The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire news & patch notes

Hello Bosses!

This update focuses on expanding gameplay with the brand-new Burglary System, improving melee combat, polishing vehicles and animations, and fixing a huge number of community-reported issues.

Thank you for all your feedback. It continues to shape the future of the game!

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🏠 BURGLARY SYSTEM

A brand-new Burglary System has been added to the game.

Operate an organized burglary network directly from your Office Management menu. After unlocking the feature, you can hire burglars, send them to explore districts, and plan robberies based on risk, district wealth, and the specific loot you're looking for.

Features

• Hire and manage your own burglars.

• Explore districts to discover burglary opportunities.

• Choose robbery targets based on risk, wealth, and potential rewards.

• Burglars can succeed, fail, get injured, or be caught depending on the mission.

• Discover random loot, valuable items, and rare rewards.

• Upgrade your burglars to improve their success rate and efficiency.

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🏡 SHARED SAFEHOUSES

Your empire is now more connected than ever.

• All of your family members can now use your owned houses and hotel rooms.

• Recover health by sleeping in any owned property.

• Produce items from your owned properties regardless of which family member you're currently playing.

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👊 IMPROVED MELEE COMBAT

We've significantly reworked the melee combat system.

You can now lock onto enemies by pressing E during combat. Once locked on, fights become much more fluid, allowing you to dodge incoming attacks just like in the Fight Club and counter with powerful punches that can stagger your opponent.

Improvements

• New enemy lock-on system (E key).

• Smoother third-person melee combat.

• Dodge attacks while locked on.

• Heavy punches can stagger enemies.

• Improved combat responsiveness.

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🔫 WEAPON IMPROVEMENTS

We've updated and polished several firearm mechanics.

• Improved pistol animations.

• Various weapon animation improvements.

• Weapons can now be fired while crouching (C key).

• Improved weapon sound effects.

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💰 CARTEL CONTRACTS REBALANCED

Doing business with the Cartel is now more rewarding.

• Increased profits from Cartel Contracts.

• Better payouts for successful deliveries.

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🚗 VEHICLE IMPROVEMENTS

We've continued refining the driving experience.

• Updated vehicle colliders.

• Improved vehicle handling.

• Adjusted vehicle sizes and collision boundaries.

• Improved character positioning while shooting from vehicles.

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🏪 WORLD & GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMENTS

• Rebalanced loot drops. We were giving you a little too many guns... 😄

• All territories now have unique names.

• Adjusted the location of the Suburbs Selling Point.

• Improved Selling Point behavior.

• Office missions now appear at a better frequency.

• Various map issues have been fixed.

• Improved overall gameplay flow.

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🎮 CAMPAIGN IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed an issue where purchasing the Nightclub before following the campaign mission order prevented access to the Club Management interface.

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🖥️ UI & LOCALIZATION

• Improved UI throughout the game.

• Fixed numerous interface issues.

• Various translation and localization improvements.

• Garage and similar interfaces now automatically close when interacting with another location.

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⚡ PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

• General optimization improvements across the game.

• Improved overall performance and stability.

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🐞 BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue where pedestrians occasionally changed appearance after dying.

• Fixed an issue where pedestrians sometimes decided to walk... in the sky. ☁️

• Fixed several issues during raids.

• Fixed an issue where Fight Club opponents could become stuck after being pushed into walls.

• Fixed an issue where your family members could interfere and attack your Fight Club opponent.

• Fixed various Selling Point issues.

• Fixed numerous map-related issues.

• Fixed many additional minor bugs and gameplay issues.

We could list hundreds of technical fixes here... but we'd rather spend that time making more content for you.

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❤️ THANK YOU!

Your support genuinely means the world to us.

From the very first day of Early Access until today, your feedback, bug reports, ideas, and encouragement have helped shape this game into something far beyond what we could have achieved alone.

Every suggestion you share, every bug you report, and every review you leave helps us make The Boss Gangster better.

We'd also love to see you on our Discord and hear your ideas directly.

From all of us at BEF GAMES, thank you for believing in our dream and helping us turn it into reality.

Thank you, Bosses!

There are many more major updates still on the way. 🚀

Bosses,

Following the introduction of rival crime families and territory control, The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire continues to grow with the New Blood Major Patch.

This major update delivers a completely reimagined Campaign Mode, a new cinematic beginning, underground street fights, expanded vehicle systems, drift races, warehouse conflicts, new interiors, gameplay improvements, and many quality-of-life changes.

A Completely Reimagined Campaign Mode

Campaign Mode has been completely redesigned to offer a more exciting, cinematic, and accessible introduction to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

From now on, when you select Start New Game, the redesigned Campaign Mode will begin automatically.

The campaign opens with a cinematic third-person action sequence that immediately throws you into the criminal underworld. After this action-focused beginning, the story gradually introduces the empire-building and management systems that form the core of the game.

