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Games Like The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Management, Singleplayer, Sandbox.

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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 82% — of 411 reviews
Released: 2025-10-31
Developer: BEF GAMES
Publisher: Tripwire Presents
Genres: Action, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 2.9 hrs
Mean playtime: 5.2 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 78%

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    Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    Why similar: Crime 24.1%, Management 11.4%, Automation 10.1%, Open World 9.8%, Base Building 8.2%

  2. #2 Drug Lord Tycoon
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 1,708 reviews2024
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    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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  3. #3 Dirty Business
    96% matchMostly Positive77% of 876 reviews2026
    Dev: Plan Dirty Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Why similar: Crime 22%, Automation 11.7%, Management 11%, Crafting 10.9%, Base Building 10.7%

  4. #4 Drug Dealer Simulator
    95% matchVery Positive86% of 21,027 reviews2020
    Dev: ByterunnersPub: Movie Games S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW

    Why similar: Crime 36%, Simulation 12.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Open World 9.9%, Resource Management 9.7%

  5. #5 City of Gangsters
    94% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,559 reviews2021
    Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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 39.9%, Resource Management 16.9%, Management 15.9%, Economy 10.9%, Sandbox 6.6%

  6. #6 WeedEx: Drug Express Delivery
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    Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
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    Why similar: Crime 25.2%, Management 10.5%, Driving 10.4%, Open World 10.4%, Base Building 8.7%

  7. #7 Drug Dealer Simulator 2
    93% matchMixed70% of 5,909 reviews2024
    Dev: ByterunnersPub: Movie Games S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 27.1%, Open World 12.7%, Crafting 12.1%, Management 10.8%, Resource Management 10.6%

  8. #8 Cartel Tycoon
    92% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,802 reviews2022
    Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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: Resource Management 16%, Base Building 15.4%, Management 14.9%, Building 12.6%, Economy 12.2%

  9. #9 Big Ambitions
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 13,452 reviews2023
    Dev: Hovgaard Games
    Windows · Mac
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    Why similar: Management 32.9%, Economy 23.2%, Resource Management 11.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Simulation 9.4%

  10. #10 Scam Center Simulator: UnderKingdom
    90% matchMostly Positive75% of 170 reviews2026
    Dev: Jiao Games
    Windows

    Build and manage your underground scam empire in a city ruled by chaos. Expand your operation through illegal means, grow your workforce, automate your schemes, and uncover the dark mysteries hidden beneath the town.

    Why similar: Crime 25.1%, Automation 16.5%, Base Building 13.4%, Management 12.1%, Building 10.2%

  11. #11 Omerta - City of Gangsters
    91% matchMixed67% of 2,397 reviews2013
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Omerta - City of Gangsters is a simulation game with tactical turn-based combat. Taking the role of a fresh-from-the-boat immigrant, with dreams of the big life, the player will work his way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920’s Atlantic City.

    Why similar: Crime 58.1%, Management 18.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 6.8%, RPG 3%

  12. #12 Parking Tycoon: Business Simulator
    89% matchMixed65% of 993 reviews2023
    Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    Why similar: Sandbox 18.9%, Simulation 16.7%, Crafting 16.1%, First-Person 11.6%, Management 11.4%

  13. #13 Casino Boss Simulator
    88% matchMixed59% of 77 reviews2026
    Dev: Nons Games
    Windows

    Casino Boss Simulator is a casino management simulation game that turns your dream of building a casino empire from scratch into reality. Manage, expand, and lead your own casino empire in the competitive world of gambling.

    Why similar: Management 31.6%, Simulation 22.3%, Third-Person Shooter 21%, Action 9.7%, Character Customization 9.6%

  14. #14 Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare
    89% matchMixed65% of 12,453 reviews2019
    Dev: KK Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    86% matchVery Positive83% of 81 reviews2026
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    Windows

    Run your own scam centre and pay off your debt. Expand your business by recruiting workers through shady means. Bribe the police, trade with others, and use every strategy to survive in this city. Will you rise to power or fall under the pressure? The choice is yours.

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  16. #16 Gun Factory Simulator
    87% matchMixed63% of 163 reviews2025
    Dev: Broken Clock
    Windows

    Take control of your very own firearms factory. Start with a workshop and a gun shop, and evolve it into a factory of mass destruction. Craft bullets to rockets, handguns to shotguns, hire workers & managers, and become a merchant of death. Get use to the smell of gunpowder and cash.

