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Chicago 1930 : The Prohibition cover art

Chicago 1930 : The Prohibition

Spellbound · Microids · 2017-09-11

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Mafia rules the city. A special police task force is formed to take down his gang. This squad is managed by two cops. An open war breaks out throughout the city of Chicago. Now it’s your turn to choose your side!

0
playing now
70%
positive of 176 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Chicago 1930 is a 2003 video game developed by Spellbound Entertainment.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 14,061 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.4k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 176 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.36 at GamersGate (2021-08-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 104 of 141 observed days · $0.63 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Sep 2017Jun 2026Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 17Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 8May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2026 — avg 1 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.372015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.502015-09-04 — best price $2.502016-12-01 — best price $2.642018-04-06 — best price $0.952018-11-20 — best price $2.992019-04-29 — best price $4.992019-08-15 — best price $1.452019-12-02 — best price $4.992020-01-28 — best price $4.992020-04-10 — best price $4.992020-07-17 — best price $0.492020-09-12 — best price $3.992020-12-05 — best price $4.992021-02-25 — best price $4.992021-06-12 — best price $3.992021-08-19 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $0.492022-01-03 — best price $0.372022-05-18 — best price $0.542022-09-05 — best price $4.992023-01-30 — best price $0.492023-05-03 — best price $0.492023-07-21 — best price $0.752023-11-08 — best price $4.992024-01-31 — best price $4.492024-04-12 — best price $0.742024-06-11 — best price $4.162024-08-19 — best price $0.872024-10-17 — best price $4.092025-01-20 — best price $0.992025-04-05 — best price $4.442025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-08 — best price $4.122025-11-17 — best price $4.992026-02-09 — best price $0.492026-04-28 — best price $4.992026-08-07 — best price $4.202026-09-17 — best price $0.992026-10-12 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2032026-06-02 — 17 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 13 pageviews2026-06-18 — 11 pageviews2026-06-22 — 17 pageviews2026-06-26 — 7 pageviews2026-06-30 — 12 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 16 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-08-01 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 12 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 7 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 19 pageviews2026-09-18 — 17 pageviews2026-09-22 — 12 pageviews2026-09-26 — 12 pageviews2026-09-30 — 8 pageviews2026-10-04 — 14 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews2026-10-11 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

RTSCrimeClassicStrategyIsometric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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