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Games like The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire

If The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mafia Tycoon, Town Diggers and Drug Dealer Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and comedic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire: Run your nightclub. Lead your gang. Rule the city. In The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire, you’ll balance a glamorous nightlife business with brutal street power. Manage VIPs, fight rival mafias, and outsmart the corrupt police in a city where every decision matters.

2025ActionStrategyIndieSimulationRPGEarly Access18.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby BEF GAMES
The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire — Steam game cover
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Players who liked The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire also play

Steam players who put hours into The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Mafia Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Build a criminal empire in a stylized 1930s city. Capture territory, hire dealers and muscle, manage product, money, and heat, then fight rival gangs and police in a third-person action-management game.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Town Diggers

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Dig up hidden items and sell them in your own shop. Negotiate with customers and expand your business. Build wealth in a ruthless capitalist town, be the richest one.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Drug Dealer Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Third-strongest match for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    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

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. City of Gangsters

    WHY THIS

    Shares territory control, crew management and an atmospheric mood with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Ranked #4 for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    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.

    2021StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Here Comes The Swarm

    WHY THIS

    Shares loadout customization, base building, indie and a challenging mood with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Ranked #5 for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Junkyard Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Ranked #6 for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Drug Dealer Simulator 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics and resource management with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Ranked #7 for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    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.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Corsair Cove

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

    2026StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~74% under The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire

Does The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire run on Steam Deck?
The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire cost?
The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire is listed on Steam at 18.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire are Mafia Tycoon, Town Diggers, Drug Dealer Simulator.
Who developed The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire?
The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire was developed by BEF GAMES and published by Tripwire Presents.

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