Is this an official Crime Simulator tier list?
No. Steam does not publish ranks. Empty or dated cells beat copied Roblox Criminal Simulator lists.
At A Glance
This Crime Simulator tier list is a starter framework for Steam Crime Simulator by CookieDev (App 2737070), not an official S–C dump. Steam does not publish ranks. The same page is the early Crime Simulator skills list plus tools for Standard’s first ten hours. Site brand Criminal Simulator. It is not Roblox Criminal Simulator and it does not copy Roblox ladders. Verified October 29, 2026 · Steam.
Letters mean “pays the first quotas,” not “best in a 200-hour spreadsheet.” Lockpicking plus inventory beat melee and cosmetics. Empty cells beat invented percents. Confirm the truck computer after patches.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Platform | Steam (Windows) · Xbox listing |
| Scope | Early Standard · solo · first ~10 hours |
| Official ladder? | No — community framework only |
| Skills list source | Steam 15+ skills + community leaflet table |
| S (early) | Basic Lockpicking, Backpacker / Strongman 1 · Lockpick, Scanner |
| C until needed | Master Lockpicking, combat-only spends, bat as plan A |
| Not copied | Roblox Criminal Simulator lists |
| Patch | Live on Steam · Ashen Creek DLC (August 11, 2026) |
| Last checked | October 29, 2026 |
How should I read this Crime Simulator tier list?
S means you feel the next job immediately. A means it pays once the door type exists. B is a real node you still delay. C is correct later and wrong as a first spend. Ranks assume Standard, solo, Casual or Normal. Ashen Creek jewelry bumps electronics and glass. Hardcore bumps anything that saves a wipe. Letters move when a dated recap shows otherwise — we will not freeze fake 0.1% gaps.
| Rank | Means on this page | Does not mean |
|---|---|---|
| S | Buy / bring for quota 1–2 if you have the leaflet or row | Always best after hour 40 |
| A | Next after the door type or bag problem appears | Skip lockpicking to take it first |
| B | Good, delayed | Trash; just wait |
| C | Park it until the map demands it | Never take it |
Two lists, one framework
Searchers want a crime simulator tier list and a crime simulator skills list. This page ranks both in the same S–A–B–C grid so you do not maintain two contradictory orders. Effect text and leaflet spawn rules stay on skills. Noise, zip ties, and scanner rules stay on tools. If this grid and those pages fight, the unlock table wins — ranks are commentary.
No percents, no Roblox columns
A copied Roblox list will show gamepasses, scripts, or classes Crime Simulator does not have. Steam skills are a point plus a Skill Leaflet on the truck computer. Tools are a hotbar that Standard death can empty. If a column cannot be named in those UIs, it does not belong on this Criminal Simulator tier list.
What is S-tier on this skills list for Standard?
Do not open Master Lockpicking because the name sounds finished. Early Crime Simulator jobs are basic mechanical locks and a bag that fills too fast. The Crime Simulator skills list below is a spend order, not a completion checklist.
| Rank | Skill | Why it sits there early |
|---|---|---|
| S | Basic Lockpicking | Lockpick Set actually opens starter doors |
| S | Backpacker | Extra slot; quota is a bag problem |
| S | Strongman 1 | Slot plus weight / heavy loot recap (piano / scooter) |
| A | Perception 1 | NPC range, highlight, routines — fewer hour-tick surprises |
| A | Basic Electronics | When the next house is a keypad, not before |
| A | Agility 1 | If a vine or fence is already blocking a quiet route |
| B | Advanced Lockpicking | Bobby pin houses; needs Basic first |
| B | Reader | When duplicates start burning; XP bonus Unverified |
| B | Strongman 2 / Agility 2 | More of a good thing after the first slot and first door |
| C until needed | Master Lockpicking | Highest mechanical locks — late / high-tech |
| C until needed | Advanced Electronics | Shutters, labs, modules — after Basic Electronics |
| C until needed | Perception 2–3 | Camera auto-detect and loot values — dense jobs |
| C until needed | Agility 3 | High fences after you already need the climb |
| C until needed | Stacking 1–3 | When you actually leave duplicate small items on the floor |
Backpacker versus Strongman 1
Both are S because both add a slot. Strongman 1 also raises throw force, melee, and the weight cap — community slot guides say it is required for some oversized loot. There is no Strongman 3. If you already lift what you steal, Backpacker is the cheap extra pocket. Hideout training gear can add another slot later; that is furniture, not a leaflet. Full effect lines: skills.
Reader is not a first point
Reader keeps leaflets after use and adds XP. It is wasted if you have not found a duplicate yet and you still cannot open the front door. Park it in B until the Truck Store boxes start repeating pages you already spent.
