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Gangsters: Organized Crime

Become a made man as you vie for power in a Chicago-like town during the prohibition era. Gangsters is the strategy game where crime pays--and with dividends! You can don the knuckle dusters and “persuade” the local business owners to pay you for “protection” services. You can get your hands even more dirty and navigate in the cutthroat world of politics. Or simply go for the throat as you order your wiseguys to execute your enemies in the streets and show the city who’s “da boss”. Gangsters gives you all the power you need to get things done. Played in a vast city filled with over 5,000 indiv

Release date
September 12, 2012
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Hothouse Creations
Publisher
Square Enix
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Become a made man as you vie for power in a Chicago-like town during the prohibition era. Gangsters is the strategy game where crime pays--and with dividends! You can don the knuckle dusters and “persuade” the local business owners to pay you for “protection” services. You can get your hands even more dirty and navigate in the cutthroat world of politics. Or simply go for the throat as you order your wiseguys to execute your enemies in the streets and show the city who’s “da boss”.

Gangsters gives you all the power you need to get things done. Played in a vast city filled with over 5,000 individual characters, Gangsters feature real-time action in a highly detailed isometric terrain. The game sports an easy-to use strategy planning interface, to authentically recreate the seedy, violent, and ruthless world of gangland mobsters. Remember, real power is never given, it’s taken! ATI/AMD compatibility notice: Gangsters: Organized Crime requires graphic card drivers version 13.4 or older. Run illegal businesses: extort, intimidate, bribe, and ruthlessly whack the opposition.

Become a Godfather and control every aspect of a 1920's-era mob "family". Break the law and taunt the system or go legit and get elected Mayor! Run illegal businesses: extort, intimidate, bribe, and ruthlessly whack the opposition. Become a Godfather and control every aspect of a 1920's-era mob "family". Break the law and taunt the system or go legit and get elected Mayor!

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★ 6.2/10GOG · 505 ratings
GOGLast checked November 4, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 1 / 5
Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines CANNOT play this game effectively... Because the mouse will FREEZE up in the actual game strategy menu... thus you…
★ 1 / 5
Game doesn't work properly on current versions of Windows. 7,8,10 all don't work. No support, don't buy unless you want to be out 6 bucks.
★ 5 / 5
Amazing game, but you need install a patch and replace a entry In order to install the Windows 10 patch for Gangsters Organized Crime you…
★ 5 / 5
When I first played it with my boxed copy back in 1999, I was pretty intimidated by the game's complexity, but I played on and…
★ 5 / 5
If you've read many of the comments, I'm sure you know by now that the game can be lacking of many things. But let me…
★ 4 / 5
I loved this game back in the day. It is pretty hard if you take your time. You have to move quickly and get as…
★ 1 / 5
I got the game, downloaded it, launched it. the intro came on played all the way through and once the main menu came up there…
★ 2 / 5
I remember this game from my youth. Was absolutely amazing. But this seems like a poor port to the newer OS. The mouse works fine…

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★ 1 / 5
i purchased this game a while ago but i cant make it run on my machine. maybe try to make your game run on newer…
★ 5 / 5
This game is one of my favorite games from the '90s. If you learn how the game works, you will find that it is a…
★ 5 / 5
The only strategy/management game set in an Al Capone (historical time line) Chicago like city during the prohibition era. This game is complex (lot of…
★ 1 / 5
Nostaligia led me here but there was nothing of substance beyond a title that held none of the content
★ 1 / 5
Hello I'm in Windows 10, the installation works correctly but when I launch the game all the menus are in white/grey, I need an update…
★ 1 / 5
I didn't have an in-game experience. I couldn't get the game to work. Initially, I had the blank menu as others have reported. I installed…
★ 1 / 5
The game available from GoG is basically unplayable. The opening menu screen fails to put text on any of the button options. Once you do…

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