Games Like Omerta - City of Gangsters

Empire of Sin is a new strategy game brought to you by Romero Games and Paradox Interactive that puts you at the heart of the ruthless criminal underworld of 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago.

Why similar: Crime 48.4%, Management 15.4%, Strategy 10%, Turn-Based 7.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is the closest thematic match, combining 1920s mob management with turn-based tactical combat.

In this management tycoon game, you’ll start a criminal operation from nothing and grow it into a well-oiled money machine! Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Leverage favors, chase down debtors, and bribe the police to look the other way.

Why similar: Crime 54%, Management 14.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based 8.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep dive into the logistics of running a criminal enterprise during the Prohibition era, focusing on supply chains and illicit trade.

Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.

Why similar: Management 43.2%, Strategy 25.6%, Simulation 14.8%, RPG 7%, Sandbox 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a complex management experience centered on building and maintaining a drug empire while balancing law enforcement pressure.

Company of Crime places you in the heart of 1960s London. Will you build an influential criminal empire, or head up an elite Scotland Yard task force and crack down on the rising tide of corruption? Case out targets, then dive into the melee with your hand-picked team of gangsters or detectives.

Why similar: Crime 41.7%, Management 12.4%, Turn-Based 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the tactical combat and territorial expansion aspects of running a criminal organization in 1960s London.

Crookz - The Big Heist is a tactical strategy game set in the funky 1970’s with a slick and groovy atmosphere. Show off the art of thieving by plotting stylish heists and robberies; utilizing espionage and quick-thinking to avoid detection.

Why similar: Strategy 62.4%, Simulation 27.9%, Tactical 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes tactical planning and execution of heists, mirroring the tactical mission structure of Omerta.

Vigilantes is a combat focused, turn-based tactical RPG set in the crime riddled city of Reiker. The game offers hardcore squad-level combat in a gritty neo-noir setting, intel gathering through surveillance and interrogation, a detailed character system, base facilities, crafting, and more.

Why similar: Crime 51.6%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Strategy 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Turn-Based Combat 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, turn-based tactical RPG that captures the combat intensity and crime-ridden atmosphere found in Omerta.

The Mafia rules the city. A special police task force is formed to take down his gang. This squad is managed by two cops. An open war breaks out throughout the city of Chicago. Now it’s your turn to choose your side!

Why similar: Crime 67.7%, Strategy 32.3%

Why You'll Like It: A historical strategy game that focuses on the tactical combat between mobsters and police in the classic Prohibition setting.

This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?

Why similar: Crime 55.7%, Management 22.8%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a compelling management simulation that explores the intersection of law enforcement and organized crime.

Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.

Why similar: Crime 57.7%, Management 20%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 7%, Sandbox 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A management game that focuses on the underground production and distribution of illicit goods, mirroring the business side of Omerta.

The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!

Why similar: Strategy 34.3%, Simulation 22.7%, Management 18.3%, RPG 9.3%, Multiplayer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a complex historical simulation where you manage a family dynasty and engage in illicit activities to gain power.

Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.

Why similar: Crime 36.9%, Strategy 20.9%, Management 18.6%, Turn-Based 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the management and tactical combat elements of the original, focusing on the gritty reality of law enforcement.

The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

Why similar: Strategy 30.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Turn-Based 10%, Tactical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: While not crime-focused, its deep squad-based tactical combat and mercenary management provide the high-quality turn-based gameplay Omerta fans enjoy.

Venice: As a young man striving for success, power and wealth and with the support of your family, you begin to build up a trading empire across Genua, Tripoli, Rome, Alexandria and Constantinople in addition to many other significant cities from the Renaissance. This is where your story begins...

Why similar: Strategy 42.3%, Management 27.4%, Simulation 21.1%, Historical 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: A historical trading and management sim that captures the economic complexity of building a power base in a competitive environment.

You can’t rise to the top without taking a few others down. If that means engaging in a workplace accidents, dodgy deals, and a shifty trick or two then so be it! You're going to need every trick in the book if you want to go from small-time slumlord to property tycoon!

Why similar: Strategy 64.9%, Simulation 35.1%

Why You'll Like It: This management sim allows you to build a city while utilizing shady tactics and gangs to sabotage your rivals.

Game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Answer incoming calls and react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / police / ambulances, or sometimes - just ignore the call. Play on ANY CITY in the world!

Why similar: Crime 34.5%, Management 26.5%, Strategy 21%, Simulation 13.8%, Tactical 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy simulation that forces you to make critical decisions under pressure in a crime-ridden city.

Start from nothing and rise to the top as you expand your criminal empire in Drug Lord Tycoon.

Why similar: Crime 60.6%, Management 17%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 7.4%, Sandbox 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on the gritty, day-to-day management of a criminal drug operation.

Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.

Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, Management 27.8%, Simulation 17.9%, Historical 5.3%, Multiplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that focuses on economic management and territorial expansion in a historical setting.

Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

Why similar: Strategy 25.1%, Turn-Based 25%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.5%, Tactical 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in tactical turn-based stealth that captures the high-stakes tension of criminal operations.

Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

Why similar: Turn-Based 44.2%, Strategy 20.1%, RPG 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Tactical 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features excellent tactical turn-based combat set within a gritty, crime-filled underworld.

The business simulator Plutocracy gives you the chance to become wealthy and powerful to take control over the world. Where policy, laws, officials and people are only the chess pieces how do you play your game?

Why similar: Crime 48.9%, Management 20.9%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 8.2%, Historical 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation game that focuses on the political and economic maneuvering required to build a massive empire.

Counter Terrorist Agency lets you fight international terrorism and prevent attacks all over the world. Use modern invigilation techniques, discover connections, interrogate suspects, eliminate threats and dismantle terrorist networks.

Why similar: Crime 49.1%, Strategy 18.8%, Management 18.4%, Simulation 11%, Sandbox 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that tasks you with monitoring and neutralizing criminal threats through intelligence and tactical decisions.

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Why similar: Management 38.6%, Strategy 35.5%, Simulation 17.4%, Sandbox 3.8%, Multiplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: While a city-builder, it shares the management-focused gameplay and the ability to engage in corrupt, illicit practices to maintain power.

Drug Dealing RPG roguelite strategy crime saga with choose your own adventure elements. The police and the jackboys aren't your biggest enemy... Time is!

Why similar: Crime 52.4%, Management 16.5%, Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-RPG that combines management with the dangerous realities of the drug trade.

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Why similar: Strategy 51.5%, Tactical 26.9%, Simulation 18.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Multiplayer 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical game that focuses on squad management and precise execution of dangerous missions.

A clicker/management drug dealing simulator. Get your product cut and wrapped quickly and out on the streets. Build your crew, expand your operation, and climb the supply chain. Stay ahead of the cops, keep your crew in line, or pay the price.

Why similar: Crime 59.8%, Management 20%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused management experience on the logistics and risks involved in building a criminal enterprise.

The Absolute Evil and its trusted *cough* servant, the Dark Elf Thalya, return in Dungeons 4 after the events of its fabulous predecessor to bring about their triumph over the forces of good once more.

Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, Simulation 28.4%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Sandbox 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It blends base-building management with tactical combat, offering a similar loop of resource gathering and army deployment.

From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

Why similar: Crime 61.5%, Management 19.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 5.6%, Multiplayer 2.5%

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.

Why similar: Crime 59%, Management 17.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 6.8%, RPG 3%

In POLICE TACTICS: IMPERIO you start your career as an aspiring police chief in Newport Falls, a city that is dirty and corrupt to its core. You are responsible for upholding law and order. Coordinate the emergency vehicles and personnel of the municipal precinct and put a stop to crime.

Why similar: Strategy 64.4%, Simulation 35.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a management-focused look at the city from the perspective of law enforcement, providing a mirror to Omerta's criminal focus.

Thrilling business tycoon sim where you step into the shoes of a drug dealer in 1980s USA. Your main goal is simple: BUY LOW and SELL HIGH. Get ready for a experience where you'll combine strategy, risk-taking, and decision-making to build your criminal empire.

Why similar: Crime 63.2%, Management 16.3%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 7%, Turn-Based Combat 5.7%

Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily. Fight to survive as Enzo Favara and prove your worth to the Family in this immersive third-person action-adventure.

Why similar: Crime 89.3%, Historical 6.5%, Atmospheric 1.6%, Open World 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%

In Cosa Nostra you follow the life of a hit man for the American Mafia during the early 1980's. Complete contracts by using your own expertise, whether that be sneaking, setting up traps, or by using pure brute force. Work your way up the crime ladder through honesty or through deception.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: A violent strategy game that leans into the themes of organized crime and territorial warfare.

Play the tables or own the strip in this Vegas-themed MMORPG that merges role-playing, tycoon, city-building and casino games. Use your winnings in multiplayer casino games like slots, poker, blackjack and roulette as you rise from janitor to casino mogul.

Why similar: Management 59.3%, Simulation 24%, RPG 10.5%, Multiplayer 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management and growth of a gambling empire, a key component of the criminal underworld depicted in Omerta.

Build a criminal empire from a hidden underground hangar. Produce drugs, craft weapons, print fake money, operate cartel airstrip and more. Hire workers, expand your gang, upgrade your base and take control of city distribution solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Crime 64.4%, Management 21.9%, Simulation 9.5%, Multiplayer 2.6%, Open World 1.1%

It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.