New tutorial missions guide you through the game’s major mechanics as part of a connected story, rather than presenting them as separate or disconnected tutorials.

Throughout the campaign, players will learn how to:

• Purchase and manage properties

• Produce goods inside homes and hotel rooms

• Begin small-scale production operations

• Establish and manage warehouses

• Hire and manage employees

• Open and upgrade an Office

• Complete illegal Office jobs

• Create and develop a crime family

• Recruit gangsters and promote Capos

• Fight rival crime families

• Capture and control territories

• Kidnap and interrogate rival family members

• Expand a criminal empire across Night City

The redesigned Campaign Mode is intended to help new players understand the game’s growing number of systems while experiencing them through a structured criminal story.

Players who prefer complete freedom can still access the available Sandbox Scenarios and build their empire at their own pace without following the guided campaign progression.

Underground Street Fights

A new underground fighting arena has opened at the harbor.

Players can enter brutal street fights, select a difficulty level, bet money on themselves, and prove that they are the toughest gangster in Night City.

Spectators can also become part of the action by throwing objects into the fighting area. Players may grab items such as chairs and broken bottles, using them to stun opponents and gain an advantage during combat.

Enter the ring, win your bets, and show the entire city who really controls the streets.

Burglary Operations – Coming Shortly

The new burglary system will arrive as an additional update within one or two days following the release of the New Blood Major Patch.

Players will be able to recruit professional thieves through the Office and send them to rob homes across different districts.

Each district will offer a different balance of risk and reward. More dangerous neighborhoods will provide larger potential payouts while also increasing the chance of failure.

Recently robbed districts will remain under heightened security for a period of time, encouraging players to diversify their burglary operations instead of repeatedly targeting the same locations.

Restaurants and Street Food

New restaurants and street food vendors have been added throughout Night City.

Players can purchase meals to restore health and receive temporary bonuses, including increased stamina.

Several restaurant interiors can now also be entered while exploring the city in third-person mode, making Night City feel more interactive and alive.

New Supercars and Vehicle Improvements

New purchasable supercars have been added to Night City.

Every vehicle in the game can now be taken to the Chop Shop for visual customization and performance improvements.

Available vehicle upgrades include:

• Vehicle wraps and visual modifications

• Engine Upgrades

• Steering Upgrades

• Reinforced vehicle armor

Steering Upgrades provide sharper and more responsive handling, making vehicles easier to control during high-speed driving and tight turns.

Reinforced armor increases vehicle durability and helps players remain more effective during shootouts, police chases, drive-by attacks, and other armed confrontations.

Vehicle trunks can now also be opened, expanding vehicle interaction and preparing the system for additional gameplay possibilities.

Drift Races

New drift races have been added to Night City.

Players must maintain their drifts, build their score, and reach the required target before time runs out.

Different difficulty levels offer different time limits and score requirements, allowing players to improve their driving skills while competing for cash rewards.

Kurohana Warehouse Raids

Players can now raid the new Kurohana Warehouse and fight their way through enemy forces to obtain valuable rewards.

These raids provide a new combat-focused activity and another reason to directly challenge rival crime families throughout Night City.

Warehouse Defense

Rival families can now attack player-owned warehouses.

Players must defend their operations and protect the products stored inside. Failing to successfully defend a warehouse may result in the loss of a significant amount of stock.

Warehouse security, employee management, and preparation are now more important than ever.

Expanded Territory Mechanics

Rival crime families now demand a share of the profits generated by businesses operating inside their territories.

This creates an additional strategic reason to challenge enemy families, capture districts, and expand your control across Night City.

Taking control of a territory is no longer only about prestige. It can also help protect your businesses and prevent rival families from taking a share of your income.

Additional Improvements

The New Blood Major Patch also includes:

• Separate sensitivity settings for third-person and simulation gameplay

• Warehouse system improvements

• Police system refinements

• Expanded territory mechanics

• Vehicle handling improvements

• Gameplay balance adjustments

• User interface improvements

• Bug fixes

• Numerous quality-of-life improvements

The Criminal Empire Continues to Grow

The New Blood Major Patch represents another major step forward for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

Your comments, ideas, suggestions, and feedback are extremely important to us. We regularly review community feedback while improving existing systems, balancing the game, fixing reported issues, and planning future content.

We also invite you to join our Discord community, where you can share your feedback, report bugs, suggest new features, and follow the ongoing development of the game.

Thank you for continuing to support us throughout Steam Early Access.

Build your family. Control the streets. Create your criminal empire.

