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Empire of Sin

Romero Games · Paradox Interactive · 2020-12-01

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RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

81
playing now
48%
positive of 6.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

81 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 81 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 12% of 6,171 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 126k–283k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,279 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$39.99
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 26 of 56 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

155242026-08-06 23:00 — 44 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 57 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 38 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 62 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 46 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 47 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 65 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 46 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 47 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 62 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 40 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 67 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 51 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 88 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 101 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 87 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 140 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 142 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 50 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 77 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 77 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 81 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$5.892020-09-172026-08-272020-09-17 — best price $35.992020-12-01 — best price $31.992021-02-22 — best price $39.992021-05-20 — best price $17.002021-06-17 — best price $19.952021-07-20 — best price $22.512021-09-02 — best price $17.992021-10-11 — best price $33.892021-12-01 — best price $39.992022-01-05 — best price $39.992022-02-25 — best price $26.952022-04-22 — best price $9.992022-05-24 — best price $39.992022-07-18 — best price $8.492022-08-17 — best price $7.952022-09-30 — best price $39.992022-11-22 — best price $8.992023-01-11 — best price $33.992023-03-14 — best price $19.992023-04-28 — best price $9.992023-07-04 — best price $39.992023-07-27 — best price $39.992023-09-01 — best price $9.992023-12-03 — best price $39.992024-01-31 — best price $39.992024-03-27 — best price $39.992024-05-07 — best price $9.602024-06-28 — best price $8.792024-08-14 — best price $33.992024-11-04 — best price $39.992024-12-01 — best price $8.172024-12-30 — best price $8.992025-01-26 — best price $10.002025-04-05 — best price $13.402025-05-15 — best price $39.992025-07-22 — best price $39.992025-11-21 — best price $10.002026-01-24 — best price $10.002026-04-02 — best price $39.992026-08-27 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

235512026-05-30 — 72 pageviews2026-06-02 — 86 pageviews2026-06-05 — 108 pageviews2026-06-08 — 79 pageviews2026-06-11 — 74 pageviews2026-06-14 — 69 pageviews2026-06-17 — 77 pageviews2026-06-20 — 75 pageviews2026-06-23 — 93 pageviews2026-06-26 — 89 pageviews2026-06-29 — 161 pageviews2026-07-02 — 91 pageviews2026-07-05 — 87 pageviews2026-07-08 — 223 pageviews2026-07-11 — 117 pageviews2026-07-14 — 117 pageviews2026-07-17 — 70 pageviews2026-07-20 — 85 pageviews2026-07-23 — 92 pageviews2026-07-26 — 74 pageviews2026-07-29 — 79 pageviews2026-08-01 — 51 pageviews2026-08-04 — 54 pageviews2026-08-07 — 128 pageviews2026-08-10 — 131 pageviews2026-08-13 — 198 pageviews2026-08-16 — 116 pageviews2026-08-19 — 110 pageviews2026-08-22 — 86 pageviews2026-08-25 — 166 pageviews2026-08-26 — 148 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

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.

Player tags

RPGNoirCrimeActionSandboxStrategyTacticalIsometricHistoricalManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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