Empire of Sin

Empire of Sin, the strategy game from Romero Games and Paradox Interactive, puts you at the heart of the ruthless criminal underworld of 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago. It’s up to you to hustle, charm and…

58 30 November 2020 ESRB M from $10.00

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Tactical Business Historical

Empire of Sin is an adventure developed by Romero Games Ltd., released 30 November 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac. It currently starts at $10.00 at GamersGate.

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What Empire of Sin is

Empire of Sin is an adventure game developed by Romero Games Ltd. and released in 2020. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in Chicago during the Prohibition era of the 1920s, Empire of Sin drops the player into the ruthless world of organized crime as an ambitious mob boss vying for control of the city's underworld. Players choose from a cast of bosses, some drawn from real Prohibition-era figures like Al Capone and others original creations, each with their own personal storyline and ambitions. From the shadows they build a criminal empire by running speakeasies, breweries, casinos, and other illicit rackets while recruiting loyal crews and fending off the law. As rival gangs jockey for territory, the boss must decide when to strike deals, extort, or gun down their enemies in a bloody climb to rule Chicago…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Empire of Sin holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 15 points below the year average.

What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $10.00 at GamersGate, 75% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Empire of Sin launched on 30 November 2020, within three weeks of Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales.