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Polda

SleepTeam · 2024-03-26

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 20, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Pancras is a neurotic cop investigating a case of mysterious kidnapping in the town of Lupany. Help him find out, who’s behind the abduction of two orderly citizens!

94%
positive of 126 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

The story follows a cop called Pankrác, who is solving strange kidnappings in the village of Lupany.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 17,249 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 126 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.79 at Steam (2025-11-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420242026Week of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

12
achievements tracked
50.8%
earned "Case solved"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCasualComedyPuzzleCartoonClickerCartoonyColorfulStylizedAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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