Empire of Sin

Empire of Sin is rated M for Mature 17+ by the ESRB with Alcohol Reference, Blood, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, and Violence. This is a strategy game in which players assume the role of an underworld crime boss in 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago. From a top-down perspective, players build and upgrade illegal rackets (e.g., breweries, brothels, speakeasies) while managing their crew and outmaneuvering/attacking rivals. Fighting sequences are turn-based, with players selecting movements/attacks from a menu; characters use firearms (e.g., pistols, machine guns, rifles), as well as knives, brass knuckles, and nail bats to kill enemy thugs. Fights are highlighted by blood-splatter effects, gunfire, and cries of pain. During combat scenes, players can choose to execute enemies, resulting in brief cutscenes that show characters getting shot in the head, beaten, or having their throats cut. The game contains some sexual material: brothels in which workers walk around in lingerie/boxers while chatting with customers; dialogue and game text containing sexual references (e.g., “What would I care about what some sex-crazed priest has to say...”; “After the discovery that the sex toys...haven't been sanitized as well as they could be, the public seems to be avoiding your establishment"; “[Character] has spent too much time idle in a brothel and has acquired an STD.” A predominant theme in the game is the production of alcohol during the Prohibition era: players can own breweries; trade alcohol and purchase it in the black market; own speakeasies, upgrading types of alcohol served; order drinks from bartenders; have character traits such as “drunk” or “alcoholic." The words “f**k” and “sh*t” appear in the dialogue.