Steam app 1386780 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:12 UTC
In this management tycoon game, you’ll start a criminal operation from nothing and grow it into a well-oiled money machine! Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Leverage favors, chase down debtors, and bribe the police to look the other way.
719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
62 months, August 2021 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 436 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 283 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
City of Gangsters was released on 9 Aug, 2021.
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50 developer announcements, Aug 2021 to Aug 2022 · times in UTC
Political tickers relevant to a specific ward now open that ward's interface when clicked. Bug fix: While attempting to start a new game, ethnicity was getting set incorrectly if this was the second new game you started in that session. Bug…
Patch notesBug fix: Resolution settings were erroneously forcing refresh rates, rather than defaulting to highest refresh rate allowed by your machine. Bug fix: Pips were sometimes not updating appropriately, leading to a case where a business would…
Patch notesExpand availability of gasoline on some city maps (Chicago, Cincinnati, New York) English Outfit Pack: Unlock paper at the start of a game when playing as an English outfit Italian Outfit Pack: Unlock labels at the start of a game when…
Patch notesAdded a button to the save screen that copies the seed to clipboard, making for easier sahring. Added an option in settings to hide what kinds of delivery notifications you recieve. Made it so that 0$ entries in the total money mouseover…
Patch notesCity of Gangsters: Shadow Government and five Outfit content packs are now available! Conquer The Big Apple by manipulating those you helped reach political office, all the while selling a small taste of home to your neighbors. In our new…
Kasedo GamesOperations can now be removed from controlled buildings Rival gang adjustments: Rival gangs will grow beyond the previous crew limit Rival gangs will grow into larger territories Agreements now available between player/rival outfits to: Not…
Patch notesHello everyone! We’re excited to reveal our brand new DLC City of Gangsters: Shadow Government as well as 5 new Outfit Packs! Discover New York, our biggest map yet, control city politicians, manipulate laws and explore the unique abilities…
Kasedo GamesHi everybody, This build includes a few fixes for recent bug reports: Some starting businesses in Cincinnati were provding the wrong moonshine recipe at startup. The fireplace memento quest was being offered to players with the Skyscraper…
Patch notesAdded Role Icons before crew names in crew management UI. Expanded range for the Lookout scheme. Fixed a bug where receiving an office item on startup would cause the save file to be unloadable. Fixed a bug where Lookout scheme could place…
Patch notesCharacter information for a new game is now saved temporarily after a new game is started, and prefilled if you attempt to make another new game in that same session. This should make seed searching easier with a set character description.…
Patch notesHello everyone! City of Gangsters: Criminal Record is now available! Discover and profit from expanded Roles and Schemes as you take on new challenges in historic Philadelphia! On the streets of Philadelphia, you’ll discover countless banks…
aaron.rawHi everyone! Ready to expand your criminal empire with a whole new host of abilities and activities? Then good news - our latest FREE 1.3 Update “Roles & Schemes” - is now available! As your Captains work to grow your empire, they’ll pick…
aaron.rawMajor update that includes new specialization roles for captain-level crew members, new schemes for them to start up, organizational UI to inspect your outfit and individual crew members, and more. More details in our Steam announcement…
Patch notesHello everyone! Our free update 1.3 “Roles & Schemes” & new ‘Criminal Record’ DLC will be available to play from March 15th! The team has been working hard on these new systems & mechanics and we can’t wait for everyone to get stuck in! In…
Kasedo GamesCrew and delivery reordering using click-and-drop: In the right-hand side crew dialog, click the "reorder" button to change ordering of crew/building/vehicle/delivery cards in each section. Delivery step reordering works the same way as…
Patch notesHey everyone, since our last post we’ve been hard at work on some new mechanics and content for City of Gangsters, and today we’re announcing the impending arrival of Roles and Schemes in the main game! These new systems will be released in…
