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Crime Simulator: Playgrounds cover art

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!

2
playing now
73%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 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 25% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–96k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,138 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 11 of 21 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

4122026-08-11 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 34 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 39 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 41 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 36 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.