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The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire

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.

Released Oct 31, 2025 Developer BEF GAMES Publisher Tripwire Presents Platforms Windows Early AccessCrimeOpen WorldSimulationManagement
View on Steam ↗ $18.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

83.6%positive445 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Since this came out as an EA game, the devs have continually added content and always respond to feedback and comments. Every time an update gets added, the game just gets better. Once you understand the mechanics and how the game works, the sandbox mode is a lot of fun and…”

— a player, Steam review · 81 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Great game, old school GTA vibes..Would be even better if it had multiplayer!”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 37 found this helpful

“I really tried to like this but I just couldn't get into it. Movement is janky, guns hit about as hard as a nerfgun, your character is too squishy and cars break with ease. Story wise, it has potential but just doesn't deliver with the lame mechanics. I kinda wish I hadn't stuck…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

186all-time peak
0 25 50 2026 44 avg · Feb 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

32achievements
8.7%median completion
0.2%rarest: Pickpocket King
38.7% of players 31.3% of players 29.1% of players 28.0% of players 27.1% of players 26.3% of players 19.9% of players 19.0% of players 18.9% of players 17.8% of players 15.8% of players 12.5% of players 10.0% of players 9.5% of players 9.4% of players 9.2% of players 8.7% of players 8.4% of players 7.8% of players 7.0% of players 6.7% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.5% of players 3.7% of players 3.6% of players 2.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.1% of players 0.5% of players 0.2% of players 38.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
38.7%Pickpocket — Successfully perform your first pickpocket.
31.3%Hot Dog Hustler — Start your street food hustle.
29.1%Doorman Duty — Work as a club doorman.
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%Pickpocket King — Successfully perform 1000 pickpockets
0.5%King of Car Theft — Successfully steal 100 cars.
1.1%Kingpin — Eliminate all rival families in the city.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$18.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$18.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US18.99 USD
EU18.49 EUR
UK15.89 GBP
Australia27.95 AUD
Canada24.79 CAD
Japan2,100 JPY
Brazil57.99 BRL
China72.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 17, 2026
Small Fixes

• Fixed an issue where some buildings remained hidden in TPS mode. • Improved the UI that displays your current district when crossing district boundaries. • Fixed an issue where double-clicking a cha

Sep 16, 2026
City Expansion, QoL & Fixes Update

Bosses, another update is here! This patch brings a major Market rework, new Family management options, improvements to enemy attacks and the Spy system, city expansion, driving improvements, new UI f

Sep 12, 2026
Fix & Balance & Camera Patch

Bosses, another round of fixes and improvements is here! This patch focuses heavily on camera behavior, Family Wars, raids, and several issues reported by the community. Fixes & Improvements - Fixed a

Sep 08, 2026
Fix Patch Be The Boss

Hello Bosses, We’ve continued following your feedback after the latest major update. This Fix Patch addresses several important issues, improves the variety of enemy attacks, and introduces a new shel

Sep 07, 2026
Be The Boss – Major Update 0.8 & Release Date

Hello Bosses, We’re very happy to finally announce the 1.0 release date for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire . On October 27 , the game will officially leave Early Access and launch as Version 1.0 .

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Crime · Open World · Simulation · Management · Resource Management · Crafting · Base Building · Driving · Character Customization · Building · RPG (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil *
Achievements32
Official sitehttps://thebossgangsters.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

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