The Game Census
Border Officer cover art

Border Officer

Cheesecake Dev · 2019-07-19

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Usually everyone is unemployed here. But by chance you got a job. You'il work for the state.Everyone in your family is sick or unemployed, only you can help them. You're an immigrant officer.

Border Officer is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (57% of 1377 reviews).

4
playing now
57%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 44 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,377 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.89 at Fanatical (2024-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 28 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920192026Week of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
272Apr 2019Jul 2026Apr 2019 — avg 7 · peak 30Jul 2019 — avg 14 · peak 57Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 22Jan 2020 — avg 8 · peak 45Apr 2020 — avg 7 · peak 25Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2021 — avg 7 · peak 36Apr 2021 — avg 8 · peak 50Jul 2021 — avg 6 · peak 22Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Jan 2022 — avg 27 · peak 131Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 20Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 30Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 35Jul 2023 — avg 13 · peak 40Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 30Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.892019-04-172026-08-032019-04-17 — best price $8.592020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-06-14 — best price $9.992020-07-27 — best price $9.992020-09-07 — best price $9.992020-10-07 — best price $8.992020-11-12 — best price $9.992020-12-14 — best price $9.992021-01-22 — best price $7.342021-02-24 — best price $8.992021-03-28 — best price $8.992021-04-26 — best price $8.992021-05-27 — best price $3.992021-08-25 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-18 — best price $9.992022-05-26 — best price $7.342022-08-08 — best price $3.492022-10-19 — best price $8.992022-11-20 — best price $7.342023-01-23 — best price $9.992023-04-03 — best price $3.492023-10-02 — best price $3.492023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-03-27 — best price $8.992024-05-19 — best price $7.342024-08-23 — best price $7.342024-11-22 — best price $1.892025-02-06 — best price $9.992025-05-18 — best price $7.342025-10-13 — best price $2.492026-03-09 — best price $2.492026-08-01 — best price $7.482026-08-03 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
75.5%
earned "S-T-A-M-P"
14.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6265%12

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieActionDrivingStrategySurvivalAdventurePoliticalDystopian Open WorldSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsSurvivalistTanziaForce of NatureWeapon Shop FantasyDude SimulatorTech Support: Error UnknownDude Simulator 2

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