Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire - Build Your Whiskey Dynasty in 1920s NYC

8/29/2026, 5:50:03 AM

Release date: 9/26/2024

Tags: #interactive-fiction #rpg #choose-your-own-adventure #text-based #character-customization #choices-matter #multiple-endings #singleplayer

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Score: 80%Positive
Review Count: 20 reviews
Fetched At: 8/29/2026, 5:50:03 AM

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¥ 700 (JPY)

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$5.99 (USD)

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Japan Price: ¥ 700
Global Price: $5.99
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Key highlight

Build a criminal empire in 1920s Prohibition New York in this 210,000-word text-based RPG. Make hundreds of choices that shape your destiny from wealth to death.

Who this is for

A deep, text-based RPG set in Prohibition-era New York where your choices significantly impact the outcome. Recommended for fans of historical settings and crime dramas.

Details

Overview

Step into the roaring 1920s in Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire, an interactive historical novel from Choice of Games. Prohibition has just begun, turning alcohol into a forbidden commodity and creating a fertile ground for organized crime. This entirely text-based RPG plunges you into the heart of Prohibition-era New York, where you'll build a criminal empire from the ground up. Distill, peddle, and navigate the treacherous underworld, where fortunes can be made and lives can be lost with equal speed.

Highlights

Immersive Text-Based Experience: Dive into a rich narrative spanning 210,000 words, driven entirely by your choices and imagination, without graphics or sound effects.
Historical Setting: Experience the challenges and opportunities of 1920s Prohibition New York, a time of speakeasies, organized crime, and illicit trade.
Branching Narrative & Multiple Endings: Hundreds of choices shape your journey, leading to vastly different outcomes – from immense wealth and fame to a grim, early demise.

Who It's For

Fans of interactive fiction, text-based RPGs, and choose-your-own-adventure games will find themselves engrossed in Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire. If you enjoy deep narratives, meaningful choices that impact the story, and historical settings, this game offers a compelling experience.

Game Info

Developer: Choice of Games
Publisher: Choice of Games
Genre: Interactive Fiction, RPG, Text-Based, Choose Your Own Adventure
Release Date: September 26, 2024
Features: Character customization, choices that matter, multiple endings, Steam achievements, Steam Cloud, family sharing.