Great potential and good value
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Totally worth the 20 bucks.”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗
The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire
Worth buying? What 207 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 207 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 80%Mostly Positive · 80%BEF GAMES2026Management · Economy · Simulation
−20%$18.99$15.19
US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A GTA-meets-Schedule 1 crime tycoon mixing nightclub management, gang wars and mini-games, with responsive devs. Skip it if you want polished controls and combat or can't stand bugs.
Great for
Fans of Schedule 1, old-school GTA and Big Ambitions who like management sandboxes and tolerate rough edges
Main risk
Janky controls, bugs and a confusing tutorial make it feel unfinished for a 1.0 release
What changed in the last 30 days
47 recent reviews
Since the 1.0 launch, recent negative reviews complain about clunky controls, a forced tutorial, stuttering and crashes. Newer players call it unfinished for a release. Moderately confident.
47 recent reviews
What players love
Responsive, active developers
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the devs have continually added content and always respond to feedback and comments.”
Steam review · 60.9 h played ↗
Old-school GTA and Schedule 1 vibes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Its old school GTA meets Schedule 1.”
Steam review · 21.5 h played ↗
Many activities in one sandbox
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Criminal city sandbox, and you can come up however you want.”
Steam review · 39.7 h played ↗
Addictive management and progression loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The whole loop of making money, investing, building and warfare is so satisfying to go through.”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗
Third-person mode and fun mini-games
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Love third person mode, makes it feel more lived in when you're not micro managing stuff in top view”
Steam review · 37.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Shallow, unbalanced and unfinished feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“it feels more like a foundation or a proof of concept of a game”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Bugs and game-breaking glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“there's a game breaking glitch where the main character gets stuck in walls and can't get out.”
Steam review · 33.9 h played ↗
Janky, clunky controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“no excuse for such janky controls and driving mechanics in 2026”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Poor tutorial and unexplained mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I'm playing the "normal game" I guess, I'm on day 10 (an ingame day is 24 real-time minutes, so 4 real life hours), and I'm STILL in the tutorial!”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Stuttering, crashes and low fps
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“40 fps while minimap is open or while doing the hot dog job....with a rtx 3070”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Lost saves and broken progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“The game gets to a point and just does not let you save anymore. so all your progress gets lost”
Steam review · 12.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support5000 MB
Minimum
OSWindows® 10 Home 64 Bit
ProcessorIntel i5 AMD Ryzen 5
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Storage5000 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 10 Home 64 Bit
ProcessorIntel i7 AMD Ryzen 7
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060
Storage5000 MB available space
OSWindows® 10 Home 64 Bit
ProcessorIntel i5 AMD Ryzen 5
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Storage5000 MB available space
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