Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Thief Simulator (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Thief Simulator on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Crime Scene Cleaner, which both stealth, crime and atmospheric.
- Thief Simulator is tagged Simulation, Stealth, Singleplayer, Crime, First-Person, Open World, Adventure, Heist by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 3 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Crime Scene Cleaner
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Simulation, Crime and First-Person; published by the same company.
Once you get tangled with the mob, you will forever be a part of the mob. At least they pay a decent salary and all you have to do is clean up after their dirty work, but you know what you’re doing. So clean crime scenes, earn as much money as you can, and get ready for the next mission.
Crime Scene Cleaner at a glance Released 2024 Studio President Studio Player sentiment 98% positive of 34,147 Price $21.89 SimulationCrimeFirst-PersonFunnyRealisticExplorationIndieStealth
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Drug Dealer Simulator
Why it matched: both open world, crime and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Crime and Indie; released around the same time (2020).
Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW
Drug Dealer Simulator at a glance Released 2020 Studio Byterunners Player sentiment 86% positive of 21,029 Price $19.99 SimulationCrimeIndieFirst-PersonRealisticSandboxFunny
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Ultimate Fishing Simulator
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Immersive Sim and Exploration; published by the same company; released around the same time (2018).
Bored of waiting for a bite? Would you like to catch some fish? You're lucky - in Ultimate Fishing Simulator, fish bite like crazy! Spinning, float fishing, ground fishing, and more! Comprehensive fishing simulator that allows using various techniques, in different places around the world!
Ultimate Fishing Simulator at a glance Released 2018 Studio Ultimate Games S.A. Player sentiment 89% positive of 9,129 Price $19.99 SimulationImmersive SimExplorationRealisticFirst-PersonSandboxFPS
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Dishonored 2
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Stealth, First-Person and Immersive Sim; released around the same time (2016).
Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.
Dishonored 2 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Arkane Studios Player sentiment 90% positive of 66,755 Price $29.99 StealthFirst-PersonImmersive SimExplorationHeist
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Watch Dogs 2
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Stealth, Crime and Sandbox; released around the same time (2016).
Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.
Watch Dogs 2 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ubisoft Romania Player sentiment 82% positive of 101,471 Price $49.99 StealthCrimeSandboxFunnyFPS
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Watch_Dogs 2
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Stealth, Crime and Sandbox; released around the same time (2016).
Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.
Watch_Dogs 2 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ubisoft Player sentiment 82% positive of 101,514 Price $49.99 StealthCrimeSandboxFunnyFPS
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Far Cry 2
Why it matched: both open world, stealth and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Realistic.
You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to make this country your home. You must identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses, neutralizing their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion,...
Far Cry 2 at a glance Released 2008 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 76% positive of 18,720 Price $9.99 FPSFirst-PersonRealisticSandboxStealthExplorationImmersive Sim
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Teardown
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 7 player tags including Sandbox, First-Person and Heist; released around the same time (2022).
Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.
Teardown at a glance Released 2022 Studio Tuxedo Labs Player sentiment 96% positive of 135,539 Price $29.99 SandboxFirst-PersonHeistRealisticSimulationIndieImmersive Sim
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Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Simulation, Realistic and Sandbox; published by the same company; released around the same time (2021).
Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 at a glance Released 2021 Studio Red Dot Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 38,510 Price $24.99 SimulationRealisticSandboxFirst-PersonImmersive SimIndie
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Prey
Why it matched: both open world, stealth and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Immersive Sim, FPS and First-Person; released around the same time (2017).
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Prey at a glance Released 2017 Studio Arkane Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 54,539 Price $29.99 Immersive SimFPSFirst-PersonExplorationStealthRPG
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theHunter: Call of the Wild
Why it matched: both open world and stealth; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, FPS and Sandbox; released around the same time (2017).
Discover an atmospheric hunting game like no other in this realistic, stunning open world – regularly updated in collaboration with the community. Immerse yourself in the single player campaign, or share the ultimate hunting experience with friends.
theHunter: Call of the Wild at a glance Released 2017 Studio Expansive Worlds Player sentiment 89% positive of 202,234 Price Free StealthFPSSandboxSimulationRealisticFirst-PersonImmersive Sim
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Far Cry 4
Why it matched: both open world, stealth and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Stealth; released around the same time (2014).
Fight to liberate a war-torn Himalayan region in this open world FPS. Wield a deadly arsenal, dominate land and sky with gyrocopters and war elephants, and take on enemy territory solo or in co-op.
