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Contraband Police

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

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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.

Contraband Police is an Action, Adventure, and Simulation game released in 2023, priced at $11.69, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 25762 reviews).

278
playing now
95%
positive of 26k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13
twitch viewers (latest)
4.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
71/100
IGDB user rating (47 ratings)
48
Nexus mods (47k downloads)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (2,422 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 75% recommend · from 13 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.69
steam price (US)

278 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Contraband Police trailer thumbnail

Contraband Police - Official Gameplay Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 278 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 3% of 27,668 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 518k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 25,916 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 10 of 19 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

7041092026-09-15 12:00 — 245 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 230 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 125 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 313 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 378 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 137 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 152 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 303 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 137 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 407 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 560 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 272 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 288 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 522 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 377 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 268 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 508 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 308 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 180 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 504 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 405 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 171 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 278 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.4k0Jan 2018Aug 2026Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2023 — avg 1,070 · peak 2,830Jun 2023 — avg 629 · peak 1,402Aug 2023 — avg 964 · peak 2,047Oct 2023 — avg 1,011 · peak 2,686Dec 2023 — avg 787 · peak 1,452Feb 2024 — avg 868 · peak 2,059Apr 2024 — avg 746 · peak 1,991Jun 2024 — avg 481 · peak 999Aug 2024 — avg 574 · peak 1,526Oct 2024 — avg 479 · peak 1,315Dec 2024 — avg 855 · peak 1,446Feb 2025 — avg 806 · peak 2,917Apr 2025 — avg 389 · peak 860Jun 2025 — avg 595 · peak 1,243Aug 2025 — avg 453 · peak 1,072Oct 2025 — avg 351 · peak 958Dec 2025 — avg 438 · peak 966Feb 2026 — avg 468 · peak 1,033Apr 2026 — avg 407 · peak 894Jun 2026 — avg 414 · peak 900Aug 2026 — avg 489 · peak 1,445
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
32322026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 32 new positive2026-09-24: 11 new positive2026-09-26: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 7 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 8 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

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

72242026-05-16 — 40 pageviews2026-05-20 — 30 pageviews2026-05-24 — 45 pageviews2026-05-28 — 48 pageviews2026-06-01 — 61 pageviews2026-06-05 — 58 pageviews2026-06-09 — 66 pageviews2026-06-13 — 52 pageviews2026-06-17 — 43 pageviews2026-06-21 — 48 pageviews2026-06-25 — 37 pageviews2026-06-29 — 58 pageviews2026-07-03 — 58 pageviews2026-07-07 — 51 pageviews2026-07-11 — 51 pageviews2026-07-15 — 51 pageviews2026-07-19 — 57 pageviews2026-07-23 — 46 pageviews2026-07-27 — 50 pageviews2026-07-31 — 57 pageviews2026-08-04 — 44 pageviews2026-08-08 — 50 pageviews2026-08-12 — 42 pageviews2026-08-16 — 67 pageviews2026-08-20 — 56 pageviews2026-08-24 — 66 pageviews2026-08-28 — 60 pageviews2026-09-01 — 68 pageviews2026-09-05 — 58 pageviews2026-09-09 — 51 pageviews2026-09-13 — 49 pageviews2026-09-17 — 47 pageviews2026-09-21 — 47 pageviews2026-09-25 — 40 pageviews2026-09-29 — 30 pageviews2026-10-03 — 35 pageviews2026-10-07 — 37 pageviews2026-10-11 — 51 pageviews2026-10-12 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.7k02026-09-30 22:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 1,732 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 13 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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-12-31 (Steam store data)

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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