RETURN TO 1990 - Chapter 3: Empire

Chapter 3: 2010–2019 — Empire

Smartphones in every hand. A savings bank collapse, a credit-rating crash, a dance craze that sweeps the world, mobile games on every subway car — and at the end of the decade, a coin mania waiting to burn.

You built a business group in the 2000s. Now a chaebol heir and a shadowy power broker want to take it from you.

Survive the attacks

The bigger you grow, the bigger the target. Tax audits, prosecutors' raids, smear campaigns, recalled loans, cut-off suppliers and hostile takeovers arrive month after month. Grow too fast on your first run and they will come all at once.

Lawyers, media and politics

Retain a law firm, buy a newspaper, make friends in high places. Every defense has a price — and the political friends who protect you today may drag you down when the scandal breaks.

The hearing

Gather evidence, then face the cameras. Answer five questions under oath — stay silent, show proof or strike back — and turn the hearing against the man who wants your empire.

Apps, games and coins

Found an app company or a mobile game studio and roll for a hit. Ride the coin boom with three ways to hold your coins — but hold too long and something always goes wrong.

Family

Marriage, a daughter, and a mother growing older. Your family's happiness decides more than you think.

What's included

• Chapter 3 story: 20 new episodes (120 months, 2010–2019), fully voiced
  
• New systems: attacks and defenses, hearing mini-game, app and mobile game business, coins, marriage and family
  
• Two new gates and eight Chapter 3 endings
  
• New characters, backgrounds, cutscenes and music
  
• Your assets, relationships and choices from Chapter 2 carry over

Requires RETURN TO 1990. Play Chapter 2: Expansion first to reach Chapter 3. All companies, people, brands and events in the game are fictional.