BEF Games

Hello Bosses, We’ve released a new small fix patch with many improvements, bug fixes, and quality-of-life updates. Our Summer Sale is also live, so it’s a great time to jump in, expand your empire, and take over the city! Gameplay & Family War Improvements * Added the ability to see the success percentage when sending a Spy. * Fixed an issue where an enemy found by a Spy could disappear after some time and could not be found again. * Fixed an issue where attacks from an enemy family could continue even after killing that family’s boss. * Fixed an issue where attacks could still happen after capturing all territories of a family and eliminating that family. * When you are at war with a family, be careful while passing near locations owned by that family. They will now automatically attack you. * Fixed an issue where an enemy family member could still appear even when Intel Extract failed. * Fixed an issue in Office missions where some enemies were sometimes unable to attack the player. * Fixed death animation issues for some characters in the “Eliminate Target” Office mission. Territory & District Improvements * Added an on-screen success notification when capturing a territory. * Territory capture battles have been reworked. Based on the star level of the territory, enemies now arrive in 3 waves, with 4 enemies per wave using stronger weapons. * Added family logos to captured territories. * Fixed several map-related issues. * Roads and intersections have been improved. * Map improvements have been made, and we will continue improving it further. Some areas that felt too empty have also been improved. UI, Resolution & Settings Fixes * Fixed an issue where the Hospital UI could remain selected. * Fixed a clicking issue that occurred in some resolutions while collecting bills in the Club. * Fixed missing translations for some expenses. * Added an FPS lock option to the settings. You can now lock the game to your preferred FPS. * Character selection screen music is now connected to the audio settings. City, Collision & Vehicle Fixes * The city colliders have been completely reworked. You should no longer run into invisible walls :) * Fixed some areas in the race zone where cars could sometimes get stuck. * If your car gets stuck during a race, you can now press E after 5 seconds to get unstuck. * Fixed multiple road and intersection issues. Club, Jobs & Mini-Game Fixes * Club decorations, such as wall decorations and flowers, can now be moved and sold without closing the Club. * Fixed an issue where police could arrest Club security guards. * Fixed a crash that could happen at the end of the day in the Selling Point mini-game. * Fixed a sound issue when kicking out customers during the Doorman job. Character, Animation & Clothing Fixes * Fixed several animation issues. * Fixed an issue where some characters could change skins while dying. * Fixed an issue where gangsters could get their jacket back after save/load when changing clothes in the Clothing Store. Other Fixes * Many other small improvements and bug fixes have been made. Your feedback and suggestions are very important to us. For the fastest communication, we’d love to see you on our Discord. Thank you for your support. We’ll keep improving the game with your feedback until it becomes the greatest crime empire game in the world. See you in the next patch, Bosses!

This patch introduces numerous gameplay improvements, balance adjustments, quality-of-life changes, and bug fixes for the Rise of the Families update.

TPS Mode and Combat

• Added the ability to loot dead characters while playing in TPS Mode.

• Added box-carrying mechanics to TPS Mode.

• Boxes can now be placed inside vehicles or on pallets and picked up again later.

• Improved TPS melee combat animations and actions.

• Added a Stamina Bar to the melee combat system.

• Right Click is now used to block.

• Left Click performs a normal attack.

• Holding Left Click performs a heavy attack.

• Fixed an issue causing tooltips to display incorrectly in TPS Mode.

• Added View Distance and Character Field of View settings for TPS Mode.

• Players experiencing performance issues can lower the View Distance setting to improve performance.

• Fixed an issue that caused the camera to automatically switch from TPS Mode to RTS Mode after a territory takeover battle.

• You can now interact with Doorman jobs, Hot Dog jobs, and Walter Dark while playing in TPS Mode.

Office Missions

• Increased the number of possible spawn locations for Office Missions.

• Increased the variety of NPCs used in Office Missions.

• The amount of Prestige earned is now displayed after completing an Office Mission.

• During Loan Sharking missions, you will now collect the money from the character who originally gave you the mission.

• Fixed issues affecting character death animations during Office Missions.

• Made various improvements and fixes to the Office interface.

• Fixed an issue where attack notifications would not move the camera to the relevant location while the Office interface was open.

• Added an option to stop visitors from entering the Office.

• Added a new Feature Vault unlock for the Office that enables the UI option to automatically accept incoming Office missions.

Prestige System

• Extorting a business now rewards +5 Prestige.

• Captured territories now generate daily Prestige based on their level:

  • Level 1 Territory: +10 Prestige

  • Level 2 Territory: +20 Prestige

  • Level 3 Territory: +30 Prestige

• Completing missions received from families now rewards +5 Prestige.

• Successful interrogations now reward +5 Prestige.

Families, Spying, and Territory Wars

• Added a notification when entering a war with another family.

• Rival families can now recruit new members after some time has passed following the death of one of their members.

• Added a chance for Spy missions to fail.

• All territories controlled by an enemy family must now be captured before you can send a Spy to locate that family’s Boss.

• Enemy Family Capos and their guards are now stronger.

• Fixed an issue where the Family interface would not immediately update after killing an enemy family member.

• Fixed an issue where enemy family members would no longer have guards after escaping and being located again with a Spy.