Far Cry 4 at a glance Released 2014 Studio Ubisoft Toronto Player sentiment 85% positive of 73,512 Price $29.99 FPSFirst-PersonStealthExplorationSandboxRPG
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PAYDAY The Heist
Why it matched: both stealth and crime; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Heist and Crime.
Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”
PAYDAY The Heist at a glance Released 2011 Studio OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. Player sentiment 93% positive of 40,968 Price $9.99 FPSHeistCrimeFirst-PersonStealthSimulationRPGIndie
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Chernobylite Complete Edition
Why it matched: both stealth and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, First-Person and Exploration; released around the same time (2021).
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Chernobylite Complete Edition at a glance Released 2021 Studio The Farm 51 Player sentiment 82% positive of 15,553 Price $29.99 RPGFirst-PersonExplorationSimulationStealthRealisticIndie
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Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 4 player tags including Stealth, Crime and First-Person; released around the same time (2014).
Enter the world of a HITMAN - a world of crime, sin and greed. Delve into the mind of Agent 47 and encounter his greatest adversaries, completing the work that made him so brutally efficient and shaped him as an assassin. Eliminate your targets by any means necessary. There are no rules... only the contract, signed in blood.
Hitman: Contracts at a glance Released 2014 Studio Io-Interactive A/S Player sentiment 87% positive of 3,658 Price $8.99 StealthCrimeFirst-PersonSandbox
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Assassin's Creed Origins
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 4 player tags including RPG, Stealth and Exploration; released around the same time (2017).
Explore Ancient Egypt in this action-adventure game. Battle powerful enemies, unveil conspiracies, and discover the origin story of the Assassin’s Brotherhood.
Assassin's Creed Origins at a glance Released 2017 Studio Ubisoft Montreal Player sentiment 86% positive of 128,629 Price $59.99 RPGStealthExplorationHeist
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One-armed robber
Why it matched: both stealth and crime; shares 7 player tags including Heist, Simulation and FPS.
One-armed robber is a chaotic first-person heist game that centers around a uniquely challenging premise. Players take the role of a determined robber equipped with only one arm, tasked with pulling off daring heists on banks, shops, and various establishments.
One-armed robber at a glance Released 2023 Studio Duhndal Player sentiment 91% positive of 52,823 Price Free HeistSimulationFPSFunnyFirst-PersonStealthIndie
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Gold Mining Simulator
Why it matched: both open world; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Realistic and Indie; published by the same company; released around the same time (2017).
Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.
Gold Mining Simulator at a glance Released 2017 Studio Code Horizon Player sentiment 73% positive of 16,382 Price $19.99 SimulationRealisticIndieSandboxFirst-PersonExplorationFunny
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Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator
Why it matched: both open world and crime; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Crime and Realistic.
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!
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator at a glance Released 2023 Studio Nils Jakrins Player sentiment 79% positive of 18,679 Price $3.74 SimulationCrimeRealisticRPGSandboxExplorationFPS
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Mafia III
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 4 player tags including Crime, Stealth and Sandbox; released around the same time (2016).
After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.
Mafia III at a glance Released 2016 Studio Aspyr Player sentiment 57% positive of 64,036 Price $29.99 CrimeStealthSandboxFPS
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Mafia III: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 4 player tags including Crime, Stealth and Sandbox; released around the same time (2020).
After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.
Mafia III: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Hangar 13 Player sentiment 57% positive of 64,063 Price $29.99 CrimeStealthSandboxFPS
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Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including First-Person, Indie and Funny; released around the same time (2015).
A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist at a glance Released 2015 Studio Crows Crows Crows Player sentiment 93% positive of 10,175 Price Free First-PersonIndieFunnyHeistStealth
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Car Mechanic Simulator 2015
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Simulation, First-Person and Realistic; published by the same company; released around the same time (2015).
New cars, new tools, new options, more parts and much more fun in the next version of Car Mechanic Simulator! Take your wrench! Create and expand your auto repairs service empire. Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 will take you behind the scenes of daily routine in car workshop.
Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Red Dot Games Player sentiment 92% positive of 14,625 Price $19.99 SimulationFirst-PersonRealisticFunnySandbox
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Medieval Dynasty
Why it matched: both open world and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Immersive Sim, Sandbox and RPG; released around the same time (2021).
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Medieval Dynasty at a glance Released 2021 Studio Render Cube Player sentiment 90% positive of 52,077 Price $34.99 Immersive SimSandboxRPGSimulationRealisticFirst-Person
Common questions
What game is most like Thief Simulator?
Crime Scene Cleaner, on the evidence we have. It both stealth, crime and atmospheric. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Thief Simulator" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Thief Simulator. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.