Steam app 604540 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:22 UTC
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.
718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
70 months, December 2020 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, 282 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Empire of Sin was released on 1 Dec, 2020.
Contains moderate violence and mature themes.
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57 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Nov 2020 to Apr 2026 · times in UTC
Hey Boss,The sun’s setting over Chicago… so it’s time we had a sit-down.From the first racket you ran to the latest empire you built, you’ve made your mark on this city. Today, we’re rolling out the final update for Empire of Sin. While…
PDX NovaHey Boss, We are adding an open beta branch to Empire of Sin where you can test the upcoming patch we have been working on, to see if it resolves some of your issues. This beta branch will stay open until we are ready to release the patch…
PDX MichaelaThe following is the full patch notes for the Precinct Update of Empire of Sin, from new features to a plethora of fixes and changes coming to the game. We’re happy to present you with the incredible work and devotion of the team, and hope…
demasiri_pdx{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/b8c3dcadf97ae5a00a692677cd8d295a41ce9bcb.png Good day to you sinners, Are you full of ideas and intrigued for things to mod in Empire of Sin? Well, we're here to help ya, pal. Over the next month, we'll be…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/ab5c3edd9de196ed4d31d9000e92cbc6fcbc703d.png Welcome back, Gangsters! Make It Count DLC is just around the corner, and with it, a new way for you to make money in Chicago. It seems right to give you a little…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/e3c5860be0a03bc92f5d7e40e4845189984f5e7f.png Bio Maxim Zelnick is a compulsive problem solver. If he wakes up facing Doomsday, he has it in a vice by breakfast and turning a profit by lunch. In the chaos of…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/3bff7b7d17f4f15fd797a877c0527db42bf4c9af.png Hey Gangsters! Everybody still Sinning? Great! With Make it Count and The Precinct updates getting ever closer, we devs are only dying to know: what are you most…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/c61c13d0a2e822f88144260d9bfe459db9661521.png Hot from the streets of Chicago we’re back with another bulletin from a city in flux. Bosses are claiming their territories and setting up supply lines. Meanwhile, the…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/c772ddea510f5067177f289ba15bd3d4541ff20a.png Join us tomorrow, crew, as Maezza and Fiona return to 1920's Chicago! It will be our last sitdown for the summer. Our goals? 💲 Buy Goldie the Golden Tommy Gun (because…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/bc2003f5ef15f8b0b57e4cbe6edb50af7913ff9c.png “Friday night they’ll be dressed to kill, Down at Dino’s Bar & Grill” It takes all sorts of criminals to build an underworld. Since launch, they’ve formed crews…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/bcafc544e0920350c6dae5f1cb38e74983dbf5df.png Join us tomorrow, crew, as Maezza and Fiona return to 1920's Chicago! 🗣Smooth talkin' 💲Takin' over rackets 👨Once again, stickin' her neck out for her brother It's all…
fee-onaWell, crew, we have some swell news for you! Empire of Sin's first expansion, ‘Make It Count’, launches later this year alongside the previously announced free Precinct update. Make It Count will introduce boss Maxim Zelnick and his…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/f59f9a155535bc19222ca49bf11c09e585f402a2.png Hey Crew!, welcome to PDX Con Remixed! It's finally here, PDXCON Remixed! We have lots of panels and exciting things scheduled for you this weekend so let's jump…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/7b0525e0edfb85f21fafdafce7e99764bfc440f8.png Hey bootleggers! We’ve got something you might wanna see. One of our moles has been working double-time and has some exclusive information that few people have laid…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/de305e939142c6b6e1d8e150467e35c9311c02ac.png Hey there, bootleggers! Hey Crew, it's 1920 and changes have been made to the streets of Chicago! We are grateful to all of you for sending us bug reports, suggestions…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/ed52086796a2d8331f5a137551054424d20f49f9.png Hey Crew! Tomorrow join Maezza and Fiona as they (and Goldie!) continue to take over the streets of Chicago. We'll be chatting about the new changes in 1.05 and what's…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/60707eeaef082e97ac137bd1c94b5ebfd411d15a.png It’s time