Game · Tripwire Presents
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.
Before you buy
- Redeem on
- Steam clientPC: Windows. Needs a free Steam account.
- Activates in
- Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.Activates on accounts registered in the EU, EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Will not activate on accounts registered in North America, Asia, Latin America or Oceania.
- You get
- A digital activation keyStandard edition. No disc, no box.
- Delivery
- To your account and by emailDelivered to your account and by email once it is ready. Some orders get a short manual check first.
Trailers and screenshots
About this 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.
Description, images and details are taken from this product's Steam page.
Details
- Developer
- BEF GAMES
- Publisher
- Tripwire Presents
- Released
- 31 Oct, 2025
- Genres
- Action, RPG, Strategy, Simulation, Survival, Open World, Indie
- Runs on
- Windows
- Activates on
- Steam client, Europe and UK
- Interface
- English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil
- Full audio
- English
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Full controller support
- DualShock Controller Support
- DualShock Controller Support
- DualSense Controller Support
- DualSense Controller Support
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
The game contains themes of violence, gangsterism, strip clubs, alcohol and cigarette use, and mild blood effects. It also includes fictional drug references and comedic adult situations without nudity.
System requirements
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit |
| Processor | Intel i5 AMD Ryzen 5 | Intel i7 AMD Ryzen 7 |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 | NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060 |
| DirectX | Version 12 | Version 12 |
| Storage | 5000 MB available space | 5000 MB available space |
Activating it on Steam client
- Open the Steam client and sign in.
- Choose Games in the top menu, then Activate a Product on Steam.
- Paste the key and confirm. It appears in your library.
The key is listed for the Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. region. Read how regions work before you buy.