Free games like Crime Simulator: Playgrounds
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Crime Simulator: Playgrounds, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Crime Simulator: Playgrounds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Crime Simulator: Playgrounds.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Crime Simulator: Playgrounds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crime Simulator: Playgrounds.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to Crime Simulator: Playgrounds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crime Simulator: Playgrounds.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Crime Simulator: Playgrounds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Crime Simulator: Playgrounds.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Crime Simulator: Playgrounds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Crime Simulator: Playgrounds.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Crime Simulator: Playgrounds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Crime Simulator: Playgrounds.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Crime Simulator: Playgrounds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Crime Simulator: Playgrounds.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to Crime Simulator: Playgrounds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Crime Simulator: Playgrounds.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Downtown Drift
Free-to-play alternative to Crime Simulator: Playgrounds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Crime Simulator: Playgrounds.
Put your driving skills on the test in this urban arena! Drift to rack up as many points as possible while police is chasing you. To show it off, break the global highscores and claim your position on the leaderboard.