for another preview of what’s to come, gangsters! Today we bring you the Beta Branch of Patch 1.05, giving you a chance to test out some of our upcoming…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/ef077ab5e753540351debd347eb9260d60709847.png Hey Sinners! We got word through a recent Sit-down - otherwise known as the live Q&A over on Discord - that it was high time we shared some insight into the economical…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/366bf492dc089e4c1ec918b1789659158fe8231e.png Your threads speak volumes; you want everyone in Chicago to know who you are, the power and money you hold. So don your best clothes and get out there, Boss. This…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/58e2b31616856ddfdb8da58d47295afe5f61d143.png Hey crew! We're back in the city with another edition of The Chicago News stream. Come join us, Chris and Maezza tomorrow at 17:00 CEST on…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/2bf300f2b9b868577bf48e1ee0c76d8614083c95.png It's about time we did another one of those Discord Dev Q&A's, crew. So join us on the official Empire of Sin Discord for a Dev Team Q&A at 17:00 CET! That's just…
fee-ona{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/7a4db478b4030b48b869e5b30c7fda82025d64cf.png Hey Sinners! We’re back with another bulletin from Chicago’s underworld. The city has blown up with some new changes and our sources have been working double-time to…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/7c17fa082f3cc5180c5ddec64a8b4cc4fa22bedd.png Hey gangsters! We're doing another of our The Chicago News streams TODAY! Join us for a chat about Empire of Sin, while Katie and Maezza continue expanding Goldies…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/a5e8966d94c298c6388ed3e98eeb4a940db69976.png Hey there, bootleggers! The crew has been hard at work lately, and Chicago has never been a better place to be! We are grateful to all of you for sending us bug…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/2bf300f2b9b868577bf48e1ee0c76d8614083c95.png It's about time we did another one of those Discord Dev Q&A's, crew. So join us on the official Empire of Sin Discord for a Dev Team Q&A on Tuesday, March 16th, 17:00…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/894d43974cecc0fa1a6785c10374183ba272a35c.png It’s time for another preview of what’s to come, gangsters! Today we bring you the Beta Branch of Patch 1.04, giving you a chance to test out some of our upcoming…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/0287d760e46315be36ff4dfd5ad2b07c9d17780d.png How about a trip to Chicago, boss? Join us tomorrow for another episode of the Chicago News stream series, where we will talk a bit about what's coming in Patch 1.04!…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/64383f8e156c521e50f98a81cb008777accb2706.png What’s up, bootleggers? We’ve had our moles and reporters working double time the last month to find another scoop on what’s been happening in Chicago’s underworld.…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/24ba6c191b5aefd7bd0384f2cc52f75e82f83543.png We're fueling up our Whiskey Sixes and getting ready to hit Chicago again for the second The Chicago News stream! Join us on Friday at 17:00 CET, on…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/15ed5d533e2e479bddfdd49a3543ade9222b2082.png Got questions about Empire of Sin? Join us on the official Empire of Sin Discord for a Dev Team Q&A on Thursday, 17:00 CET! Join the Discord here…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/e6b8fe504b2a7557a5101110db204df6b19e1ba5.png Hey there, bosses, mobsters and goons! We have a delivery for ya: a big load of patch notes of the highest quality, straight from the brewery! This sure ain’t no…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/2f81bd74e613f82240ef78460f075f62c71c0924.png Empire of Sin is back on stream, baby! Join us on Friday for our first Chicago News stream, where we take a closer look at patch 1.03. Stream starts at 17:00 CET, on…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/4918a93c5e26516607cd65c705fa744354ece7bc.png Welcome Bosses, Chicagoans and all! Today we bring you great news, crew. See here, we have decided to let the public in on the operation: we are now doing public betas…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/542e41205ebd6ce28150434f3c2a07ecc88b2c75.png Hey bootleggers! Word on the street says things are shaking up in Chicago’s underworld. Luckily, we’ve got sources very close to the action, and they’ve got the whole…
