On Steam, everyone is currently celebrating a new game where you rise from a small thug to a big drug lord with criminal energy.
What kind of game is this? Schedule I is an Open World Simulation
game where you take on the role of a petty criminal trying to rise to become a big drug lord. In the end, you are supposed to have your own drug empire with houses, employees, and companies.
The game simulates the life of a criminal in every way. In addition to producing various drugs, they also need to be delivered and sold. With the proceeds, new equipment can be bought to produce more goods.
Later in the game, processes can be fully automated with employees, and entire production and distribution channels can be established. However, the drug business is dangerous; both the police and rival cartels will pay attention to your illegal activities as you grow and will try to put you out of business or take over your operations.
Here you can see the trailer for the game:
Between crazy and genius
How is the game received? Since the game’s release on March 24, 2025, it has already achieved a peak player count of over 140,000 (via SteamDB), which is exceptionally strong for the simulation genre. On Steam, it ranks 2nd among global bestsellers, right behind Counter-Strike 2.
In terms of peak player numbers, the simulation has also broken into the top 10 and is holding 9th place within the last 24 hours as of March 27, 2025, 6:00 PM (via SteamDB). The player count of Schedule I seems to be growing every day; just on March 26, the game surpassed the new Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Despite the high player numbers, the game seems to be able to convince almost everyone. With an almost perfect rating of 98% based on over 9,400 Steam reviews, the crime simulator is on par with Portal 2 and Stardew Valley, even though the developers from TVGS have never previously released a game on Steam.
The fact that there are so few negative reviews could be due to the free demo version that anyone can try on Steam before purchasing the simulation. With a standard price of €19.50, the early access version seems to be well received by players.
Simulations often thrive on depicting a life that is completely different from what one is used to. Schedule I achieves this both in terms of setting and gameplay, as the reviews show. Another simulation, on the other hand, aims to incorporate as many vehicles as possible: New building game on Steam promises complex traffic simulation with over 100,000 vehicles that won’t cripple your CPU.
