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Crime Simulator: Playgrounds

Ultimate Games S.A. · 2024-05-10

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Crime Simulator: Playgrounds is a short, chaotic, and hilarious entry in the Crime Simulator franchise. Throw hammers, spray pepper gas, and cause mayhem solo or with up to 4 players. Take over hideouts, complete absurd missions, and unleash destruction with the wildest weapons. No rules—just fun!

Crime Simulator: Playgrounds is a 2024 Action, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $1.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 2173 reviews).

8
playing now
72%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 111 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,173 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.55 at Steam (2025-09-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820242026Week of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2402026-09-15 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 24 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2896May 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 240 · peak 1,488Jun 2024 — avg 121 · peak 481Jul 2024 — avg 77 · peak 155Aug 2024 — avg 100 · peak 238Sep 2024 — avg 85 · peak 221Oct 2024 — avg 90 · peak 230Nov 2024 — avg 75 · peak 173Dec 2024 — avg 61 · peak 149Jan 2025 — avg 122 · peak 797Feb 2025 — avg 289 · peak 892Mar 2025 — avg 49 · peak 235Apr 2025 — avg 28 · peak 105May 2025 — avg 22 · peak 58Jun 2025 — avg 22 · peak 66Jul 2025 — avg 24 · peak 67Aug 2025 — avg 15 · peak 40Sep 2025 — avg 13 · peak 61Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 65Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 48Dec 2025 — avg 13 · peak 47Jan 2026 — avg 16 · peak 52Feb 2026 — avg 16 · peak 60Mar 2026 — avg 11 · peak 37Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 57May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 42Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 48
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002024-07-162026-08-132024-07-16 — best price $0.002025-02-28 — best price $4.992025-03-01 — best price $1.992025-03-03 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-04-21 — best price $0.992025-04-28 — best price $4.992025-05-06 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-07-14 — best price $0.992025-07-21 — best price $1.992025-09-02 — best price $0.552025-09-08 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $0.552025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-10-13 — best price $0.552025-10-20 — best price $1.992025-11-19 — best price $0.552025-11-26 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $0.552026-01-12 — best price $1.992026-02-16 — best price $0.552026-02-23 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $0.552026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-03-30 — best price $0.552026-04-06 — best price $1.992026-05-11 — best price $0.552026-05-18 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $0.692026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-08-13 — best price $0.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
29%
earned "Money maker"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5796%18

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSCo-opCrimeFunnyHeistActionDrivingHackingImmersiveMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.