Empire of Vice : Chicago

Empire of Vice : Chicago

Early access since Jan 2026

Live the rise and fall of a gangster in Prohibition-era Chicago. Strategic turn-based management meets gritty narrative in a city built on blood, booze, and betrayal.

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Developer
Publisher
Artifex Parvus
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
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Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player

About this game

Build your criminal empire during Prohibition.
Manage speakeasies, casinos, and territories, corrupt the powerful, and shape your destiny through hundreds of narrative choices.

Chicago, 1925. The city thrives in the shadows. Prohibition has given birth to a new kind of empire—built not on law, but on bribes, bullets, and fear.

In Empire of Vice: Chicago, you play as a gangster from one of several unique backgrounds: an ambitious street thug, an exiled hitman, or a fading mob boss. Where will your story end?

This turn-based strategy and management game plunges you into an underground war where every decision shapes the fate of your criminal empire. Expand your influence by controlling neighborhoods, running speakeasies and casinos, and manipulating a web of smuggling, corruption, and betrayal. But beware—the city remembers, and every action has its price.

A Life of Crime, Told Through Your Choices

Write your rise—or fall—through hundreds of branching narrative events that capture the decadence, violence, and moral tension of true gangster life.

  • Turn-Based Criminal Strategy
    Plan your every move: takeovers, resource management, protection, vendettas… every choice matters. Think ahead—or pay the price.

  • Choose Your Gangster
    Pick from multiple origin stories—rookie thug, fallen boss, fugitive assassin… each with their own strengths and burdens.

  • Manage Your Illegal Empire
    Speakeasies, casinos, smuggling networks—develop and protect your growing organization.

  • Corruption & Influence
    Bribe officials, manipulate the police, eliminate rivals through fear or cunning.

  • Vengeance, Conflict & Betrayal
    Wage war, orchestrate hits, or turn enemies against one another in a ruthless battle for power.

  • Dynamic Narrative Events
    Each playthrough brings unique, choice-driven situations that simulate the unpredictable life of a rising criminal.

  • A Living, Shifting City
    Explore a stylized and corrupt version of Chicago where neighborhoods and alliances evolve based on your actions.

Wishlist now and prepare to make your mark in a city where loyalty is bought, trust is rare, and your past will always catch up to you.

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