A rain-wet city street at night. A lone figure with a bag walks toward downtown, where the tallest tower wears a glowing gold crown.

Free browser crime game Start at the bottom. Run the city.

My Criminal Life is a crime game you play in your browser, on a computer or a phone. Pull crimes, train, buy your way out of a cardboard box and climb 16 ranks, from Nobody to Untouchable.

Sign-ups are open.

Free to play
18 and over
Nothing to download

The short version

What is My Criminal Life?

A crime game that runs in your browser. There’s nothing to install, and it fits a phone screen as well as a desktop.

You start with $100 and a cardboard box. Everything after that is up to you: crimes, the gym, a day job, a gang, or all four.

Your bars refill while you’re away. Energy, brave, will and health come back on a timer, so ten minutes between other things is a real session.

The city

What you do here

Every one of these is open in the game today. A few other doors on the map still say “soon”, and the guides say which.

A young man in a flat cap counts a fan of cash on a loading dock under one lamp, the crowned tower lit up behind him.

Run crimes, climb the ranks

Crimes cost brave and pay cash and experience. You start by searching water fountains for change. A miss can land you in the County Lockup.

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Four hooded figures stand together on a street corner under a lamp, a gold crown painted on the wall behind them.

Start a gang

Put up $500,000, recruit, pool cash in the gang vault and buy a bigger hideout as the crew grows. Then go to war for respect.

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An illustrated map of Noob City: brick neighbourhoods, a park and a church, downtown towers, a neon-lit strip, the docks and a river.

Learn the city

Noob City is one painted map in seven districts. Point at a building to see what’s inside, from the gym to the docks.

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A mansion with a fountain in its drive, drawn in a comic-book style.

Get out of the box

Everyone starts in a cardboard box. The Estate Agent sells fifteen places to live, up to a private island, and a better home counts toward your rank.

A dim casino floor with a row of slot machines and a roulette table under a hanging lamp.

Try the casino

The Velvet Rope runs roulette, video poker, blackjack and more, all for game cash. The odds for every game are published.

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A brick wall in an alley covered in wanted photos of shadowed faces, some crossed out in red.

Take down a boss

Every city has a boss on the Most Wanted board, sitting on a stash. Anyone can take a swing, and the cash and gear are split by damage.

A police car in a dark alley behind yellow tape, next to an open briefcase.

Read the paper

The Criminal Times prints the city’s stories every day, with the Crime Blotter, market prices and the classifieds. Reading it is free.

A city dump at dusk: hills of trash bags, a crane holding a magnet over the scrap heap and junked cars stacked high, the skyline behind.

Dig through the dump

Spend energy on the piles at the City Dump for scrap, tools and whatever other players threw out. A shovel helps.

Screenshots

See it in action

Real pages from the game, taken on our test copy with made-up players.

Screenshot: Your case file. Everything about your player on one page: rank, stats, money, next moves and the wire. — **Your case file** Everything about your player on one page: rank, stats, money, next moves and the wire.

Screenshot: The city map. Noob City in one picture: seven districts, and every building is a door. Point at one to see what is inside. — **The city map** Noob City in one picture: seven districts, and every building is a door. Point at one to see what is inside.

Screenshot: The Velvet Rope casino. Three rooms, from the Floor to the Office. The Wheel and Wiseguys or Better are open tonight. — **The Velvet Rope casino** Three rooms, from the Floor to the Office. The Wheel and Wiseguys or Better are open tonight.

Screenshot: The Wheel. An American wheel with a double zero, up to twenty bets a spin, and the odds on the wall. — **The Wheel** An American wheel with a double zero, up to twenty bets a spin, and the odds on the wall.

Screenshot: Most Wanted. Seven bosses across seven cities. Take them down together and split the stash. — **Most Wanted** Seven bosses across seven cities. Take them down together and split the stash.

Screenshot: The Criminal Times. A daily paper with live markets, the crime blotter, bounties and classifieds, written by the players. — **The Criminal Times** A daily paper with live markets, the crime blotter, bounties and classifieds, written by the players.

A newcomer in a cap and long coat steps off a bus onto a rain-wet street at night, suitcase in hand.

Your first day

A day in the life

Get off the busSign up with an email, confirm it, and you’re in Noob City with $100. Vera at Corner Pawn has six pages of small jobs to walk you through your first week.
Pick a first moveBuy a gym pass, try a small crime, or sign on for a day job. Your bars refill every five minutes, signed in or not.
ClimbLevel up on the Promotion page, move somewhere better than a box, and work your rank up from Nobody. The top rung is Untouchable.

Read the beginner’s guide

Questions

What people ask first

Is it free?

Yes. Every part of the game is open to players who never spend anything. Optional packs exist, and nothing you buy puts you above the Rules: paying players get jailed and banned like anyone else.

The Store is closed right now while payments move to a new provider. You won’t be charged while it is closed. More under Money.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. The pages fit a phone screen, and it works in a current browser on a phone, a tablet or a computer. There is no app to install.

Who can play?

You need to be 18 or older. The sign-up form asks you to confirm that and to agree to the Terms, the Game Rules and the Privacy Policy. It is one account per person.

Read the whole FAQ

The city has room for one more

Sign-ups are open.