You have to do favors for people to get favors in return. It’s not enough to just turn on the tap to some illicit liquor, you have to find people willing to buy it from you and not everyone is upfront about it. You start out simply as someone who knows someone who knows someone, gradually expanding your territory, your wealth, and your workforce. Set in the 1920s during prohibition, you forge your empire on the back of bootlegging. City of Gangsters - not to be confused with Omerta: City of Gangsters - is perhaps one of the most straightforward attempts at it I’ve seen.Īfter countless hours of rubbing its seamy underbelly, I’ve learned that there’s a lot more managerial stuff involved in running a crime syndicate. Titles like Gangsters, Mob Rule, Empire of Sin, and Pizza Connection all give you distinct tastes of a life of crime.
Gangster simulators are pretty well-worn territory.
