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Contraband Police

Crazy Rocks · PlayWay S.A. · 2023-03-08

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 07, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 08, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 07, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

301
playing now
95%
positive of 25k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
49
twitch viewers (latest)
71/100
IGDB user rating (47 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.69
steam price (US)

301 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Contraband Police is a video game developed by Crazy Rocks Studios and published by PlayWay, released in March 2023 for Microsoft Windows. Two years prior a demo version, called Contraband Police: Prologue was published. The game was also released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 7 November 2025.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 301 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,855 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~357/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 508k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 25,424 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.69 at Steam (2026-07-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 12 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.9k3.9k20232026Week of 2023-03-01: 3,882 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 951 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 917 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,582 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 732 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 731 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k1412026-08-06 22:00 — 229 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 160 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 325 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 241 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 161 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 352 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 276 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 184 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 397 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 266 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 163 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 354 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 238 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 141 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 354 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 215 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 309 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 998 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,079 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 430 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 885 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 872 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 432 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 918 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 897 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 346 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 610 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 659 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 301 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$11.692023-03-082026-08-132023-03-08 — best price $17.592023-04-22 — best price $16.992023-06-01 — best price $15.992023-06-30 — best price $15.992023-08-18 — best price $15.992023-10-05 — best price $15.992023-11-21 — best price $15.592023-12-10 — best price $14.992024-01-20 — best price $14.992024-02-04 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $20.992024-05-04 — best price $20.992024-06-17 — best price $19.492024-06-27 — best price $18.892024-07-22 — best price $17.992024-09-04 — best price $17.392024-10-18 — best price $16.792024-11-27 — best price $15.892024-12-18 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-02-06 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-04-04 — best price $29.992025-05-18 — best price $29.992025-06-24 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-08-07 — best price $29.992025-09-20 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-11-27 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-01-26 — best price $29.992026-03-12 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-25 — best price $29.992026-06-11 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-07-14 — best price $29.992026-08-13 — best price $11.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

92272026-05-16 — 40 pageviews2026-05-19 — 42 pageviews2026-05-22 — 35 pageviews2026-05-25 — 50 pageviews2026-05-28 — 48 pageviews2026-05-31 — 41 pageviews2026-06-03 — 48 pageviews2026-06-06 — 50 pageviews2026-06-09 — 66 pageviews2026-06-12 — 33 pageviews2026-06-15 — 38 pageviews2026-06-18 — 43 pageviews2026-06-21 — 48 pageviews2026-06-24 — 60 pageviews2026-06-27 — 56 pageviews2026-06-30 — 51 pageviews2026-07-03 — 58 pageviews2026-07-06 — 67 pageviews2026-07-09 — 50 pageviews2026-07-12 — 53 pageviews2026-07-15 — 51 pageviews2026-07-18 — 61 pageviews2026-07-21 — 55 pageviews2026-07-24 — 64 pageviews2026-07-27 — 50 pageviews2026-07-30 — 44 pageviews2026-08-02 — 48 pageviews2026-08-05 — 34 pageviews2026-08-08 — 50 pageviews2026-08-11 — 59 pageviews2026-08-14 — 57 pageviews2026-08-17 — 92 pageviews2026-08-20 — 56 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7.0k02026-08-26 19:15 — 26 viewers2026-08-26 21:12 — 6,383 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 49 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
71.4%
earned "Not on My Watch I"
17%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,4651%93
PS5 (PlayStation)5237%43
Xbox Series (Xbox)2823%44

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPS1980sActionSurvivalDetectiveRealisticManagementOpen WorldSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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