"Become the guy everyone knows in this darkly comedic management sim where your pizza oven serves a dual purpose."
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About
Inherit your missing father's pizza shop and balance a legitimate storefront with an underground criminal enterprise to pay off a massive mafia debt. In this darkly comedic management simulator, you'll sling slices by day and launder dirty money by night, all while keeping the cops off your trail. Expand your operation across Hobarey Town, solo or with up to three friends, in a game that actively subverts its own genre.
Story
Kidnapped and indebted to a ruthless mafia organization, you're thrust into the criminal underworld while searching for your missing father in Hobarey Town. You'll interact with dozens of fully voiced, hand-crafted NPCs, taking on their bizarre, bite-sized favors that almost never go according to plan.
Gameplay
Juggle two separate progression tracks as you bake pizzas up front and fulfill illicit dark web orders in the back. Whether playing solo or in 4-player online co-op, you'll need to upgrade your equipment, manage police heat, and tackle risky operations like scrubbing bloody clothes and burning evidence in your kitchen.
Key Features
- 1Dual-Life Management System: Balance a legal front with a criminal backroom.
- 24-Player Online Co-op: Split tasks and manage the chaos with up to 3 friends.
- 3Separate Reputation Tracks: Earn stars for your pizzeria while gaining underworld clout.
- 4Unpredictable Missions: Fulfill bizarre favors for hand-crafted NPCs with branching outcomes.
- 5Deep Upgrade Paths: Enhance your operations for faster production and riskier jobs.
- 6Interactive Dark Web: Purchase restricted items and find illegal jobs to boost payouts.
Highlights
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +Brilliant blending of legitimate and illegal management mechanics
- +Hilarious and frantic co-op multiplayer chaos
- +Strong narrative elements rarely seen in management simulators
- +Charming, subversive tone that pokes fun at the genre
Cons
- -Early Access means potential bugs and ongoing development
- -Juggling two businesses simultaneously can be overwhelming at first
- -Mature themes and dark humor aren't suitable for all audiences
Game Ratings
Complex dual-economy juggling and upgrades
Absurdist, self-aware narrative with voiced NPCs
Frantic multitasking with up to 4 players
Darkly comedic vibe of Hobarey Town
Unpredictable mission outcomes and dynamic jobs
Who Will Enjoy This?
Players who love optimizing complex dual economies and upgrade paths.
Gamers who thrive on yelling at friends while desperately hiding evidence.
Those here for the absurd, subversive narrative and quirky NPC stories.
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💡 Did You Know?
Fittingly launched in Early Access on April Fools' Day (April 1, 2026).
Your trusty pizza oven does double-duty: baking pepperoni pies and cremating mafia evidence.
The developers proudly describe it as a management game that 'secretly hates its own genre'.
Requires only 6 GB of hard drive space to hold all of Hobarey Town's dirty secrets.
Latest Updates & Events
I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator - 10% OFF on Steam
I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator is currently featured on the Steam store!
“A Management Game with a Story that secretly hates its own genre.”— Bunch'o'Nerds (Developers)
“Smart and criminally self-aware.”— Early Reviews
Game Ratings
Complex dual-economy juggling and upgrades
Absurdist, self-aware narrative with voiced NPCs
Frantic multitasking with up to 4 players
Darkly comedic vibe of Hobarey Town
Unpredictable mission outcomes and dynamic jobs
Who Will Enjoy This?
Players who love optimizing complex dual economies and upgrade paths.
Gamers who thrive on yelling at friends while desperately hiding evidence.
Those here for the absurd, subversive narrative and quirky NPC stories.
Similar To
💡 Did You Know?
Fittingly launched in Early Access on April Fools' Day (April 1, 2026).
Your trusty pizza oven does double-duty: baking pepperoni pies and cremating mafia evidence.
The developers proudly describe it as a management game that 'secretly hates its own genre'.
Requires only 6 GB of hard drive space to hold all of Hobarey Town's dirty secrets.
Latest Updates & Events
I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator - 10% OFF on Steam
I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator is currently featured on the Steam store!
Timeline
System Requirements
- •OS: Windows 10
- •Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or Intel Core i5-8400
- •RAM: 8 GB
- •Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX580
- •Storage: 6 GB free space
Content Warning
Contains mature themes including narrative-driven illegal operations, drug/alcohol references, and interactions with adult-themed items (weapons, sex toys) presented in a darkly comedic context.
Game Details
- Developer
- Bunch'o'Nerds
- Publisher
- Bunch'o'Nerds
- Platforms
- PC
- Genres
- Simulation, Management +2
- Atmosphere
- dark