Bootleg Buddies

Stills, trucks and a crew of friends
Run a moonshine still with up to three friends, then haul the crates down dusty backroads before the law catches up.
Bootleg Buddies is a co-op Prohibition game for 1-4 players, or one, if you like working alone. Everything is done by hand: plant it, water it, pick it, stir it, load it, drive it. Every crate that reaches the buyer pays. Every crate that doesn't becomes a story.
A still needs a crew

Grow it. Sow, water and pick corn, wheat and potatoes by hand. Neglect a row and it withers.

Mash it. Toss, shake, tip and stir your ingredients into the tun, then let it ferment.

Stoke it. Carry logs to the firebox. A well-fed fire makes better moonshine.

Barrel it. Fill the barrels and set them on the truck.

The road is not your friend

Police patrol the backroads, set up roadblocks and chase what they find. Your heat meter climbs with every wrong move. Leave the road and the mud takes your speed, and the bumps throw barrels out of the bed. Stuck? Hook the winch to a tree and haul yourself out.
Driving with passengers and a cargo bed

Police patrols, checkpoints and a heat meter

Fuel, jerry cans and four truck upgrades: 4x4, suspension, brakes, engine

Off-road mud, a gully and a forest belt with tracks the law never uses

From backwoods still to county business
Dirty Cash, clean Bank. Whoever delivers keeps the Cash. Wash it through a front to fill the crew's shared Bank.

Five properties. Buy your way from a roadside shack to the Big Farm, each with its own machines.

Upgrade the machines. Three machines, three levels each, bought with the Bank.

Own the business. Buy the gas station and the restaurant for passive income.

Level up together. Shared crew XP and a 12-node skill tree: Farming, Distilling, Driving and Business.

Built for game night
Online co-op for 1-4 players: host, invite friends, run it together

Single-player works with the same loop

Partial gamepad support

Three save slots

English at launch

Early Access
Bootleg Buddies is in Early Access. The core loop is playable start to finish, and we are tuning it with real crews. Planned: making the cuts at the still, buyer preferences, barrel damage, a tow strap and more. See the Early Access section below for the full list.
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