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Is Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Readers of historical crime fiction who want branching choices
- Players who prefer text-based interactive novels to games with graphics and sound
- Fans of stories about managing criminal organizations and navigating local politics
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a visual presentation with graphics or sound effects
- Players who prefer action-focused play over reading and making narrative choices
- Players looking for a short, linear story rather than a 210,000-word novel with hundreds of choices
Our take on Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire
Its defining format is a 210,000-word interactive historical novel without graphics or sound effects, telling its Prohibition-era story through written choices and consequences.
What is Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire?
Set in 1920, as Prohibition begins, this text-based interactive novel follows a whiskey runner from rural Pennsylvania toward New York City.
Build and manage an illegal liquor operation, bargain with union leaders and mob bosses, work with rivals or eliminate them, and transport moonshine through car chases. Choices also cover local politics, workers, relationships, law enforcement, and laundering money through a Broadway production. Possible paths include political office, wealth, entertainment, prison, or death. Character options include male, female, and nonbinary identities, with gay, straight, or bi relationships. The story has 210,000 words and hundreds of choices, with no graphics or sound effects.
How Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire plays
- 01Text-Based Narrative
- The story has 210,000 words and hundreds of choices, presented without graphics or sound effects.
- 02Liquor Operation
- Manage workers while producing and distributing illegal alcohol from Pennsylvania toward New York City.
- 03Criminal Alliances
- Players can bargain with union leaders and mob bosses, work with rivals, or eliminate them.
- 04Political Ambitions
- Hometown conflicts involve Communists, union organizers, and temperance preachers, with a possible path to becoming mayor.
- 05Broadway Laundering
- Illegal earnings can be laundered through a Broadway play, with a chance to become its star.
- 06Character Identity
- Character options include male, female, or nonbinary identities and gay, straight, or bi relationships.
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Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire: platforms & release
Is Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire worth it?
It is worth it if: readers of historical crime fiction who want branching choices. Skip it if: players seeking a visual presentation with graphics or sound effects.
Where can I download Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Bootlegger: Moonshine Empire on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
