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Games like Crime Union

If Crime Union is your kind of game, the closest matches are Global Protocol: New World Order, Arcade Warlord and Wiseguys: The Commission — 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.

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About Crime Union: Build your criminal empire from the shadows. Manage global networks, launder black money, hire specialists, and crush rival gangs in tactical card battles. In Crime Union, staying alive while the law watches your every move is just as hard as reaching the top. Don't get busted.

StrategyIndieEarly AccessWindowsby 54k Games
Crime Union — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Crime Union also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Global Protocol: New World Order

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Crime Union fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crime Union.

    Command any of 261 real-world countries in this 2026 grand strategy game. Build your economy, lead armies, and navigate deep diplomacy. Features built-in modding support and 12 supported languages. Shape the global order through espionage, nuclear deterrence, and AI-driven geopolitics.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation17.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Arcade Warlord

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Crime Union fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Crime Union.

    Dominate during the 80s arcade boom in this Grand Strategy Tycoon. Engineer hit games, control the streets and weaponize the stock market. Money is a physical object on the map; hire a Bagman to collect profits or Enforcers as muscle. Destroy the competition in a neon-noir financial war.

    2026StrategySimulationEarly AccessSteam ↗
  3. Wiseguys: The Commission

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Crime Union fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Crime Union.

    Take the role of Don in "Wiseguys: The Commission" and dominate New York. Plan crimes, traffic drugs, extort money and make war on rival families. Control the Commission, launder money. Your cunning will decide your fate. Are you ready to become the next boss of all bosses?

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  4. AfterWar

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Crime Union fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crime Union.

    AfterWar is a strategy about the world in 2028

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Victoria 3

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Crime Union fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Crime Union.

    Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

    2022StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Government Contractors: Arms of Influence

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Crime Union fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Crime Union.

    Historically accurate strategy game where you act as a government contractor researching, developing, and manufacturing weapons and technology for your clients. You choose the parts for each product, but be aware that cheap or wrong political choices may affect your success rate!

    2025StrategySimulationEarly Access6.00 USDSteam ↗
  7. Plutocracy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Crime Union fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crime Union.

    The business simulator Plutocracy gives you the chance to become wealthy and powerful to take control over the world. Where policy, laws, officials and people are only the chess pieces how do you play your game?

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Simulator of Ukraine 1991

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Crime Union fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crime Union.

    This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crime Union.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crime Union.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crime Union.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crime Union.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. one night, hot springs

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crime Union.

    Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...

    2018IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Mitoza

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crime Union.

    It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.

    2021IndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crime Union.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crime Union.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Crime Union

What games are most similar to Crime Union?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crime Union are Global Protocol: New World Order, Arcade Warlord, Wiseguys: The Commission.
Who developed Crime Union?
Crime Union was developed by 54k Games.

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 Crime Union.

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