SimulationFit check
Is Dirty Business worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want a production-and-distribution simulation built around criminal enterprises
- Fans of management games who prefer hiring crews and expanding an underground base
- Co-op groups seeking a shared empire-building game for up to 4 friends
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a combat-focused crime game rather than production, logistics, and district management
- Those who prefer short, self-contained sessions instead of gradually expanding an operation
- Players who want a crime game without managing workers, production, and distribution
Our take on Dirty Business
The defining structure is an underground criminal supply chain: production, staffing, sales, and regional distribution all feed into the expansion of one hidden base.
What is Dirty Business?
Dirty Business is a criminal operation simulation set beneath a city.
Players establish production for drugs, counterfeit currencies, and weapons, then fulfill customer orders or sell goods directly. Distribution ranges from elevator shipments and front company vehicles to large deliveries launched from a secret cartel airstrip. Street dealers can handle sales across the city, while hired workers manage plant growing, chemical production, and weapon manufacturing. The underground base can be expanded with additional production rooms and a garage for a larger delivery fleet. Districts can be brought under control as the operation grows. The game supports solo play and co-op with up to 4 friends.
How Dirty Business plays
- 01Contraband Production
- The operation can make several drug types, counterfeit currencies, and different weapons for orders or direct sales.
- 02Layered Distribution
- Goods can move through elevators, front company vehicles, hired dealers, or a cartel airstrip serving distant locations.
- 03Base Expansion
- The underground headquarters gains extra production rooms and a garage as the operation develops.
- 04Crew Management
- Workers can be assigned to growing plants, chemical processing, weapon manufacturing, and street sales.
- 05Co-op Support
- The criminal operation can be managed alone or with a team of up to 4 friends.
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Dirty Business: platforms & release
Is Dirty Business worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want a production-and-distribution simulation built around criminal enterprises. Skip it if: players seeking a combat-focused crime game rather than production, logistics, and district management.
Where can I download Dirty Business?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Dirty Business's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Dirty Business on?
Windows only.