• Fixed issues affecting family member death animations.

• Fixed an issue where enemies could try to attack your characters inside interiors such as homes and offices.

Combat, Weapons, and Enemies

• Increased weapon durability.

• Added a chance for defeated enemies to drop their weapons.

• Fixed an issue where non-hostile enemies could push your own characters.

• Fixed issues involving characters pushing each other or rotating unexpectedly at interaction points.

• Reduced the strength of enemy attacks against Drug Selling Points.

• You can now repair all of your weapons with a single button in the repair section of the Weapon Shop.

• Weapon repair prices now receive a discount based on your Trade skill level.

Warehouse

• Doubled the storage capacity for Water and Pesticide in Warehouses.

• Fixed an issue where the Cartel delivery vehicle could fail to arrive.

• Fixed an issue that prevented players from saving during Cartel deliveries.

World Interactions and Controls

• Added faster movement on the map by holding Shift while the map is open with M.

• Added map rotation using the E and Q keys.

• Fixed an issue where radios inside warehouses, homes, hotels, and offices could change stations while zooming in or out.

• You can now click radios to change the station or turn them off.

• The Main Menu and ESC Menu now randomly play tracks from our own soundtrack.

• Fixed an issue where getting out of bed could cause problems when controlling another character.

• Fixed an issue that could occur when leaving the Car Dealership without buying a car and then clicking on a vehicle on the upper floor.

Economy and Jobs

• Reduced the spawn rate of the Lamborghini-style sports car.

• Increased Taxi income by 1.5x.

• Increased the item drop rate during Taxi jobs.

• Reduced the volume of several sound effects during the Doorman job.

Character Customization

• Added new hairstyles.

• Added new accessories.

• Added new beard and mustache options.

• All family members can now be customized at the Clothing Store.

Hospital and Character Selection

• You can now access the Hospital interface with all of your characters.

• Fixed an issue where no character would be automatically selected after loading a save or starting a new game.

Interface, Notifications, and General Fixes

• Fixed an issue where notifications could display incorrect icons.

• Updated the game-saving indicator.

• Improved and reorganized several user interface elements.

• Fixed several widescreen UI issues.

• Adjusted the scenario selection screen after pressing Start New Game in the Main Menu to better support wide resolutions.

Closing Notes

More improvements and new features are on the way.

Your feedback and suggestions are very important to us. We are actively listening to the community and shaping the game together with your ideas.

Join our Discord and share your feedback with us:

https://discord.gg/4CEwpYjxQy

Bosses,

Night City is becoming bigger, more dangerous, and deeper than ever before.

With the Rise of the Families Update, we are introducing TPS Mode, the Office System, family creation, Capo progression, rival families, 11 districts, territory control, diplomacy, interrogation, clothing customization, custom radio support, keybindings, Steam achievements, inventory improvements, and more.

TPS Mode

You can now press TAB at any time in the open world to switch into TPS Mode.

In this mode, you can control your character with WASD, use your assigned weapons with 1, 2, and 3, and experience Night City from a new third-person perspective.

Press Space to roll and avoid incoming damage.

Remember, headshots deal increased damage.

We are also working on new mechanics designed specifically for TPS Mode.

Hit Reactions and Death Animations

Enemies now react more dynamically to the final shot that takes them down in TPS Mode.

Depending on where the last bullet hits and the direction of the impact, enemies can die with different body reactions.

For example, a headshot, a shot from the side, or a hit to the legs can all create different death reactions, making combat feel more physical and responsive.

Pickpocket Update

The pickpocket system has been updated to fit the new TPS flow.

Press C to move behind a pedestrian, then press F to attempt a pickpocket.

Journal Added to the Main UI

The Journal has now been added to the main UI.

You can use the Journal to track and manage the missions you have accepted.

This makes it easier to follow your active jobs, choose which mission you want to focus on, and keep control of your criminal plans across Night City.

Office System

The Office System has now been added to Night City.

Once you purchase an office, you will be able to take on daily illegal jobs from city residents.

You can press J or open the Journal from the main UI to select and track the mission you want to follow.

Successfully completed jobs will reward you with Prestige Points.

Office jobs now also contribute to character progression. When a job is completed by a specific character, that character gains Charisma Points.

Build Your Family

After purchasing an office, you can begin building your own criminal family.

You can choose your family name, select your family logo, recruit gangsters, and promote selected gangsters to Capo.

The Capo system is an important step in expanding your organization and increasing your influence across Night City.

Interrogation Room

When you upgrade your office, the Interrogation Room will become available.

Captured enemy family members can be brought into this room. With the help of a high-Charisma character from your family, you can choose different ways to deal with them:

Extract Information Gain valuable information from the captive.

Demand Ransom Demand ransom money from their family.

Convince to Join Family Try to convince the captive to join your own family.

Execute Execute your rival and weaken the enemy family.

11 Districts and Rival Families

Night City now features 11 districts.

