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Low Signal Games · Published by Low Signal Games
Content notice: Taskbar Syndicate is a dark-comedy crime sim where you run a small criminal empire - theft, fraud, extortion, bribery, smuggling, hacking and money laundering, all played for laughs.
4 user reviews — 100% positive (4 reviews) · 56 achievements
Last updated 29 Sept 2026
Run a tiny crime empire from your taskbar. Assign crooks to jobs, launder dirty money, manage heat, survive audits, and make terrible decisions while pretending to work.
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Simulation, Strategy, Casual · 2026 · More under £5 games
About this game
Taskbar Syndicate is a desktop idle crime-management game about building a tiny criminal empire at the bottom of your screen.
Assign little criminals, hackers, lookouts, smugglers, cleaners, fixers, and crooked accountants to jobs while you work, browse, or do something else. Jobs progress passively, but every few minutes something goes wrong.
An inspector asks for double. A driver gets boxed in. Marked bills show up. A rival offers a suspicious deal. Your accountant starts acting extremely normal.
Make one quick decision, take the consequences, and keep the syndicate running.
A TINY CRIME EMPIRE IN YOUR TASKBAR
Run jobs from a compact bottom-screen strip designed to be glanced at, not babysat.
PASSIVE PROGRESS, ACTIVE DECISIONS
Your crew works in the background, but the important moments are quick choices with real consequences.
DIRTY MONEY AND CLEAN MONEY
Earn dirty cash from jobs, then launder it through suspiciously successful front businesses.
CREW WITH PROBLEMS
Recruit criminals with traits, loyalty, stress, heat, injuries, rivalries, and questionable backstories.
HEAT, EVIDENCE, AUDITS, AND RAIDS
Push too hard and investigators start building a case. Burn evidence, bribe officials, hide crew, or sacrifice a front business to survive.
PANIC HIDE MODE
Instantly collapse your criminal operation into a very innocent-looking productivity strip.
Taskbar Syndicate is built for players who like idle games, management sims, compact strategy decisions, and funny emergent stories, but want something sharper than a pure number-go-up game.
Small screen. Big crimes. Bad decisions.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 520 or equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 250 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Designed as a lightweight desktop idle game.
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10/11
- Processor: Dual-core 2.5 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Modern integrated graphics or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 500 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Recommended for smooth background play while using other desktop applications.
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Latest news
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Taskbar Syndicate is out now
Taskbar Syndicate is out now on Steam!Run a tiny crime empire from your taskbar while pretending to work.Recruit crew, assign jobs, earn dirty money, launder it into clean money, buy fronts, unlock districts, survive audits, and make quick decisions when the operation starts falling apart.The full release includes:desktop taskbar-style playpassive jobs and idle progressdirty money to clean money launderingcrew traits, stress, suspicion, bonds, grudges, informants, and knacksfront businesses, upgrades, districts, and territory controlheat, evidence, audits, raids, conviction strikes, and escalating investigatorsfactions, doctrines, operation chains, hidden discoveries, endings, and New Game+compact mode, focus-friendly play, panic hide, offline progress, Steam Cloud, and 50+ achievementsThanks to everyone who wishlisted, followed, tested, or gave feedback.If you play and enjoy it, a Steam review helps a lot.Play Taskbar Syndicate now:Read full article on Community Announcements (teepeecreation)AnnouncementsOfficial
Taskbar Syndicate is coming soon
Taskbar Syndicate is coming soon to Steam.It’s a desktop idle crime-management game about running a tiny syndicate from the bottom of your screen.Recruit crew, assign jobs, earn dirty money, launder it through front businesses, buy upgrades, unlock districts, and try to stay ahead of heat, evidence, audits, raids, and a very patient investigator.It is designed to be checked in on while doing other things. Jobs run on passive timers, events resolve in a few clicks, and compact mode keeps the whole operation tucked away when you need to focus.What’s in the game:- passive job timers- dirty money and clean money- front businesses and laundering- crew traits, stress, suspicion, bonds, and informants- heat, evidence, audits, raids, and investigators- factions, districts, upgrades, and doctrines- hidden Street Legends and crew knacks- multiple endings, New Game+, and 50 achievementsWishlist now if you want Steam to notify you at launch.Read full article on Community Announcements (teepeecreation)