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    Windows
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  18. #18 The Precinct
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    85% matchVery Positive83% of 1,483 reviews2021
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    Windows
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    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,237 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  23. #23 Moonshiner Simulator
    81% matchVery Positive86% of 140 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Windows · Linux

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  25. #25 Gunsmith
    82% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,051 reviews2018
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    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    80% matchMixed58% of 53 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    Windows

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  30. #30 Empire of Sin
    79% matchMixed48% of 6,278 reviews2020
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  31. #31 Automation Empire
    78% matchMixed66% of 2,643 reviews2019
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    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  32. #32 Basement
    78% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,230 reviews2019
    Dev: Halfbus
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    75% matchMostly Positive72% of 793 reviews2025
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    Windows

    Noble Legacy is a medieval colony sim where every villager has a purpose and every decision carries weight. Build a thriving settlement, recruit & manage your people, master a deep economy, and defend your realm as you forge a legacy worthy of the crown. What kind of ruler will you be?

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  34. #34 Thief Simulator
    75% matchVery Positive88% of 39,713 reviews2018
    Dev: Noble MuffinsPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%

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    73% matchVery Positive86% of 119 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    76% matchMixed44% of 216 reviews2024
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    Windows

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  37. #37 PUSHER - Drug Tycoon
    74% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2023
    Dev: P4 GAMES
    Windows

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  38. #38 Pax Autocratica
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 2,850 reviews2026
    Dev: Multiverse
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    71% matchVery Positive90% of 841 reviews2025
    Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    74% matchVery Positive82% of 116 reviews2021
    Dev: Stone/Spark Games
    Windows

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    73% matchMixed62% of 61 reviews2024
    Dev: Bull Games
    Windows

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    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 267 reviews2026
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    72% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,559 reviews2023
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    72% matchVery Positive91% of 138 reviews2022
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    70% matchVery Positive90% of 11,469 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,170 reviews2025
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  50. #50 Junkyard Simulator
    71% matchMixed65% of 2,237 reviews2021
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    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 203 reviews2026
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  54. #54 Car Manufacture
    68% matchMixed65% of 1,408 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    Car Manufacture is an automotive tycoon game. Start in the beginning of the XX century and create thriving business. Build cars, manage people, expand your plant and research new technology. Make tons of money and stay on top.

    Why similar: Automation 25%, Management 14.7%, Building 14.5%, Economy 13.8%, Sandbox 11.4%

  55. #55 SimCasino
    69% matchMostly Positive74% of 757 reviews2021
    Dev: LVGameDev LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Modern Casino Tycoon Simulation in full 3D glory. Build the casino. Set the odds. Expand into a luxury hotel/casino or go cheap & extract max profits. Keep the vault secure at all times, and beware of criminals & cheaters!!

    Why similar: Base Building 17.4%, Management 16.3%, Building 15.9%, Economy 13.8%, Sandbox 13.8%

  56. #56 Contraband Police
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 25,591 reviews2023
    Dev: Crazy RocksPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

    Why similar: Open World 36%, Management 27.5%, Simulation 16.2%, First-Person 13.1%, Action 7.1%

  57. #57 Saloon Simulator
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 989 reviews2025
    Dev: Glivi Games S.A.Pub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Start by running a saloon and carve your own place in the Wild West. Shape your bar, hire help, and get drawn into the lives and troubles of the people who gather around your counter. Out here, honest business is rarely enough. See what it takes to survive the frontier.

    Why similar: Crime 31.2%, Crafting 16.1%, Management 15.9%, Economy 13.5%, Sandbox 10.9%

  58. #58 Laundering Simulator - Clean Cash and Laundry
    65% matchVery Positive81% of 423 reviews2025
    Dev: Ritual Interactive
    Windows

    Laundering Simulator puts you in charge of a two-faced enterprise – a hidden counterfeiting workshop with a laundromat as its front! Help Eddie Wiser run this crazy show and deal with small-business management, a criminal underground, nosy authorities, and a rage-inducing grandmother!

    Why similar: Crime 36.1%, Management 16.7%, Economy 15.4%, Building 14.4%, Simulation 7.4%

  59. #59 Baking Bad
    67% matchMostly Negative32% of 143 reviews2026
    Dev: FunkyArmor
    Windows · Linux

    In a world where sweets and carbs are banned, take your baking underground. Build and upgrade your RV kitchen, bake forbidden treats, sell them across cities, manage your blood sugar, and stay one step ahead of the law. Play solo or team up with friends to grow your underground baking empire.

    Why similar: Crime 33.1%, Driving 23.9%, Open World 15.1%, Sandbox 11.7%, Character Customization 11.5%

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