This update also introduces 2 new rival families:

Vice Kings A powerful criminal family that owns the Pink Flamingo and controls 5 districts.

Kurohana Syndicate The family that owns Samurai Toys and controls the city’s drug trade.

When you enter one of these businesses, such as opening a club or a warehouse, your relationship with these families will begin to decrease.

If relations get bad enough, you may end up at war with them.

Territory Map

You can view and manage the Territory Map through the office interface.

You can also open the city map with M and click the Territory Map section at the top.

From this map, you can see which family controls each district, which points can be captured, and how power is distributed across Night City.

Territory Control

To take over a district, you must capture the drug sales points and businesses in that area.

After that, you must spend Prestige Points to claim the district.

Once the claim is made, you need to go to the marked area and survive waves of enemy attacks.

Capturing districts, businesses, and sales points will reduce your relationship with the family that controls them.

Passive Prestige Income and Territory Cuts

When you capture a district, that district will generate passive Prestige Points for your family every day.

Districts are not only a symbol of power anymore. They now provide long-term progression and help you expand your criminal empire across Night City.

Territory ownership also affects drug sales.

If you sell drugs in a district you do not control, a portion of your profit will automatically be paid to the family that owns that territory.

Taking over districts allows you to remove this cut, keep more of your profits, and strengthen your control over the city.

Destroying Rival Families

To completely destroy a rival family, you must first take over all of their territories.

After that, you need to eliminate their family members.

Once all territories are captured and their members are eliminated, the rival family boss will spawn somewhere in the city.

Find and defeat the boss, and that rival family will be destroyed entirely.

Diplomacy and Family Relations

You can improve your relationships with rival families by completing various jobs for them.

You can also pay a certain amount to make peace.

However, be careful when entering the territory of a family you are at war with.

If they see you, they will attack on sight.

Customization

We continue to follow your feedback closely.

While adding major core systems to the game, we are also expanding customization options.

You can now visit clothing stores and buy new outfits for your character.

After promoting your gangsters to Capo, you can also customize their outfits.

Custom Radio Support

Custom radio support has been added to the game.

You can now add your own MP3 files to the radio folder and listen to your own music while playing.

You can place all of your MP3 files directly into the radio folder, or create additional folders inside it to build your own separate radio stations.

Each folder can act as a different custom radio channel, allowing you to organize your music however you like.

Inventory Improvements

We have improved the inventory system.

When you enter a shop, you can now see both your personal inventory and the pallet inventory at the same time.

You can choose where purchased items should be added first.

This creates a smoother experience for shopping, production, and stock management.

Keybindings

We have added a new Keybindings system.

You can now view what each key does directly from the Settings menu and customize your controls however you like.

This gives players more flexibility and makes it easier to adjust the controls based on their own playstyle.

Steam Achievements

Steam Achievements have now been added to the game.

You can now unlock achievements while progressing through Night City, building your criminal empire, completing objectives, and exploring the new systems.

We also plan to expand the achievement list over time with future updates.

What’s Next

There are still many more features we want to add to the office system, territory system, and rival families.

We are looking forward to your suggestions and feedback.

We are working 24/7 to deliver one of the most unique crime games ever made.

Until the next update, take care, bosses.

Major Quality of Life Update

We’ve just completed another update focused on improving gameplay feel, driving, AI behavior, warehouse systems, sound effects, UI feedback, and several important fixes.

Vehicle & Driving Improvements

Vehicle handling has been reworked.

Vehicle cameras are now smoother.

When the car is not moving, holding W + Space will now trigger a burnout.

Holding Space while turning now makes the car slide more, adding a stronger drift effect.

Reverse speed and the transition into reverse gear have been improved.

When driving close to buildings, buildings will now fade out so you can still see your vehicle clearly.

The issue where pedestrians and police officers could get stuck on vehicles has been fixed.

Traffic lights are now working properly and brighter lights have been added.

Radio has been added to races.

Police & Wanted System Improvements

When you become wanted, police will now spawn with a police vehicle and arrive at the crime scene with 3 police officers.

If you commit another crime nearby, these officers will start chasing you.

Warehouse Improvements

New warehouse icons and sound effects have been added.

Staff sent to break rooms can now return to work properly.

The “Send to Break Room” button now changes into a “Work” button while the staff member is resting.

Radio has been added to the warehouse.

Warehouse camera entry and exit transitions have been improved.

Camera angles have been added for the warehouse ventilation system.

Debuffs caused by low staff health are now removed after resting.

Warehouse explosion sounds, death sounds, and effects have been added.

Lab rooms and grow boxes can now be customized in more detail directly from their own UI screens.

Lab, Cartel & Charisma Improvements

A confirmation popup has been added when trying to delete a recipe from lab tables.

The police detection chance for cartel deals is now adjusted based on your Charisma level.

Bribe prices are now reduced based on your Charisma skill level.

