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.

1
playing now
57%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 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 30% of 10,934 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,375 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 32 of 43 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

802026-08-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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