the culprits responsible for the crimes against the slaves. Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry provides with wonderful skills, weapons, combats and epic fights between you and the enemies. With super Ultra HD graphics, an amazingly involving story and an engaging game-play, Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry is a great new Action-Adventure, Stealth, RPG, Shooter and Hack and Slash video game to play and enjoy.

#13 Stick it to the Man!

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Stick it to the Man is an Action, Puzzle-Platform, and Single-player video game created by Zoink Games and published by Ripstone. The game brings a fabulous story, revolving around the protagonist named as Ray, who lives in the world made up of stickers and papers. One day, the protagonist wakes up with a huge spaghetti arm attached to his brain due to an accident. The extra arms offer the awesome power to the protagonist, which he can use to change the environment around him by tearing it, folding it, and pulling stickers off elsewhere. The protagonist can also read the mind of the citizens, Ray (the protagonist) can hear their thoughts and use to his advantages. As the story advances, Ray has framed by a man with a brutal crime he did not commit, and now the protagonist is on the run. Your ultimate job is to help the protagonist to get out from this critical situation. Stick it to the Man includes prominent features such as Solve Tricky Puzzles, Hundreds of Story-driven Adventures, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#14 A Way Out

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A Way Out is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, and Multiplayer video game developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts. The game has no Single-player campaign, is only playable either Split-screen Co-op mode between two-player or online with other players from all over the world. The plot focuses on the protagonist named as Vincent Moretti, who is recently sent to jail for a brutal murder. In Jail, the protagonist encounters a thief named as Leo Caruso, who had been arrested for a massive theft. As the story progresses, a group of criminals sent in the jail by the crime boss named as Harvey attempts to murder Leo, but Vincent Moretti intervenes. In the game, the player either controls Leo or Vincent, two prisons who must struggle to break out of prison and remain undetected from authorities. The game offers the similar gameplay to Far Cry 4, where the player can join online events, hosted by the friends of the player. A Way Out is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.