New Schedule 1 cartel update adds a dangerous rival to the smash-hit crime sim

Arriving a little later than initially planned, the Schedule 1 cartel update has just brought the deadly Benzies Family to the smash-hit crime sim. Charting your journey from small-time pusher to underworld overlord, Schedule 1 quickly grew into one of 2025’s biggest winners with a Steam player count high of almost half a million. Even five months after launch and with plenty of big-name challengers since, it still routinely pulls in 20,000 users daily, and its latest overhaul is a great reason to check back in.

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