aaron.rawImproved Backroom Distillery can now produce neutral alcohol from industrial alcohol in addition to corn syrup Added a conversation option with your gambling house manager about healing your crew member (when hurt) Added production details…
Patch notesAdded experimental support for Japanese and Korean font rendering Showing boss's relationship arrows no longer pauses the game A few missing business icons were updated Slight UI tweaks Bug fix: ambient vehicles glitching at very low…
Patch notesNew vehicle! Very fast sport car, which can only be gained by extorting gamblers who are deep in debt Automated delivery drivers have an updated marker that shows they're automated Added ambient vehicle traffic around the city (can be…
Patch notesEncyclopedia update - added all the skills, resources, weapons and gambling features to the in-game encyclopedia Bug fix: This time the speakeasy, supper club and venue icons should match Fixed various typos
Patch notesHi everyone, we wanted to give one last update for the year, and talk a bit about what’s coming up in 2022! Prohibition encyclopedia update The in-game Prohibition encyclopedia is a great tool for learning all about the systems, resources…
aaron.rawChange icons in barrel producing operations to reflect barrel production and not bottled resources Greater opreation icon variety for corner speakeasies, small speakeasies, supper clubs, dance halls, jazz clubs and fine dining restaurants…
Patch notesHey everybody, it’s been a few weeks since Update 1.2 - Gambling & Debt dropped and we’ve had a great time hearing your stories about how you’ve been squeezing debtors and leveraging gambling houses to your advantage! We’ve got another…
aaron.rawGraphics: weather effects (e.g. snow) depending on city, season, and time of day. Graphics: clouds on highest zoomout level. All weather can be turned off in settings. Expand availability of Speaking Easy skill Skills to make raw materials…
Patch notesIn Atlantic City, only allow one mission to increase favors with providers of imported booze at any given time Split the mouseover for gambling features into two mouseovers, and added display for every modifiable value Added gambling houses…
Patch notesAdded much clearer warning when trying to load a save file from an incompatible old version. Bug fix: duplicate skills were showing up in conversation and learnable skill UI Bug fix: conversation bugs when trying to ban a gambler when there…
Patch notesMissions to access some feature upgrades should only be available once with a given business owner Bug fix: UI bug where effects of "mechanically minded" managers were applied, but not shown to player Bug fix: "Pit boss" and "House manager"…
Patch notesAdded unique soundtrack elements for Atlantic City More sound effects when viewing combat results, interacting with abandoned cars/safehouses Ticker when AI is planning to attack your front is now persistent and clickable Adjusted gambler…
Patch notesHi everyone! Get ready to go all in with our brand new illicit gambling operations, as today we released our next free update, called version 1.2: Gambling & Debt! Update 1.2: Gambling & Debt In today’s base game update, we’re adding the…
aaron.rawWelcome to Atlantic City! Where a whole new world of bootlegging and illegal gambling is waiting for you. Our Atlantic City map has been designed to showcase our new gambling and debt mechanic, along with exclusive additional content and…
aaron.rawHi everybody, We just wanted to let you know that version 1.2 is LIVE! In today’s base game update, we’re adding the ability to run gambling operations. You’ll be able to take over new buildings, install attractive games of chance or skill…
Patch notesAfter initiating combat, a crew member cannot be removed from the vehicle for the remainder of the turn. Added a new settings option to force season visuals, e.g. to always show summertime visuals Bug fix: Meat packer front business…
Patch notesHey everyone, we’ve got some big news to share with you! Today, we’re announcing the introduction of gambling, a major new game mechanic and additional revenue stream for your burgeoning criminal empire, which will be the central theme of…
aaron.rawSkills: your friends will now sometimes offer not just one skill to learn, but a selection of several Graphics: Updated models for large industrial buildings to remove a few strange level of detail switches UI: building UI dialog now has…
Patch notesDinner parties no longer try to boost relationships with people who already were targeted Dinner parties will try to first boost people who have weakly negative relationship towards the player Fronts overlay now highlights possible…
