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.

11 Best Crime Games for Xbox One

#1 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.

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#2 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?

#3 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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#4 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.

#5 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.

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#6 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.

#7 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.

#8 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.

#9 JYDGE

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JYDGE serves as the spin-off to Neon Chrome and revolves around Twin-stick Shooter elements developed and published by 10tons. In the game, the player takes on the role of the protagonist named as JYDGE, law enforce, whose ultimate task is to clean the dystopic and cyberpunk-themed city of crime. The player explores the environment from a top-down perspective with a task to eliminate the enemies and save the hostages around twenty challenging levels of increasing difficulty. The game takes place in the dystopian city of Edenbyrg, where the player acts as the enforcer. It offers destructible environments that let the player breach the room by smashing down a wall. During the gameplay, the player can customize and upgrade the protagonist using points obtained while playing through the stages. New power-ups and upgrades are unlocked by getting medals from accomplishing the tasks and objectives of each level. The player can play alone or with friends in two-player co-op mode. With addictive gameplay, smooth controls, and lush environment, JYDGE is the best game to play and enjoy.

#10 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.

#11 Crackdown 3

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Crackdown 3 is an Action-Adventure, Single and Multiplayer video game released for Windows and Xbox platforms by Reagent Games. It offers a fictional open environment where the game takes place and it is third installment in the marvelous series of Crackdown. It combines the elements of Sandbox and Combat and offers fully destructible world. You can take on the role of the protagonist who is armed with multiple weapons and can use to destroy a variety of enemies. Explore the world from third-person perspective and can destroy each and everything that you see. Complete a set of missions and enhance the performance of your character. Gain experience and use them to upgrade your weapons and other equipment. Act as a super-agent and involve yourself against criminals, assume your responsibility and stop crime to protect your fictional city from devastation. With improved mechanics, gameplay, story, and graphics, Crackdown 3 is the best game to play and enjoy.