Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator vs Thief Simulator
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator is an FPS mmorpg game from Nils Jakrins (2023) while Thief Simulator is an FPS open-world game from Noble Muffins (2018).
What each one is
Steam files Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator under FPS and Mmorpg. In contrast, it files Thief Simulator under FPS and Open-World.
Play solo or in up to 10-player multiplayer co-op! Flashing Lights is an open world police, firefighting and EMS simulator game with plenty of opportunity for role-play or more relaxed fun with friends. Become the law or save lives! Discover leagues of player-created mods!
Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.
At a glance
| Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator | Thief Simulator | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 6.9/10 | 7.7/10 |
| Steam rating | Mostly Positive (79%, 18,679) | Very Positive (88%, 39,806) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | No aggregate |
| Price | $3.74 | $19.99 |
| Install size | 7 GB | 5 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | playable |
| Released | 2023 | 2018 |
| Developer | Nils Jakrins | Noble Muffins |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator vs Thief Simulator, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) SimulatorFPS mmorpg gameThief SimulatorFPS open-world gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) SimulatorAdventure, Driving, SimulationThief SimulatorSimulation, Stealth, CrimeThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) SimulatorScore 6.9 · 79% on SteamThief Simulator ✓Score 7.7 · 88% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator18,679 reviews · 9 add-ons · 7 GBThief Simulator39,806 reviews · 2 add-ons · 5 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator ✓$3.74Thief Simulator$19.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) SimulatorPlayableThief SimulatorPlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueFlashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator and Thief Simulator on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
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- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Thief Simulator (GamingPickz Score 7.7)
- The cheaper right now: Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator ($3.74)
- Lighter on storage: Thief Simulator (5 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Thief Simulator (39,806 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
AdventureSimulationCrimeOpen WorldRealisticRPGSandboxExploration
Where they differ
DrivingAutomobile SimPhysicsShooterThird-Person ShooterDestruction
StealthSingleplayerFirst-PersonHeistIndieCo-op
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Thief Simulator is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator | Thief Simulator | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | AMD RX 400 Series / NVidia 700 series with 1GB | NVidia GeForce GTX 750 |
| Minimum CPU | Intel Core i3 2GHz | Intel Core i5 |
| Minimum RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Install size | 7 GB | 5 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator · Thief Simulator.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator and 1 for Thief Simulator. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator and Thief Simulator in scope?
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator has drawn 18,679 Steam reviews, ships 9 add-ons and installs in 7 GB. Thief Simulator has drawn 39,806 Steam reviews, ships 2 add-ons and installs in 5 GB.
Is Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator or Thief Simulator better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Thief Simulator rates higher (7.7 to 6.9). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator or Thief Simulator?
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator is cheaper right now at $3.74, against $19.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.