Single-player games like The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Mafia Tycoon
Single-player alternative to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Town Diggers
Single-player alternative to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Drug Dealer Simulator
Single-player alternative to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
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City of Gangsters
Single-player alternative to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Here Comes The Swarm
Single-player alternative to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Junkyard Simulator
Single-player alternative to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Drug Dealer Simulator 2
Single-player alternative to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Corsair Cove
Single-player alternative to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!