Games like CriminalZ
If CriminalZ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Inside Job, PAYDAY 2 and Croak Tales: Deep Dungeons — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About CriminalZ: CriminalZ is a 1-4 player co-op crime roguelite where every paid quota makes the Boss demand more. Deal, steal, break in, hack systems, and escape the police as your crew fights to make enough cash before time runs out.
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Inside Job
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Top pick for CriminalZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CriminalZ.
A 1-4 player co-op prison escape. The walls, the schedule, the guards — every one of them is a problem you have to solve yourself. Work it out together, keep it buried, and pick your moment carefully. You won't get a second one.
PAYDAY 2
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for CriminalZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with CriminalZ.
PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.
Croak Tales: Deep Dungeons
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for CriminalZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with CriminalZ.
Explore, scavenge and survive ... or croak trying. Dive into murky, abandoned dungeons with your friends to recover an ancient object and reveal the history around this world. It's high-stakes extraction where teamwork is vital, survival is unlikely, and the chaos is half the fun.
Haunted Heist
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Ranked #4 for CriminalZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CriminalZ.
Haunted Heist is a 3-8 player round-based PvP horror party game where Heisters find and retrieve gems in a procedurally generated mansion, while Tricksters use chaotic abilities to distress, disrupt, and dispose of them to protect their home.
PAYDAY 3
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Ranked #5 for CriminalZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with CriminalZ.
PAYDAY 3 is the ultimate co-op FPS crime fantasy. Choose between stealth or loud playstyles, customize your character, and get ready to pull off the perfect heist.
PAYDAY™ The Heist
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Ranked #6 for CriminalZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CriminalZ.
Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”
Riftbound Survivors
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Ranked #7 for CriminalZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CriminalZ.
Riftbound is a survivor-like bullet heaven focused on spell combinations and massive enemy waves. Defeat thousands of enemies, experiment with elemental chain reactions, and break the game with overlapping status effects. Play solo or in co-op.
Grampage: Life at 67
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Ranked #8 for CriminalZ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CriminalZ.
YOUR RETIREMENT ISN’T GOING TO FUND ITSELF! Pension not cutting it? No problem. Grab up to three fellow retirees, break into houses, and steal your way to the retirement you deserve. Work together when you have to - but remember: only one of you gets to retire!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with CriminalZ.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with CriminalZ.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Nazi Zombies
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with CriminalZ.
Nazi Zombies is a cooperative survival game where players fend off escalating waves of Nazi zombies, earning points by killing zombies and repairing barriers to buy weapons, upgrades, perks, and unlock new map areas to maximize their survival.
Counter-Strike 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CriminalZ.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
Dota 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CriminalZ.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CriminalZ.
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
Team Fortress 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CriminalZ.
Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
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Frequently asked about CriminalZ
- Does CriminalZ have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — CriminalZ supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to CriminalZ?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CriminalZ are Inside Job, PAYDAY 2, Croak Tales: Deep Dungeons.
- Who developed CriminalZ?
- CriminalZ was developed by CriminalZ Team.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on CriminalZ.
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