Patch notesImprovements: In crew list, added ability to filter crew candidates and members by trait When receiving goods from a quest reward etc., if the goods are delivered to the car and they don't all fit, the remainder will be delivered to the…
Patch notesGeneral improvements: Detroit map: your starting vehicle in Canada is now a pickup truck You can set autosave intervals in settings (defaults to every 20 turns) You can now overwrite existing files QoL improvements: Notifications history is…
Patch notesHello everybody, Just a quick update - we just released Steam Workshop support for map modding and sharing! Following the release of custom maps in version 1.1.0 , we've been working on map export, so that they can be edited further, and…
aaron.rawNew feature: Steam Workshop support for map modding Players can export an existing map, add more customizations, and share it with others via Steam Workshop For more details please see: - https://steamcommunity.com/app/1386780/workshop/…
Patch notesTwo improvements and a bug fix: 1. When getting a resource reward (e.g. from a quest) and there's not enough space at the safehouse, the game will now pop a dialog asking the player where to send the reward instead. 2. When talking to…
Patch notesQoL improvements: All train stations show interaction markers, they're no longer randomly enabled/disabled by procgen Car shops should now offer to repair vehicles as soon as the health bar is showing, not at 30% health When delivery fails…
Patch notesHi all, we’ve got some exciting news - we just released City of Gangsters update 1.1! This is the first of a number of major content updates that we have planned. The major focus for update 1.1 is the introduction of customizable city maps.…
aaron.rawVersion 1.1: Map customization! "Make no small plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood" - Daniel Burnham In version 1.1, when you start a new game, in addition to the well-known Chicago, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Cincinnati maps, you…
Patch notesRetuned luxury alcohol production, pricing and consumption (This will update operations in existing games, so automated deliveries may need updated!) Federal Agents will move around and no longer camp indefinitely on one corner Recolored…
Patch notesImprovements for fronts - Show a ticker when a nearby AI is about to swoop in on the player's front to try to subvert it - Both human and AI gangs can defend their front from being subverted, by placing a muscle man on that corner - The…
Patch notesImprovements: Expand passenger train to always offer all homemade booze options during the summer Add cargo station fallback missions if players learn all homemade and second tier booze skills Business-minded troublemakers now keep a larger…
Patch notesTroublemaker retuning. They no longer hoard hundreds of the same item, instead they steal resources more broadly; looting their safehouse is not going to be as profitable early on, but they should have better loot Graphics: New unique…
Patch notesDeliveries: - When delivery UI is active, arrows are shown in delivery order to signify route taken - When using the "save and add new step" button, the new step will be added immediately after the current step, not at the end of the…
Patch notesHi everybody, In the two weeks since the last update, we've gathered a lot of feedback from the community, and have been busy turning those ideas into reality. We have a lot of ideas - for additions, for improvements and, of course, for…
aaron.rawQOL improvements for deliveries: - New buy/sell option: "buy/sell until vehicle has X in the trunk" - New delivery step: repair vehicle starting at 50% wear - New delivery step: visit bottle return (specific to Pittsburgh and Detroit)…
Patch notesEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| City of Gangsters: The German Outfit | Windows | 15 Jun 2022 |
| City of Gangsters: The Polish Outfit | Windows | 15 Jun 2022 |
| City of Gangsters: The Italian Outfit | Windows | 15 Jun 2022 |
| City of Gangsters: The Irish Outfit | Windows | 15 Jun 2022 |
| City of Gangsters: The English Outfit | Windows | 15 Jun 2022 |
| City of Gangsters: Shadow Government | Windows | 15 Jun 2022 |
| City of Gangsters: Criminal Record | Windows | 15 Mar 2022 |
| City of Gangsters: Atlantic City | Windows | 18 Nov 2021 |
| City of Gangsters: Bourbon Bootlegging | Windows | 10 Aug 2021 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | CoG.exe | windows |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
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WinAppDataLocalLow | SomaSim/City of Gangsters/saves | * and below |
WinAppDataLocalLow | SomaSim/City of Gangsters/prefs | gameplay.txt and below |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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