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Police Stories

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App ID 539470
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher HypeTrain Digital
Franchise HypeTrain Digital
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies GameMaker Engine
Last Changenumber 29457794
Last Record Update 9 June 2025 – 08:20:39 UTC ()
Release Date 19 September 2019 – 18:00:12 UTC ()
😎 82.66%
8k reviews
150
In-Game

A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!

Additional Information

Developer HypeTrain Digital
metacritic_name Police Stories
controller_support full
metacritic_score 75
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/police-stories?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher HypeTrain Digital
Store Release Date 19 September 2019 – 18:00:24 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 19 September 2019 – 18:00:12 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 7 June 2025 – 13:45:38 UTC () (1749303938)
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Detected Technologies (?) GameMaker Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 18 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8268446
  • configuration:
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 4 October 2016 – 16:15:44 UTC (), in changelist #2324193
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes

Tags

💥 Action 💡 Strategy 🤝 Co-op 😈 Villain Protagonist 🖥️ Simulation 🤔 Tactical 🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🔫 Shooter 🕹️ Multiplayer 👾 Pixel Graphics 👥 Online Co-Op 🏽 2D 🌱 Indie 👤 Singleplayer 🚨 Crime 🌱 Realistic 👊 Violent 🌫 Atmospheric 😖 Gore 😓 Difficult

Categories

Single-player Online Co-op Shared/Split Screen Co-op Steam Achievements Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Includes level editor Remote Play on TV Remote Play Together Family Sharing Co-op Shared/Split Screen Multi-player

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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User File System

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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/PoliceStoriesRelease *.ini
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/PoliceStoriesRelease *.dat
MacOS (Override) ~/Library/Application Support/com.hypetraindigital.policestories
~/Library/Application Support/com.hypetraindigital.policestories
Linux (Override) ~/.config/PoliceStoriesRelease
~/.config/PoliceStoriesRelease
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