Why similar: Crime 92.2%, Open World 2.5%, Historical 2.1%, Multiplayer 1.1%, Atmospheric 1.1%

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar takes you to the plains and forests of ancient Gaul where Julius Caesar wages a decade long war to subjugate the barbarian hordes. Hegemony Rome will immerse you in the history like no other real time strategy game ever before, forcing you to pay close attention to the changing seasons and rapidly...

Why similar: Strategy 66.6%, Simulation 15.2%, Historical 11.4%, RPG 5.5%, Sandbox 0.9%

Age of Gladiators II: Rome is a single-player strategy/management sim set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. As your fighters increase in level, it will be up to you to decide how to forge their attributes and abilities. Build your story. Build your empire.

Why similar: Management 24.2%, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 8.5%

Manage your own speakeasy hidden from prying eyes during Prohibition. Experiment with recipes, perfect the quality of your spirits, and transform your bar into an elegant, unique venue. Combine craftsmanship, optimization, and decoration to offer your guests an unforgettable experience.

Why similar: Crime 57.9%, Management 17.9%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 7.5%, Historical 4.5%

"Age of Gladiators" is a single-player strategy/management sim set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. As your fighters increase in level, it will be up to you to decide how to forge their attributes and abilities.

Why similar: Management 29.3%, Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based 17.3%, Simulation 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%

Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.

Why similar: Management 71.2%, Simulation 18.1%, Sandbox 4.2%, RPG 3.6%, Open World 1.7%

Dive into a wild story of gangsters and criminals where you decide the fate of the peculiar customers of a luxurious nightclub in a never-ending race against the clock.

Why similar: Crime 59.6%, Management 18.2%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 8.6%, Singleplayer 1%

For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.

Why similar: Strategy 35.8%, Management 23.1%, Simulation 21.7%, RPG 7.9%, Historical 3.5%

Police Shootout is a new turn-based FPS game. Put on your uniform and get ready to respond the most surprising calls in your policeman’s career. Solve cases and gain experience, but also find out why a good young policeman gave up his career in a big city and moved to a small town of San Adrino.

Why similar: Crime 56.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Simulation 8.3%, Tactical 4.7%

Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.

Why similar: Management 24.1%, Turn-Based 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%

What turns a drug dealer into a drug lord? Find out in DDS2, a first-person co-op sim set in a dynamic open world. Make contacts, cook drugs, and manage your cartel on Isla Sombra, where power is the only law.

Why similar: Crime 62.9%, Management 16.7%, Simulation 8%, RPG 3.5%, Multiplayer 2.8%

Vito Scaletta has started to make a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay as someone who can be trusted to get a job done. Together with his buddy Joe, he is working to prove himself to the Mafia, quickly escalating up the family ladder with crimes of larger reward, status and consequence… the life as a wise guy isn’t quite as...

Why similar: Crime 93.1%, Open World 2.7%, Atmospheric 1%, Singleplayer 0.9%, Multiplayer 0.9%

A Turn-Based Tactics game set in Viking-Age Norway. Build a settlement, forge alliances, and fight strategic battles. Manage a community of craftspeople, farmers, and warriors, as you grow strong on your path to vengeance in this story-rich saga.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 28.1%, Strategy 23.5%, Turn-Based Combat 16.7%, Historical 9.2%, RPG 7.5%

The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

Why similar: Management 37.5%, Strategy 26.9%, Simulation 15.4%, Historical 10.6%, Sandbox 5.1%

Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Why similar: Turn-Based 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Strategy 19.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Tactical 8%

The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!

Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Simulation 26.3%, Management 23%, RPG 6.2%, Sandbox 3.2%

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: Management 38.6%, Strategy 25.3%, Simulation 14.8%, Historical 10.9%, Sandbox 5.4%

As Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar’s Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions.

Why similar: Strategy 59.7%, Simulation 23.1%, Historical 14.1%, Multiplayer 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Start as a humble commoner and guide your family through generations in this family sim meets city builder. Climb the ranks of society to become the most influential family in the land. With wit, strategy, and a bit of luck, build your legacy - just try not to trip over your ambition!

Why similar: Management 40.1%, Strategy 24.2%, Simulation 12.3%, Historical 10.1%, RPG 7.4%

In the world of City Eye, you’ll become an operator of the Central Monitoring System, who will try to prevent the effects of every single transgression in the game. Use city maps to track dangerous areas and don’t let the suspects run away from the Police.

Why similar: Crime 63.3%, Management 27.1%, Tactical 5.2%, Sandbox 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: Management 22.3%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 9.1%

Discover and colonize the world, Allocate your labor force, Monopolize markets, Fight tactical battles, Survive the age of imperialism...

Why similar: Management 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Strategy 20.1%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Simulation 10.4%

Tru Or Die: Chiraq is a third person single/multiplayer roleplaying game.

Why similar: Crime 79.9%, Simulation 8.6%, RPG 5.5%, Multiplayer 3.7%, Open World 2.1%