Streetlight Syndicate

Streetlight Syndicate is an idle and incremental game with a noir crime story set in Prohibition-era New York. You start with a few dollars and build a network of criminal operations, gamble at The Action, fight rival hitmen and rise through 10 ascensions toward the top of the organization. Your decisions shape your legacy, determine the story’s multiple endings and, if you become the Don, can lead to an optional continuation in Empire Mode.

Build your network

Invest in and upgrade 20 illegal operations across the city, including speakeasies, gambling halls, smuggling operations and protection rackets. Each racket has a unique owner with a story to tell. Spend Influence to uncover the owners’ histories and earn permanent bonuses. The game includes over 5,500 words of character dialogue.

Work the Action

Play Three Card Monte by tracking the Ace, place bets at the horse track, or rise high enough to run your own Numbers Racket. Insider tips and fixed races can tilt the horse-track odds in your favor, and playing well can bankroll your next expansion. Three gambling minigames unlock as you rise.

Ascend the hierarchy

When your operation reaches its limits, you can Ascend. Your rackets reset, but your reputation remains; you earn Notoriety to spend on permanent upgrades in four campaign skill trees. Each ascension also includes a narrative cutscene, and Don Salvatore Russo judges your performance based on your choices.

• Composure: delegate work, automate collections and identify profitable opportunities.
• Connections: protect your fortune, expand your network and keep the right people paid.
• Capo: strengthen your crew and master the violence required to survive.
• Chicanery: improve the odds, unlock harder games and expand your gambling operation.

Fight rival hitmen

Starting at Ascension 1, rival hitmen target your organization. Expand your arsenal from the Colt 1911 to the Thompson submachine gun and defeat increasingly dangerous opponents before they dismantle what you have built.

Continue in Empire Mode

The campaign has a beginning, middle and end across its 10 ascensions. Your decisions determine whether you build a lasting legacy or leave a trail of betrayal. Earning the good ending and becoming the Don unlocks Empire Mode, where your completed syndicate is preserved and rival hitmen return in escalating cycles. Earn more Notoriety, buy long-term Empire expansions, raise racket and weapon limits, and keep growing for as long as you choose.