Crime Lords is an adult crime-management RPG by Scoop, made with HTML and SugarCube/Twine. It presents an animated, text-driven open world set in a wet city controlled by corrupt officials, violent syndicates, and corporate fixers. You begin as a poor newcomer in a shabby apartment, trying to build a gang, gain influence, and take over the underworld through crime, business, and themes of corruption, combat, and humiliation.
The current v0.0.1 Alpha, dated October 18, 2026, is an initial public release with ongoing development. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android browser/HTML, is in English, and is uncensored. The update adds six explorable districts, travel networks, day/night timing, reputation, and a living economy; a syndicate base with housing, vehicle storage, and dungeon cells; captive training and wardrobe systems; four adult business operations with police and kidnapping risks; plus laundering, offshore accounts, and front businesses.
Developer's description
In a sprawling, rain-soaked metropolis ruled by corrupt politicians, ruthless syndicates, and corporate fixers, power belongs to whoever takes it. You start with empty pockets, a run-down apartment, and the ambition to conquer the city's underworld from the ground up.
Crime Lords
is an open-world, text-driven crime and adult empire management RPG built on SugarCube/Twine. Build your gang, capture and train human assets, corner the city's narcotics trade, launder millions through offshore shell corporations, and indulge in the finest vices the nightlife has to offer.
v0.0.1 Alpha (Initial Public Release):
Core World & Sandbox Engine:
6 fully explorable municipal districts with travel networks, dynamic day/night time system, reputation mechanics, and living economy.
Syndicate Hub & Base of Operations:
Modular player housing, underground garage vehicle storage, and subterranean dungeon cells.
Captive Dungeon System:
Captive acquisition, discipline/conditioning loops, obedience training, and customizable wardrobe tiers (Standard, Seductive, Luxury Designer).
Adult Business Empire:
4 scalable revenue operations (Street Prostitution, Streaming Hangar, The Velvet Rose Brothel, and VIP Escort Platform) with risk events, police stings, and kidnapping mechanics.
Apex Management & Offshore Banking:
Street cash laundering, offshore protected accounts, front businesses (Neon Arcade, Luxury Art Gallery, Cayman Holding Bank), crisis PR retainers, and weekly corporate favor contracts with branching sex scenes.
Complete Drug Empire Overhaul:
- Street corner dealing shift minigame with customer events, price haggling, and undercover vice sting bypasses.
- Slums Trap House with stove crack-cooking mechanics and secure floorboard stash safe.
- Suburban Grow House with aeroponic basins, multiple seed strains, joint rolling, and curing.
- Industrial Chemical Lab with 3 custom pill press dies (Neon Tesla, Golden Rolex, Punisher Skull), cutting vats, and offshore deepwater dock export contracts.
- Nightly physical drug stock consumption across all operational estates.
- 3-tier dealing perk progression: Corner Pusher, Trap Lord, and Cartel Kingpin.
Club Apex VIP Suite:
Daily headline dancer rotation, high-roller private suites with 5 interactive stages, camera angle selector, and exclusive featured duo performer routine (Candy & Velvet).
Chop Shop & Automotive:
Stolen vehicle stripping, nightly scrap revenue, driver boost timers, and vehicle parts fences.
Combat & Gang Warfare:
Turn-based combat engine, firearm armory, tactical bodyguard loadouts, scout sabotage, and district turf wars with daily tribute payouts.
