GTA 6 will have heists. They are Rockstar’s signature mission type: plan the job, execute the job, get out alive. You want that feeling now, not in 6 months. Whether solo or co-op, here are 6 heist and crime games worth playing while you wait for Vice City. All deliver the crime-planning-and-execution loop without the GTA 6 launch window. This is a member of our pillar on what to play before GTA 6. Focused list for players who specifically love the heist fantasy. The short version Payday 2 (still): four-player co-op heist game. Janky but dense. Peak co-op crime. Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine: top-down 1-4 player heist puzzler. Charming, short. The Outlast Trials (as crime-adjacent horror): dark asymmetric co-op. Crime-corporate dystopia. A Way Out: 2-player only co-op. Prison escape turned heist. One of the best co-op stories. Hitman World of Assassination: single-player perfect crime puzzler. Some of the best in the genre. Teardown: destructive heist sandbox. Plan robberies with explosives and physics. Why a heist-specific list Open-world crime games have heists as part of a larger experience. A heist-specific list focuses on games where the heist IS the experience. Useful because heist fantasy has its own flavor: planning, stealth, tension, execution. Some adults want that intensity without driving a taxi in Vice City for 20 hours first. Also useful…