Combat nodes are not a personality
This Crime Simulator tier list is a stealth-quota framework. Agility is route, not a bat tree. If you want to fight, that is a loadout choice on the tools grid, and it is still a bad first-hour plan on Casual. Next question is the kit that sits next to those skills.
How should I rank Crime Simulator tools?
Tools inherit the same letters. A lockpick without Basic Lockpicking is a paperweight. A scanner without dense loot is a wasted slot. World-reward rows (zip ties, scanner, crossbow, invisibility in recaps) cannot be S on hour one if the computer has not listed them yet — they jump the moment the row appears.
| Rank | Tool | Why |
|---|---|---|
| S (early) | Lockpick Set | The job. Pairs with Basic Lockpicking |
| S (when unlocked) | Scanner | Stops junk bags on dense houses |
| A | Bobby pin | Advanced locks / some safes — after Basic stops opening |
| A | Zip ties (when unlocked) | Keeps a downed NPC down in a busy house |
| A | Drone | Scout cameras and roofs before a doorway pick |
| A | Glass cutter / glass entry | When the window is safer than the door |
| A | Stethoscope or blowtorch (recap) | Safes — pick one quiet method |
| B | Sleeping gas | Vent houses only |
| B | Remote hack | Keypads and shutters at range — needs electronics |
| B | Crossbow (when unlocked) | Quiet cameras / NPCs — not day-one shop |
| C until needed | Baseball bat | Panic stick, not plan A |
| C until needed | Crowbar / fire axe (recap) | Loud entry after stealth is gone |
| C until needed | Invisibility (world reward) | Chase panic, not a floor skip |
Scanner is S only after the row exists
Recaps unlock the scanner after a finished or failed run, same bucket as zip ties. On a three-drawer starter house it is optional. On jewelry, pharmacy, research, and later interiors it is the difference between a quota truck and a bag of junk. Perception skills are a different spend; they do not replace the tool. Details: tools.
Zip ties are A, not a stealth replacement
If you never drop an NPC, you never spend a tie. If you drop one in a busy house, the tie is cheaper than a second fight while you still have drawers open. Rank them under lockpicks because a tied body does not open the front door.
The bat stays C on purpose
Steam lists the bat next to lockpicks because melee exists. Using it as the default starts the cop clock. Strongman makes the swing less sad; it does not make the swing a quota plan. Keep one in the truck as insurance.
Skills, then tools
Matched by build plan, shared topics, and guide progression — not random related links.
Why is Master Lockpicking not S-tier early?
Because starter houses do not ask for it. Tiers require the previous rank: Master wants Advanced, Advanced wants Basic. Spending the first point on the highest name leaves you staring at a locked Basic door with a fancy leaflet you cannot use. The same logic parks Advanced Electronics, Agility 3, and Perception 3 in C until the map actually shows shutters, high fences, or dense loot highlights.
| Looks strong | Early rank | Wait until |
|---|---|---|
| Master Lockpicking | C until needed | High-tech / late mechanical locks after Advanced |
| Advanced Electronics | C until needed | Keypads you already have Basic for, then labs |
| Perception 3 | C until needed | Camera-heavy jobs where auto-detect pays |
| Stacking 3 | C until needed | You actually drop duplicate small loot |
| Golden Cards | Not a skill rank | After hideout beds — golden cards |
| Voucher abilities | Not a skill rank | Wrong UI — hideout machine, not the truck tree |
Names that are not on the Steam leaflet table
Third-party roundups add pages this wiki will not S-rank: Jewelry Appraisal, Stealth Ops, and other labels that are not on the truck computer. Treat them as Unverified. An unofficial Crime Simulator tier list that invents extra S rows is worse than a short grid.
Furniture is not a letter on this page
Beds and training gear outlive Standard death. They are the first wallet dump after quota 1, but they are not skills and not tools. Rank them on hideout, then come back here for the leaflet order. Mixing hideout into S-tier skill rows is how people buy disco lights instead of Basic Lockpicking.
When does this Crime Simulator tier list change?
