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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
51
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
gamedir empty string
metacritic_name This Is the Police!
controller_support full
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
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 16 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1752161
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text1
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-1
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
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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timestamp30 August 2024 – 09:47:44 UTC
Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
443811 Windows This is the Police Depot (Windows 64bit) 3.96 GiB 980.26 MiB
443812 macOS 64-bitThis Is the Police Depot (MacOS 64bit) 3.97 GiB 982.04 MiB
443813 Linux 64-bitThis Is the Police Depot (Linux 64bit) 3.95 GiB 978.29 MiB

Total size on disk is 11.87 GiB and total download size is 2.87 GiB.

Total size on disk is 3.96 GiB and total download size is 980.26 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 12698983 14 November 2023 – 12:20:56 UTC
oldversion old version of the game 1752161 14 November 2023 – 11:58:16 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, German, Russian
privatebranches 1
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