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Fat Rooster Game Studios · Published by Fat Rooster Game Studios
Content notice: This game contains mature themes including drug use and overdose, criminal activity, violence, and suggestive language. It is presented in a stylized, pixel-art format with a gritty and comedic tone. No sexual assault, non-consensual sexual content, or self-harm is depicted.
9 user reviews — 78% positive (9 reviews)
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Run your own underground empire in this idle drug-dealing simulator. Produce product, recruit dealers, manage heat with the police, and grow your influence across Shady Pines. Expand your operation, launder dirty money, and buy out the entire city.
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Manage your drug-dealing operation from the shadows of Shady Pines. Recruit dealers, launder money, and expand your influence as you run an illicit empire in this unique idle simulator from Fat Rooster Game Studios.
About this game
Build Your Underground Empire
Start small and rise through the criminal ranks in Shady Pines, a growing city full of opportunity. Sell product to a wide range of customers, expand your operation, and turn a small-time hustle into a city-wide empire.
Increase your influence through sales, earn street cred, and unlock new buildings, upgrades, and powerful talents as your reputation spreads.
Expand Across the City
The world map lets you develop your criminal network across Shady Pines.
Build and upgrade specialized facilities such as:
Production farms and labs to grow and manufacture product
Car washes to launder dirty cash into clean money
Warehouses to manage hired dealers and operations
Schools and City Hall to influence the city's systems
Police Department interactions to bribe officers and reduce pressure
Your ultimate goal: buy out the entire city.
Hire Dealers and Grow Your Network
Recruit lackeys to sell product for you while you focus on expansion.
Send them out to move product across the city and bring profits back to your operation.
If a dealer is undesirable… you may have to handle the problem.
Manage Heat and Stay Ahead of the Law
Every sale attracts attention.
A dynamic heat system increases police activity as your criminal empire grows. Hit certain thresholds and law enforcement will begin to interfere.
Bribe the police, manage your reputation, and keep your operation running smoothly.
Build Your Reputation
Sales generate street cred, allowing you to unlock upgrades, new buildings, and deeper systems within the city.
Invest your experience into a talent tree to specialize your playstyle and shape how your empire grows.
Dynamic World Systems
Shady Pines evolves over time.
The city population grows, increasing potential customers
Random events can affect daily multipliers
Holiday events introduce special bonuses and surprises
Customer foot traffic can be increased to grow your profits
The city is alive, and every decision changes how your empire develops.
Customize Your Operation
Unlock cosmetics through the in-game shop (no RMTs at this point):
Dealer skins
Hideout appearances
Visual upgrades for your criminal empire
Build the operation that fits your style.
Idle Progression
Even when you're not actively clicking, your operation continues to grow.
Optimize your production, expand your dealer network, and maximize profits as your empire runs in the background.
Run the streets. Manage the heat. Own the city.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Windows 10 64-bit
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel Core i3-6100 or AMD FX-8350
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
- VR Support: N/A
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: DirectX compatible
- Processor: 10/11 64-bit
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
- VR Support: N/A
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Update 1.1.0:
Prestige update! This update will be introducing the new prestige system. Now when reaching lvl 100, the player will have the option to prestige in order to gain 2 additional skill points. Players can prestige up to 50 times, unlocking a total extra of 100 talent points. Minor Bugs: • The calendar year was failing to update after reaching a new year. Hopefully this will now be fixed. Changes/Additions: • Updated icon for application. Application on Windows bar should now display the correct Idle High icon. Balances: • Reduced overdoses from sales. Too many people were dying! Next on the roadmap will be additional cities to buy out after Shady Pines! Stay safe addicts, and keep that heat down!Read full article on Community Announcements (fatroosterstudios)Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix Patch 1.0.8:
Bug fixes: • Philanthropists secondary drug type being "Any" was causing erroneous purchases, completely buying out the selected drug type for almost no reward. Problem has been resolved. • When customers defaulted to their secondary drug type for purchase, the logic for drug/coin drops fired again. The logic will only fire once now per customer sale.Read full article on Community Announcements (fatroosterstudios)Patch NotesOfficial
Update 1.0.7
Major Bugs: • Lackey drug multipliers were not effecting expected cash values. Drug multipliers for lackeys are now online. • Lackey expected cash logic was causing a double-scaling bug. Meaning way more money than expected. Bug has been fixed. Minor Bugs: • Lackey slider bars would not go past a value of 10, even when more than enough of that drug type was available. Issue has been resolved. • Corrected some logic/values for Shady Pines buyout. Law Enforcement will stop and heat will no longer generate. Heat will also be set to 0. • Foot traffic calculation was displaying erroneous values. Logic has been tied to customers stopping at the dealer now. Should result in more realistic values per hr. • Too many notifications were firing from running out of drug supplies. Logic has been tied to if labor force is active for that drug type. Changes/Additions: • Swapped Execute button location on Lackey rows with the Send Out/Collect button location. • Added background to Lackey portraits. • Rounded values on text from Law Enforcement raids. No more decimals. • Added QoL button to dismiss all pop-up notifications. Balances: • Weed price value will remain constant at $90 per unit (0.25). • Mushrooms price value has been increased from $90 to $110 per unit (0.25). • Meth price value has been increased from $100 to $200 per unit (0.5). • Cocaine price value will remain constant at $125 per unit (0.25). • Heroin price value has been increased from $125 to $220 per unit (0.5). • Ecstasy (pills) price value has been increased from $80 to $420 per unit (1). • The buyout price for Shady Pines has been decreased from $1,000,000,000 to $100,000,000. Value will be further adjusted when more cities are available!Read full article on Community Announcements (fatroosterstudios)Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix Patch 1.0.6:
Major Bugs: • A bug occurred where players could be stuck in a "jailed" state. Problem should now correct itself. Minor Bugs: • Tweaker and Junkie unlocks were tied to some older logic. They have been updated to the newer building system logic. Added: • Trippers can now be unlocked from building a Mushroom Farm. No longer tied to a population count. • Pharmacists can now be unlocked from building a Pharmacy. No longer tied to a population count.Read full article on Community Announcements (fatroosterstudios)Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix Patch 1.0.5:
Major Bugs: • Drugs were able to become negative through the lackey system, breaking logic for the lackeys. All drugs should clamp/set to zero now, if somehow the player manages to go below 0. On load, if you had negative drugs in your save, they should update to a zero balance. Minor Bugs: • Slider bars had smooth movement when in reality they should've been adjusted by a specific step size. Slider bars have been updated to snap to step size values.Read full article on Community Announcements (fatroosterstudios)
