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Empire of Sin

Romero Games · Paradox Interactive · 2020-12-01

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RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 01, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 01, 2020 (Xbox One), Dec 01, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Dec 01, 2020 (Mac), Dec 01, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Empire of Sin is a new strategy game brought to you by Romero Games and Paradox Interactive that puts you at the heart of the ruthless criminal underworld of 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago.

Empire of Sin is an RPG, Strategy game priced at $39.99 and released in 2020, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (48% of 6286 reviews).

48
playing now
48%
positive of 6.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (741 downloads)
3.45★
PlayStation Store rating (3,160 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)

48 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Empire of Sin is a strategy and role-playing video game developed by Romero Games and published by Paradox Interactive. It was released on December 1, 2020, for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. In the game, the player takes the role of one of several mob bosses inspired by real-life figures in Chicago during the Prohibition era. The player, acting through their boss character, must decide and direct the actions of their underlings to take over rival businesses such as clubs and brothels, recruit new members to their cause, and defend their empire against other bosses and the law in a bid to take complete control of Chicago's underworld.

Trailer

Empire of Sin trailer thumbnail

Empire of Sin | Release Trailer

≈681,738 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 48 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 108 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,329 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 13,938 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 126k–283k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,286 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Gamer Thor (2025-01-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 24 of 59 observed days · $35.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20202026Week of 2020-12-01: 1,005 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,324 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

87222026-09-15 13:00 — 49 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 40 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 28 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 53 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 67 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 30 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 37 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 54 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 37 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 46 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 49 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 37 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 28 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 52 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 57 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 36 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 66 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 65 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 34 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 80 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 65 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 30 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 48 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k47Dec 2020Aug 2026Dec 2020 — avg 1,446 · peak 7,728Feb 2021 — avg 234 · peak 415Apr 2021 — avg 142 · peak 273Jun 2021 — avg 190 · peak 392Aug 2021 — avg 128 · peak 240Oct 2021 — avg 130 · peak 337Dec 2021 — avg 243 · peak 533Feb 2022 — avg 167 · peak 390Apr 2022 — avg 116 · peak 215Jun 2022 — avg 115 · peak 255Aug 2022 — avg 91 · peak 169Oct 2022 — avg 81 · peak 143Dec 2022 — avg 110 · peak 221Feb 2023 — avg 84 · peak 181Apr 2023 — avg 76 · peak 149Jun 2023 — avg 69 · peak 124Aug 2023 — avg 61 · peak 136Oct 2023 — avg 54 · peak 114Dec 2023 — avg 75 · peak 143Feb 2024 — avg 58 · peak 121Apr 2024 — avg 50 · peak 111Jun 2024 — avg 57 · peak 109Aug 2024 — avg 60 · peak 154Oct 2024 — avg 83 · peak 212Dec 2024 — avg 76 · peak 155Feb 2025 — avg 54 · peak 109Apr 2025 — avg 47 · peak 97Jun 2025 — avg 72 · peak 184Aug 2025 — avg 74 · peak 140Oct 2025 — avg 84 · peak 193Dec 2025 — avg 61 · peak 128Feb 2026 — avg 56 · peak 108Apr 2026 — avg 58 · peak 122Jun 2026 — avg 55 · peak 128Aug 2026 — avg 65 · peak 190
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$5.892020-09-172026-10-152020-09-17 — best price $35.992021-01-01 — best price $39.992021-04-22 — best price $39.992021-06-02 — best price $33.892021-07-16 — best price $22.512021-09-02 — best price $17.992021-10-26 — best price $33.892021-12-13 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $20.002022-04-11 — best price $37.992022-05-24 — best price $39.992022-07-22 — best price $8.992022-09-02 — best price $8.992022-11-07 — best price $26.952023-01-06 — best price $26.952023-03-14 — best price $19.992023-05-06 — best price $9.992023-07-16 — best price $10.002023-08-19 — best price $39.992023-11-17 — best price $9.992024-01-31 — best price $39.992024-04-07 — best price $33.992024-05-22 — best price $39.992024-07-26 — best price $9.002024-11-01 — best price $9.192024-12-01 — best price $8.172025-01-02 — best price $8.812025-02-01 — best price $9.442025-04-29 — best price $9.202025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-11-21 — best price $10.002026-02-02 — best price $35.992026-04-30 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

235542026-05-30 — 72 pageviews2026-06-03 — 69 pageviews2026-06-07 — 110 pageviews2026-06-11 — 74 pageviews2026-06-15 — 72 pageviews2026-06-19 — 80 pageviews2026-06-23 — 93 pageviews2026-06-27 — 78 pageviews2026-07-01 — 89 pageviews2026-07-05 — 87 pageviews2026-07-09 — 184 pageviews2026-07-13 — 144 pageviews2026-07-17 — 70 pageviews2026-07-21 — 81 pageviews2026-07-25 — 82 pageviews2026-07-29 — 79 pageviews2026-08-02 — 59 pageviews2026-08-06 — 104 pageviews2026-08-10 — 131 pageviews2026-08-14 — 135 pageviews2026-08-18 — 122 pageviews2026-08-22 — 86 pageviews2026-08-26 — 148 pageviews2026-08-30 — 98 pageviews2026-09-03 — 75 pageviews2026-09-07 — 61 pageviews2026-09-11 — 66 pageviews2026-09-15 — 95 pageviews2026-09-19 — 72 pageviews2026-09-23 — 81 pageviews2026-09-27 — 84 pageviews2026-10-01 — 67 pageviews2026-10-05 — 81 pageviews2026-10-08 — 70 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
88.5%
earned "Bullseye"
7.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing3 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2020-12-01, latest 2025-06-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)9,9710%57
PS4 (PlayStation)5,2980%57
Steam (Steam)2,8950%57
Windows (Xbox)2,1110%57
PS4 (PlayStation)10516%46
Switch (Nintendo)130%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGNoirCrimeActionSandboxStrategyTacticalIsometricHistoricalManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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