Sound & UI Improvements

Weapon sounds have been improved and expanded.

Each weapon now has its own unique sound.

The issue where weapon sounds could sometimes stop playing has been fixed.

Negative customer comments in customer UI panels have been changed from red to orange for better contrast and readability.

Many translation issues and UI text overflow problems have been fixed.

New warehouse notification icons and sound feedback have been added.

Camera & Character Control Improvements

Double-clicking your character portrait now activates the character follow camera.

When the camera is locked, Q and E now rotate the camera around the character.

Fixes

Fixed an issue where used cars could not be sold in sandbox modes.

Fixed several warehouse camera transition issues.

Fixed multiple UI, localization, and text overflow problems.

Now that this update is complete, we’re continuing work on the next major update.

Families, diplomacy, the office system, territory control, and many more new features are coming soon.

We’ll keep bringing your suggestions and feedback into the game. See you very soon with new surprises!

The streets are changing.

The From the Streets update is now live, bringing one of the biggest transformations to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire so far. This update expands the game into a much deeper sandbox experience with new progression systems, activities, police mechanics, warehouse management, and more.

We’re also happy to announce that a free 1-hour demo is now available on Steam alongside the update.

🔥 Major Changes & Additions

🌆 Fully Expanded Sandbox Experience

The game is no longer tied heavily to nightclub progression.

Players can now freely choose how they want to begin their criminal journey with new starting scenarios:

• From Nothing

• Thief

• Dealer

• Club Owner

Start your rise your way.

🚔 New Police & Wanted System

The city is now more reactive and dangerous than ever.

• Police actively patrol neighborhoods

• Crimes are detected in real time

• Players can now be arrested and sent to jail

If arrested, players can:

• Pay fines

• Wait out their sentence

• Complete community service to regain freedom

Wanted System

Killing a police officer now triggers a full Wanted state:

• Police presence across the city increases

• Officers receive shoot-on-sight orders

• Players can escape and hide to eventually lose police attention

🏭 Warehouse & Drug Operation Tycoon

Expand your empire with fully upgradeable warehouses.

Players can:

• Purchase and upgrade warehouses (Level 1 → Level 3)

• Build:

  • Grow areas

  • Lab rooms

  • Drying stations

  • Packaging lines

  • Break rooms

Staff Roles

Hire specialized workers:

• Chemists

• Growers

• Handlers

Production Pipeline

Grow → Process → Package → Sell

Products can:

• Be sold in bulk

• Distributed through sales points

• Automatically supply hot dog stands

⚠️ Be careful with facility toxicity. Unsafe environments can damage worker health and even cause permanent losses if ignored.

⚠️ Rival drug families will retaliate and attack your operations as your empire grows.

🎮 New Activities & Jobs

🍔 Hot Dog Vendor (FPS Gameplay)

Run a hot dog stand while secretly selling illegal products on the side.

🚕 Taxi Driver

Earn money before entering larger criminal operations.

🚪 Club Doorman (FPS Gameplay)

Control club entry, manage guests, and handle troublemakers.

📰 Daily Newspaper System

Discover available jobs and opportunities at the start of each day.

🧠 RPG & Progression Improvements

• Skills now improve through usage

• New abilities added

• Feature Vault moved to the main interface

• Spend progression points instantly anytime during gameplay

🔫 Combat & Equipment Updates

• Carry:

  • Pistol

  • Rifle

  • Melee weapon simultaneously

• New weapon durability system:

  • Weapons wear down over time

  • Repair damaged weapons using crafting tables

🚗 Vehicle Improvements

• Realistic vehicle damage system

• Vehicles can now:

  • Break down

  • Explode

  • Be permanently lost

• Illegal street racing expanded

• Vehicle customization improvements added

🗺️ UI & Navigation Improvements

• Improved minimap system

• Drag-to-move map navigation

• Enemy faction member tracking added

🎵 Audio & Atmosphere

• Music library expanded from 12 to 34 original tracks

• 3 new radio stations added

🎁 Free Demo Available Now

A free 1-hour demo is now available on Steam, allowing players to experience the new sandbox gameplay systems and the beginning of their rise through the criminal underworld.

🔮 What’s Next?

Development continues.

Upcoming features include:

• Rival Families

• Territory Control Systems

• Expanded Family Interactions

• Offices & Business Management

• New Mini Jobs & Activities

• And much more

The city is only getting bigger.

🔥 Start From Nothing. Become The Boss.

We’re entering a brand new era for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire.

With the upcoming major update, the game will become a full sandbox experience. Skills are being expanded, and they will now improve as you use them. Abilities like Pickpocketing, Lockpicking, Trade, Charisma, and Crafting will shape your path in the criminal underworld.

Start from nothing.