Move a letter when your HUD shows a new door type, when a world-reward row appears on the truck computer, or when a dated recap contradicts the grid. Do not move letters because a Roblox video used the same English title. Do not move letters to make a 12-row “complete” list.
| Trigger | What rises | What stays |
|---|---|---|
| First keypad house | Basic Electronics → S for that week | Basic Lockpicking still S |
| Scanner row appears | Scanner → S on dense jobs | Lockpick still S |
| Bobby pin doors everywhere | Advanced Lockpicking → A/S | Master still C until those locks exist |
| Duplicate leaflets | Reader → A | Do not skip the first door for it |
| Ashen Creek jewelry / glass | Electronics, glass tools, scanner | Bat still C as plan A |
| Hardcore queued | Anything that prevents a wipe | Still not a Roblox list |
Dated recaps beat vibes
If a patch nerfs scanner range or adds a new leaflet, this framework should move. Until then, empty and honest beats a fake “updated hourly” banner. Last checked: October 29, 2026. Patch context: Live on Steam · Ashen Creek DLC (August 11, 2026).
Your HUD can outrank this page
If the next job is all keypads, electronics is S tonight even if this table still says A. That is the point of a framework. Log the exception, finish the quota, do not rewrite the whole Crime Simulator skills list around one address.
Do Hardcore, co-op, or Ashen Creek change the letters?
Yes, locally. No, not into a second copied ladder. Hardcore can wipe level and money on a failed quota — survival tools and extract discipline climb. Co-op empties houses faster; extra backpacks still beat a fourth bat. Ashen Creek (DLC 4794830) adds jewelry, pharmacy, cars, and pressure floors — electronics, glass, and scanner climb, invisibility still does not skip a triggered panel.
| Context | Bump up | Still do not S-rank |
|---|---|---|
| Standard first hours | Lockpick, carry, quiet entry | Master ranks, bat plan A |
| Hardcore | Extract habits, anything that saves a wipe | A new Roblox column |
| Co-op 2–4 | Role split: locks / cameras / haul | Four bats |
| Ashen Creek | Electronics, glass, scanner, later cars | Disco hideout as a skill |
| AI Research Center | Electronics + remote hack | First-quota visit with a bat |
| Endless (recap) | World rewards already in play | Skipping Basic Lockpicking anyway |
Mode rules live elsewhere
Quota math, Hardcore wipes, Completionist, and Endless loot reset are game modes. This tier list only borrows the names so the letters have a setting. Do not learn Hardcore from an S-tier meme.
DLC is not a new skill tree
Ashen Creek furniture is mostly atmosphere. Pressure floors care about weight and route, not a new S-tier punch. Kit notes: Ashen Creek. Research labs: AI Research Center.
Which ranking mistakes copy the wrong game?
Most bad Crime Simulator tier list pages fail in the same ten ways. None of them are fixed by adding more letters.
| Mistake | Fix |
|---|---|
| Copying a Roblox Criminal Simulator list | Steam Crime Simulator only — no scripts, no gamepasses |
| Calling this official | It is not. Steam does not publish S–C |
| Master Lockpicking first | Basic → Advanced → Master |
| Bat as S | Panic stick. Lockpick is the job |
| Ranking skills you cannot name on the truck computer | Unverified names stay off the S row |
| Scanner S on hour one before the row exists | World reward — check the computer after a run |
| Treating Golden Cards as skills | golden cards |
| Treating vouchers as leaflets | hideout |
| Inventing percents | Framework letters only |
| Skipping hideout beds to buy an S tool that death drops | Furniture first in Standard |
One sentence the letters are translating
Open the door, carry what pays, leave when the HUD is covered. Everything S on this page is a faster version of that sentence. Everything C is a later version. If a list does not survive that test, it is not a Criminal Simulator tier list.
What should I open after this?
Unlock the S-row on Crime Simulator skills (point + leaflet) and tools. First quota habits: beginner guide. Mode wipes: game modes. Furniture that outranks a fancy C-tier toy: hideout.
Criminal Simulator tier list FAQ
Is this also a Crime Simulator skills list?
Yes — early Standard spend order in S–A–B–C. Full effects and leaflet spawns stay on the skills page.
What is S-tier for the first hours?
Basic Lockpicking and a carry node (Backpacker or Strongman 1). Tools: Lockpick Set, then Scanner once the row exists.
Why is the baseball bat not S?
It starts chases. Keep it as insurance. Quiet entry pays quota.
Why is Master Lockpicking C?
Starter doors need Basic first. Master is late / high-tech. Tiers are gated.
Do I copy a Roblox tier list?
No. This wiki is Steam Crime Simulator by CookieDev. Wrong skills, wrong tools, wrong game.
Do letters change in Ashen Creek or Hardcore?
Locally. Electronics and scanner climb on DLC streets. Wipe-prevention climbs in Hardcore. The early Standard grid stays the default.
Where do I see the real tree?
Computer in the truck. A point with no leaflet does nothing.
Last verified?
October 29, 2026
Related pages
Matched by build plan, shared topics, and guide progression — not random related links.