We Need To Cook - Drug Empire Simulator (2023)

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Developer: Harold Crow
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Rating: 3.1 of 5, 93 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 1.3 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

feels like a tense, darkly comedic balancing act of cooking, laundering, and expanding an illicit empire while evading detection.

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What players say

Players say the game feels unfinished and buggy, with repetitive gameplay and AI-generated assets. Some mention the developer bans critics and pushed NFTs and crypto. A few players enjoy the Breaking Bad fantasy despite the grindy loop and lost saves.

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