Work your way up through different jobs: Taxi driver Hot dog vendor (with some “side business”) Club bouncer Pickpocket Car thief Drug production and dealing

Build your own nightclub or establish a fully functional drug operation. Manage and upgrade your factory to fulfill large-scale orders and grow your empire.

Create your own crime family and face off against rival factions. The path you choose will determine your enemies. Each business you enter will be controlled by a different crime family, and conflict will be inevitable.

With the reworked police system, you’ll need to be more careful than ever. If you get caught, you can reduce your sentence through community service but your criminal record will follow you, making future arrests more serious.

This major update is coming very soon.

We’re still in Early Access, and we have a lot more planned. Thanks to your feedback and support, we’re turning our vision into reality step by step.

We’ll keep improving The Boss Gangster until it becomes the game it deserves to be.

We’ve extended the Spring Sale until April 2! Enjoy 20% off!

We’ve also introduced several Quality of Life (QoL) improvements to make management smoother and overall gameplay more enjoyable.

• We’ve disabled opening the inventory with a single click on your character to prevent misclicks. You can now press "I" to open the inventory for your selected character(s) or all characters.

• We’ve prevented placed items in your house or hotel from instantly switching back to Move mode with a single click. To move them, you now need to right-click and hold, then select Move, reducing accidental interactions.

• If an item in your house has an active function (e.g., contains a plant or items), Move or transfer to inventory actions will not be available.

• Character enter/exit positions for vehicles have been improved. The first selected character will now be the driver.

• When you exit your own or a stolen vehicle and enter the club, your vehicle will no longer be automatically sent to the garage.

• You can now send your vehicle to the garage by waiting on a garage zone.

• Fixed an issue where actions like crafting or harvesting caused errors when your inventory was full. You will now receive a warning and won’t be able to perform the action.

• A radio system has been added to the game. While driving, you can scroll forward using Mouse Button 3 (wheel) to switch between radio stations. You can adjust the volume with X and C keys, and track it via the UI.

• Fixed camera issues in locations such as Blackjack areas and the police station. You will now return to proper default camera angles when exiting interfaces.

• Drug selling UI has been improved and refined.

• Lab Table UI has been updated. In the HEAT mini-game, BAD and MISS results will now give negative points. Additionally, new animations and sounds have been added to the COOK phase.

• When opening a vehicle trunk, your inventory will now automatically open alongside it.

• Various localization improvements and fixes have been applied. More improvements are coming.

• Fixed an issue where the camera would sometimes automatically snap back to your Boss character.

• Capo and gangster inventories will now remember their last opened position.

• Inventory and house pallet related bugs affecting pots when storage was full have been fixed.
• Gangsters and capos can now repair vehicles.
• Collider issues have been fixed.
• The giant-growing broccoli bug has been fixed.

• Fixed a bug that caused the boss to get stuck when selecting multiple characters.
• Fixed an issue where the game would always switch back to the boss after closing the map (M).
• Fixed a UI bug that occurred while selling drugs. The sell button has been redesigned.
• Fixed an issue with a stealable car being stuck in the air.

We’re hard at work expanding The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire and bringing you closer to the ultimate criminal empire experience. Here’s a glimpse of what’s coming as we build toward version 1.0.

🚀 Improved Onboarding

We’re reworking the first-time experience to make jumping into the criminal underworld smoother and more engaging than ever. Whether you’re a seasoned mobster or new to city life, your rise will feel exciting from the very start.

🏙 Sandbox Mode

Want to take control from day one? Sandbox Mode lets you:

• Begin with preset scenarios or craft your own custom start.

• Rise step by step from small jobs to a full-blown empire.

• Explore the city at your pace, building your criminal influence from the ground up.

💼 Small Jobs & Early Activities

The streets are full of opportunity. Early-game jobs give you meaningful ways to earn your first fortune, including:

• Taxi driving (already available!)

• Food delivery & cargo transport

• Street racing & car theft

• Pickpocketing & street fighting

• Club entrance bodyguard work

• Car wash

These mini-games are designed to make the early game fun, varied, and rewarding.

💰 Money Laundering

Take your illegal gains and make them look clean. Own legal businesses and funnel money through them, expanding your empire while staying under the radar, or not.

👑 Crime Families

Every corner of the city is ruled by a different crime family:

• Nightclubs

• Drug trade

• Illegal alcohol

• Weapons trafficking

Expand into a controlled territory and you’ll either clash with the ruling family, negotiate deals, or take them down entirely. Diplomacy, trade, or total domination, the choice is yours.

📈 Major Tycoon Businesses

Beyond small jobs, build and manage large criminal enterprises:

• Nightclubs (existing system)

• Drug production & smuggling operations

• Weapon manufacturing & trafficking

• Illegal alcohol factories

Each business comes with unique mechanics, staff management, and income systems, giving your empire depth and scale.

🎭 Character Progression

Personalize and power up your criminal:

• Custom outfits & accessories

• Clothing with gameplay bonuses

• Skill upgrades to tailor your abilities

⚖ Prison System

Your actions have consequences. End up behind bars? Players will navigate prison life with unique challenges and opportunities, keeping the stakes high.

This is just a glimpse of the world we’re building in The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire. The streets are alive, the empires are growing, and your choices shape everything.

🔥 Join the community: Follow us on Steam and hop into our Discord for news, sneak peeks, and early updates. Every comment is read by our team and directly influences the features we add, so share your thoughts, strategies, and ideas!

Don’t miss out, your criminal empire awaits.

Build Your Empire with Drug Production, Properties & New Jobs & Reworked City

The latest major update for The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire is available now!

This update expands how you build and manage your criminal organization with drug production, property ownership, new jobs, improved nightclub systems, and major gameplay improvements across the city.

Here’s what’s new.

🌿 Start Your Own Drug Operation

A new drug cultivation system has been added.

You can now find seeds around the city and grow them inside houses or hotel rooms that you own or rent.

Your plants require attention during the growing process. The better you care for them, the larger your harvest will be and more product means more profit for your empire.

You can also produce chemical drugs by purchasing a Lab Table. You must discover the correct formula, successfully complete the mini-games, and find the right cooking timing. Once you discover the correct formula, you can easily produce it repeatedly and supply the entire city.

Once you’re financially ready, you can expand your operation even further.

Experienced bosses can now establish undercover warehouse facilities, allowing drug production on a much larger scale.

🏠 Buy, Rent, and Expand Your Territory

Real estate is now an important part of building your empire.

You can now rent, buy, or lease:

• Houses

• Hotels

• Apartments

These properties can serve as safehouses, production locations, or expansion points for your growing criminal network.

🎧 Nightclubs Are Getting Smarter

Running a nightclub is now easier and more profitable.

New improvements include:

• Additional security staff that automatically deal with troublemakers

• Automatic VIP reservations to keep your club busy

• Systems that move nightclub management closer to full automation

🚗 New Crime & Vehicle Systems

Street-level crime has expanded with new mechanics:

• New car repair system

• Sell stolen vehicles for profit

• Loot fallen enemies after combat

💼 New Ways to Influence Police

A new job is now available to improve relations with Police:

• Trash pickup

This provides an additional way to keep the Police on your side.

🗺️ Gameplay Improvements

Multiple core systems have been reworked and improved:

• Reworked city map

• All family members can perform gameplay actions such as

  • Drive

  • Purchase Alcohol

  • Collect Tribute

• Redesigned inventory system

  • Open multiple inventories simultaneously

• New UI designs across multiple systems

• Updated right-click interaction system

  • Single click for main actions

  • Hold for alternative options

• New features are now unlockable in the Feature Vault

• Car theft system revamped

  • You now need a lockpick to steal cars

  • Loot lockpicks from defeated enemies, through pickpocketing, or from completing various activities

  • Time-based mechanic for stealing cars removed, now you ust find the correct angle before your lockpick breaks

⚖️ Balance Changes

• Raids targeting businesses you collect protection money from have been rebalanced

🔧 Performance & Polish

This update also includes numerous technical improvements:

• Performance optimizations to reduce FPS drops

• Audio improvements and sound effect adjustments

• Localization fixes and translation improvements

💬 Let Us Know What You Think

This is one of the largest updates to The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire so far, and we’re excited to see how players expand their empires with these new systems.

What are you planning to try first?

• Building a drug operation

• Expanding your property network

• Automating your nightclub

• Running vehicle theft operations

Tell us in the comments. We read all your feedback and it helps guide future updates.

🚧 Development is continuing as we work toward the full 1.0 release.

A feature roadmap outlining upcoming systems and content will be revealed soon, so keep an eye out for that announcement.

Follow the game on Steam and join our Discord community to stay updated on future updates, roadmap reveals, and development news.

• Various UI improvements and polish
• Minor bug fixes and stability improvements
• General gameplay experience improvements

• The glass count shown in phone orders has been removed because it was causing confusion. All drinks are now displayed as single bottles. Each bottle serves 6 glasses, and each beer keg serves 60 glasses.
• Fixed the weapon UI issue that remained on the screen when selling weapons to Drink Shops. Additionally, sold items will no longer appear when you re-enter the shop.
• Fixed an issue that occurred when an attack happened while repairing the stage, walls, or bar in the club building menu.
• Fixed a problem where, occasionally, a gangster could not be healed while treating your gangsters in the hospital.
• Known issue (fix coming soon):
• Sometimes the menu does not appear when pressing ESC. For now, repeatedly pressing ESC will eventually open it. A patch addressing this issue will be released very soon.
• Fixed an exploit in car races that allowed players to win using a shortcut. Thanks to the big-hearted boss who reported this issue!
• Corrected a section that was mistakenly left in French within the German translation. Thanks to the Boss who reported the feedback!