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The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire
Build a criminal empire from the streets up. Commit crimes in third-person, run and automate illegal businesses, recruit your own crime family, fight rival organizations, and take control of a seamless open-world city.
81% of 435 Steam reviews positive
At a glance
● Pros
- Steam reviews: "Very Positive" (81%)
- Full English voice acting
- Full controller support
● Cons
No notable downsides in the data.
Great for
- Fans of punchy combat and action
- Discovering distinctive indie games
- Growing characters and getting lost in a story
Summarized automatically from Steam reviews, Metacritic, language support, price and spec data.
What players talk about
How often each topic comes up in 50 Steam reviews (English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese) · 64% of them recommend the game
- Combat & action👍 3 👎 7
- Bugs👍 5 👎 5
- Grind & repetition👍 0 👎 7
- Amount of content👍 6
- Controls👍 6
- Freedom & exploration👍 3 👎 3
- Price👍 1 👎 4
- Story👍 1 👎 3
- Performance👍 4
- Difficulty👍 3
Counts how many reviews mention each topic, split by whether the review recommends the game.
“I really tried to like this but I just couldn't get into it.”
About the game
This is an open-world criminal empire simulator.
Build Your Criminal Empire From the Streets Up.
Steal cars, run illegal businesses, recruit your own crime family and conquer the city in a seamless open-world criminal empire simulator. Every crime, business and territory is connected, allowing you to build your organization from a small-time hustler into the city's most powerful kingpin.
A True Criminal Playground
Choose how your empire begins. Become a car thief, drug producer, nightclub owner, dealer or crime boss. Every path leads to the same goal: control the city.
Build Your Criminal Empire
Commit Crimes
Steal Cars
Pickpocket
Evade the Police
Shootouts
Street Races
Run Illegal Businesses
Warehouse Management
Nightclub Management
Production Chains
Business Automation
Office Operations & Criminal Jobs
Rent cheap motel rooms or apartments to start your first illegal operation, then expand into warehouses, businesses, and a city-wide criminal network.
Grow from a small-time hustler into the city's most powerful crime boss.
Rule The City
Rival Families
Territory Control
Recruit Gangsters
Expand Your Influence
Become The Boss
Key Features
• Build Your Criminal Empire: Start with nothing and rise from a small-time hustler to the city's most powerful crime boss.
• Commit Crimes Your Way: Steal cars, pickpocket civilians, rob targets, evade the police, and complete criminal jobs across the city.
• Run Illegal Businesses: Build warehouses, manage nightclubs, automate production chains, and expand your criminal network.
• Recruit Your Crime Family: Hire gangsters, assign criminal operations, eliminate rival families, and take control of every district.
• Conquer the City: Fight for control of 11 unique districts, eliminate rival families, earn Prestige, and dominate the city’s criminal underworld.
• Living Open World: NPCs, police, traffic, businesses, and rival organizations react dynamically to your actions.
• Vehicle Theft & Customization: Steal, customize, upgrade, race, or dismantle vehicles for profit.
• Deep Progression System: Unlock skills, improve your abilities, expand your businesses, and discover new ways to build your empire.
• Every System is Connected: Crimes, businesses, territories, economy, and progression work together to create one seamless criminal empire simulation.
Source: Steam store page (provided by the developer/publisher)
PC requirements
Minimum
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit Processor: Intel i5 AMD Ryzen 5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 5000 MB available space
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit Processor: Intel i7 AMD Ryzen 7 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 5000 MB available space
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90Updated October 27, 2026 · Source: Steam