Best crime games for criminal masterminds
Crime isn’t a game. Unless you’re playing a crime game, and then it absolutely is a game. ‘Play games, do crimes,’ is what our parents always tell us. Wait, that’s not right.
Either way, there are plenty of video games where crime does pay. Whether you’re a mob boss overseeing your empire or you’re a low-level crook doing dirty deeds on the streets, committing crimes is the main objective in some of these titles. You might even say that crime rules (if any cops are reading this, they’re just video games, please don’t arrest us).
So let’s dive into the seedy underbelly of console (and PC) criminality. Let’s peer into the abyss, into the urine-soaked alleyways, and under the pile of ill-gotten gains. Here are the best crime games.