The Best Crime Games for Playstation 4

Update : Arsene Lupin Once a Thief added at rank #20.
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Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

Miles Edgeworth's dramatic turnabouts take center stage! Experience both Ace Attorney Investigations games in one gorgeous collection! Investigate crime scenes and solve tough, intriguing cases through logic and deduction. When Edgeworth's past and present collide, his future begins!


  • crime
  • visual-novel
  • orchestral
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • spin-off
  • mystery
  • drama
  • detective
  • sprite
  • point-and-click
  • investigation
  • crossover

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Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (2023)

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80
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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Step into the shadowy world of 'Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name' and shape the legacy of a legend. Engage in intense combat with a thrilling narrative, dive into rich side quests, and revel in the emotional journey. Experience a game where every punch tells a story and every choice carves your path in the underworld!


What we like:
  • Refined combat system
  • Engaging side content
  • Powerful storytelling
  • New dynamic characters
  • Exciting mini-games
What could be improved:
  • Lacks New Game+ option
  • Shorter gameplay duration

  • fight
  • brawler
  • crime
  • combat
  • drama
  • rpg
  • battle
  • narrative
  • japanese
  • open-world
  • action
  • arcade
  • classic
  • beat-em-up
  • golf

3

The Big Con (2021)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Step into the '90s with The Big Con, a thrilling adventure where you, as a teenage con artist, embark on a hilarious road trip to save your family's video store. Engage in pickpocketing, daring heists, and swindling strangers while navigating disguises and lockpicking. With a nostalgic setting and a comedic coming-of-age story, this game is a must-play!


What we like:
  • Unique '90s art style
  • Hilarious and real characters
  • Rewarding gameplay
  • Plenty of content
  • Active developers
What could be improved:
  • Minor bugs and gameplay issues
  • Occasional technical issues
  • Simple story
  • Repetitive pick-pocketing gameplay

  • crime
  • cross-country
  • adventure
  • furby
  • corn
  • heist
  • rich
  • light-hearted
  • funny
  • colourful
  • narrative
  • classic
  • isometric
  • starbucks
  • crime-fuelled

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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (2021)

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Nintendo 3DS Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is a prequel to the popular Ace Attorney series that takes players through case after case packed with wonderful characters, stories and clever brain teasers. Engage in multi-pronged conversations with numerous different characters and explore lavishly detailed environments for clues. Solve puzzles as you take on the role of a lawyer trying to prove your client's innocence in court.


What we like:
  • Richly detailed art direction
  • Period-accurate references
  • Entertaining writing
  • Clever animations and character designs
  • Multiple witnesses take the stand simultaneously
  • Extra content such as DLC costumes and developer commentary
What could be improved:
  • Clues can be hard to connect during trials

  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • detective
  • drama
  • historical
  • mystery
  • narrative
  • adventure
  • western
  • crossover

5

Grand Theft Auto V (2013)

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Xbox One IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Playstation 3 Xbox 360 Playstation 4

Grand Theft Auto V for PC offers players the option to explore the award-winning world of Los Santos and Blaine County in resolutions of up to 4k and beyond, as well as the chance to experience the game running at 60 frames per second.


  • open-world
  • driving
  • crime
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • heist
  • vehicle
  • cover
  • sandbox
  • third-person
  • online
  • satire
  • narrative
  • golf
  • action

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Yakuza 5 Remastered (2019)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Get ready for a Yakuza experience of unprecedented scale! Follow five characters across five Japanese cities, each trying to achieve their dream. The connections between them bring them together, but the conflict that unfolds is nothing any of them could have predicted.


  • crime
  • rpg
  • japanese
  • fight
  • brawler
  • jrpg
  • combat
  • drama
  • open-world
  • battle
  • baseball
  • turn-based
  • narrative
  • beat-em-up
  • story

7

As Dusk Falls (2022)

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PC Windows j IOS iPhone Android Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

As Dusk Falls is an interactive narrative adventure game that follows the story of several protagonists, offering immense replayability with its range of choice and consequence. It combines point and click with dynamic action sequences while also tracking players' styles and awarding them cards based on their choices.


What we like:
  • Professional actors portray characters with complete backstories
  • Two unique features (group entertainment mode and broadcast mode)
  • Captivating soundtrack
  • Stop-motion graphics style
  • Excellent voice acting
  • Meaningful choices with varied consequences
What could be improved:
  • Lack of control over some elements of the story
  • Some aspects can feel repetitive after multiple playthroughs

  • drama
  • narrative
  • interactive
  • crime
  • quick-time-event
  • choices
  • multiplayer
  • book
  • cooperative
  • story
  • novel

8

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Step into Japan's criminal underworld in this explosive action brawler starring legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu, who is hellbent on unraveling the truth around his daughter's tragic accident.


  • rpg
  • crime
  • japanese
  • fight
  • brawler
  • combat
  • jrpg
  • drama
  • open-world
  • battle
  • turn-based
  • baseball
  • narrative
  • beat-em-up
  • arcade

9

Mafia II Classic (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 4

Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...


  • open-world
  • crime
  • cover
  • driving
  • remake
  • shooter
  • 1950s
  • story
  • classic
  • drama

10

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games (2022)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

Escape adventure and bullet hell shoot 'em up game Pardon or kill. Let the madness begin. At the edge of despair, lurks the unsettling past, and an unspeakable truth!


  • visual-novel
  • crime
  • park
  • puzzle
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • mystery
  • amusement
  • boss-fight
  • anime
  • narrative
  • top-down

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