First-person crime shooter · Solo or co-op

CriminalScum

A first-person crime shooter where you start with nothing. Rob locals, boost cars, crack safes and plan heists with your crew. Fight the Gallas gang, outrun the cops, and pay off the debt your grandma left behind, in a grimy town full of blocky crooks. Solo or co-op.

Windows PC Release: TBA Solo or online co-op By Lerk Interactive
About this game

Grandma's dead. Her debt is yours.

Grandma kept a trailer by the tracks in Mill Crossing and a debt nobody told you about. Then the Gallas came to collect. Now she's gone, the trailer is yours, and so is what she owed.

You have no money, no crew and no name on the street. Everything you get, you take.

Start small

Pick pockets, mug the wrong guy, lift bikes and fence it all at the pawn shop. Slim-jim a car door or put a brick through the window, hotwire it and drive it to the chop shop.

Burgle trailers, hold up the liquor store, pry open the laundromat's coin boxes. Somebody's always watching: witnesses talk, and the cops come.

Pull the job

Plan it properly: the gear, the driver, the lookout, the van, the house. Get past locks, dials, keypads and drills, doorbell cameras and nosy neighbours.

Go in quiet with a knife and a mask, or loud with a shotgun. Fence everything afterwards, and remember that hot goods sell cheap.

Run the town

Build your rackets: street corners, weed sellers in the park. Go to war with the Gallas for their corners, their stash and the boss in the back of the arcade, with arcade cabinets to kill time while you're there.

Then knock out the substation, and take First Mill Savings.

Your crook, your crew

Make your crook in the character creator, then play solo or bring your crew in online co-op.

Blocky characters in a grimy, realistic world, with a dark sense of humour.

Trailer

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Gameplay

In Motion

CriminalScum gameplay: Rob the locals
Rob the locals
CriminalScum gameplay: War with the Gallas
War with the Gallas
CriminalScum gameplay: The Klutz, the clown gang
The Klutz, the clown gang
CriminalScum gameplay: The police come for you
The police come for you
CriminalScum gameplay: Crack the safes
Crack the safes
CriminalScum gameplay: Hotwire a ride
Hotwire a ride
CriminalScum gameplay: Outrun the heat
Outrun the heat
CriminalScum gameplay: The town from the air
The town from the air
CriminalScum gameplay: Pinball at Lerk's Arcade
Pinball at Lerk's Arcade
CriminalScum gameplay: TAKEDOWN TURNPIKE on the arcade racer
TAKEDOWN TURNPIKE on the arcade racer
CriminalScum gameplay: GREEB ATTACKS on its cabinet
GREEB ATTACKS on its cabinet
CriminalScum gameplay: Pool
Pool
CriminalScum gameplay: Table tennis
Table tennis
CriminalScum gameplay: Chess in the park
Chess in the park
CriminalScum gameplay: The Velvet Stallion
The Velvet Stallion
CriminalScum gameplay: The Low Tide, a casino under the town
The Low Tide, a casino under the town
CriminalScum gameplay: The Funhouse
The Funhouse
In-game screenshots

Around Town

CriminalScum in-game screenshot: Gallas turf: a shoot-out outside the arcade
Gallas turf: a shoot-out outside the arcade
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: The Klutz: the clown gang on Mill St
The Klutz: the clown gang on Mill St
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: Dale's Hardware: make him empty the till
Dale's Hardware: make him empty the till
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: Lerk's Arcade: MIDNIGHT HEIST pinball
Lerk's Arcade: MIDNIGHT HEIST pinball
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: A stolen ride down the main road
A stolen ride down the main road
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: Cracking the hidden safe
Cracking the hidden safe
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: Chess in the park against the locals
Chess in the park against the locals
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: The police roll up
The police roll up
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: TAKEDOWN TURNPIKE, the arcade's racer
TAKEDOWN TURNPIKE, the arcade's racer
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: Pool in the arcade's back room
Pool in the arcade's back room
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: The Funhouse: the Klutz' bunker
The Funhouse: the Klutz' bunker
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: The Velvet Stallion
The Velvet Stallion
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: The Low Tide: a casino in the sewers
The Low Tide: a casino in the sewers
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: Table tennis
Table tennis
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: The strip: traffic and a patrol on Main Rd
The strip: traffic and a patrol on Main Rd
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: GREEB ATTACKS on its cabinet
GREEB ATTACKS on its cabinet
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: The rifle: Millpond Park through the scope
The rifle: Millpond Park through the scope
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: Sunny Acres: Grandma's lane
Sunny Acres: Grandma's lane
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: Millpond Park
Millpond Park
CriminalScum in-game screenshot: The mirror: build your crook
The mirror: build your crook

Game info

Genre
First-person crime shooter
Players
Solo or online co-op
Platform
Windows
Release
TBA
Developer
Lerk Interactive
Publisher
Lerk Interactive
Manual
Player's manual

Mature content

CriminalScum is made for adults. It contains:

  • Crime, including violence against civilians and police
  • Strong violence and blood (adjustable in the settings)
  • Drug dealing
  • Themes of sex work

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