missdeliana{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/db8ee01775287394098e3a112b91ae82b8b721cd.png The jury’s still out on Salazar Reyna. Actually, there are many juries, judges, law enforcers, and gangs still looking for him. He ignores the rumors and hearsay that…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/73e40786c7632a428dc72bf3fdcd5b4edd4ccf03.png Hello Gangsters! We are so grateful for the feedback we have received from you, and we are already hard at work actively crushing bugs, improving game mechanics, and…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/00fa224605cb5048829f3d7a4b410dbd8479c6bc.png Welcome, mobsters and all, to a brand new section of our website! In the Community section of the Empire of Sin website, we will be showcasing some of the finest…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/924fbc6c2a9e8f41ec9fdacb456684510fe6857e.png Goldie Garneau is due on stage in five minutes when she notices she has blood on her dress. Sure, she should have worn the red one, but hindsight is 20/20. She…
ParaCordelia{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/18dbcde395b5b0da0e39f249c95f1487a23dc6de.png Hey, Gangsters! The soldiers in the Safehouse have been working day and night to take down the issues you have been reporting. The hits have gone down and these rats…
pdx_maciej{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/7d736af34a645eefdc6ad0dbcca3ee8f18e9b85c.png Hey Gangsters! Following on from the news yesterday that we are preparing some hot fixes for Empire of Sin, we bring you news of a patch today to resolve a couple of…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/1fac2e4860a5d5f6817479137ee57a7553c4bc85.jpg It’s time to bust out the giggle juice, boss: Empire of Sin is out now! Get ready to head out on the streets of Chicago as Al Capone, Stephanie St. Clair, Goldie…
missdeliana{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/e9f7d16f96d0fba763d96a5290eab0b121000a33.png Greetings, mobsters and crew! Today, on this day of our games release, we bring to you a swell ol' day one patch! It contains a number of great fixes and bugs…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/79e34b93d1c8ebf747ab6cf540667693c56f74ab.png We're donning our fedoras and packing our tommy guns, because the Empire of Sin release stream starts soon! Join us as we count down the hours together with amazing…
missdeliana{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/f02c9f41773e345e42c1f382f73dcc028b10cacf.png Frank Ragen has a face only a mother could love… if she were blind. Luckily, it doesn’t bother Frank too much. Having a mug that improves after being punched a couple…
missdeliana{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/03890947aa1a75cde5dedd4da8b16388bd9ac36c.png Crew, we have ourselves a batch of winners! A while ago, we announced the Empire of Sin Short Story Contest, where the participants all wrote original short stories…
missdelianaWhat was 1920's Chicago actually like? Empire of Sin Game Director Brenda Romero sat down and had a chat about the real history of Prohibition with a Pulitzer-prize finalist, Daniel Okrent - author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of…
missdeliana{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/e2a94c267e7595fc087aa8ca1f25ab1827b56d6e.png Alright, so we've made it this far. What happens now? Join us on Thursday for another gameplay stream, where Ian and Chris talk more about the mid- and endgame of…
missdeliana{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/4aacfb4d56a7c2e6bcc104a6fd2a01a6a7bcfea7.png Chinatown, New York: Sai Wing Mock approaches Tom Lee - his gangland rival - on the street and asks outright for a 50-50 stake in his criminal enterprises. Lee laughs…
missdeliana{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/0b61c46175e5c64b4caa85ca05c15cb443b11609.png You arrive in Chicago, a whole city for the taking - but you’re outnumbered. Fortunately your previous efforts left you with enough to hire a couple gangsters and keep…
missdeliana{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35220473/e826923093427256356b76c62df083672d561824.png Fancy another Gameplay Stream, boss? Join us on Thursday to learn more about missions and characters in Empire of Sin with Ian, Katie and Maciej! Stream starts at…
missdelianaEverything 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Empire of Sin - Hunt For Aurora | WindowsmacOS | 18 Jun 2025 |
| Empire of Sin - Make It Count | WindowsmacOS | 18 Nov 2021 |
| Empire of Sin - Deluxe Pack | WindowsmacOS | 01 Dec 2020 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | EmpireOfSin.app/Contents/ParadoxLauncher/dowser | macos | ||
| Launch | ParadoxLauncher\dowser.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 |
|---|---|---|
gameinstall | SavesDir | *.sav |
WinAppDataLocalLow | /Paradox Interactive/Empire of Sin/GameSaves | *.* and below |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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