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This Is the Police

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App ID 443810
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher THQ Nordic
Franchise This Is the Police, THQ Nordic
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29300481
Last Record Update 31 May 2025 – 11:17:02 UTC ()
Release Date 2 August 2016 – 15:44:00 UTC ()
😎 80.78%
10k reviews
84
In-Game

This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?

Additional Information

Developer Weappy Studio
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metacritic_name This Is the Police!
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community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher THQ Nordic
Store Release Date 2 August 2016 – 15:44:21 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 2 August 2016 – 15:44:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 29 May 2024 – 22:30:41 UTC () (1717021841)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, SDL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
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  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 16 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1752161
  • configuration:
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Content Descriptors Some Nudity or Sexual Content (1), Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 10 February 2016 – 22:50:06 UTC (), in changelist #1750683
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Some Nudity or Sexual Content (1), Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

8 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 💼 Management 📚 Story Rich 🚨 Crime 🧞 Choices Matter 👤 Singleplayer 🌱 Indie 🖥️ Simulation 🕵️ Detective 🕵️ Noir 🌫 Atmospheric 🗺️ Adventure 🙈 Mature 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🗳️ Political 😈 Villain Protagonist 📚 Visual Novel 💰 Kickstarter 🍑 Nudity 🤣 Memes

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Remote Play on TV Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Steam charts

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  • 84 players right now
  • 111 24-hour peak
  • 3,093 all-time peak 1 August 2016
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Store data

  • 56,693 followers
  • #6645 in top sellers
  • 8,856 positive reviews
  • 1,841 negative reviews
  • 82.79% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 5 24-hour peak
  • 36,888 all-time peak
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  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 80.78% SteamDB Rating
  • 8,856 82.8% positive reviews
  • 1,841 17.2% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
2 August 2016 – 15:44 Steam Release -
5 May 2017 – 17:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: May 2017 Humble Monthly #19 -
11 March 2019 – 22:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: THQ Nordic Build Your Own Bundle -
17 June 2019 – 14:00 ⇄ WinGameStore: THQ Nordic Build Your Own Bundle -
31 March 2020 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Conquer COVID-19 Bundle -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 84 players live playing This Is the Police on Steam.

This Is the Police had an all-time peak of 3093 concurrent players on 1 August 2016.

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