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Police Simulator: Patrol Officers

Aesir Interactive · astragon Entertainment · 2022-11-10

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Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 29, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 10, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Nov 10, 2022 (Xbox One), Nov 10, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 12, 2023 (iOS)

Welcome to Brighton! Join the police force of this fictitious American city and experience the day to day life of a police officer.

180
playing now
75%
positive of 23k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Police Simulator: Patrol Officers is a law enforcement simulation video game developed by Aesir Interactive and published by Astragon Entertainment for Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The game was first released in early access through Steam on June 17, 2021, and was fully released on November 10, 2022. It received mixed reception from critics.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 180 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,583 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~198/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 457k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,865 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$16.34-46%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-07-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 130 of 174 observed days · $24.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20212026Week of 2021-06-01: 1,442 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 146 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4051242026-08-06 21:00 — 349 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 187 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 360 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 340 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 183 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 360 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 333 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 208 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 399 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 334 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 162 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 306 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 281 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 155 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 281 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 245 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 159 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 278 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 322 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 156 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 183 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 274 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 157 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 247 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 284 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 124 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 154 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 265 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 180 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$8.682021-06-172026-08-272021-06-17 — best price $19.122021-08-06 — best price $24.992021-10-06 — best price $20.992021-11-30 — best price $24.992022-01-06 — best price $19.242022-03-21 — best price $20.292022-04-21 — best price $18.492022-05-26 — best price $16.792022-07-05 — best price $19.992022-08-10 — best price $20.992022-09-27 — best price $24.992022-12-28 — best price $29.992023-03-03 — best price $22.492023-05-04 — best price $29.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-09-24 — best price $26.692023-12-04 — best price $29.992024-02-13 — best price $23.092024-04-08 — best price $21.352024-06-06 — best price $28.492024-08-01 — best price $22.042024-09-23 — best price $28.492024-12-06 — best price $25.462025-02-04 — best price $20.992025-04-18 — best price $19.992025-06-05 — best price $29.992025-07-20 — best price $29.992025-09-17 — best price $29.092025-11-03 — best price $16.012025-12-12 — best price $26.692026-02-03 — best price $16.012026-03-19 — best price $10.192026-04-18 — best price $13.902026-05-23 — best price $29.992026-07-06 — best price $29.992026-08-12 — best price $29.992026-08-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

79212026-05-29 — 38 pageviews2026-06-01 — 37 pageviews2026-06-04 — 34 pageviews2026-06-07 — 37 pageviews2026-06-10 — 38 pageviews2026-06-13 — 37 pageviews2026-06-16 — 23 pageviews2026-06-19 — 36 pageviews2026-06-22 — 39 pageviews2026-06-25 — 24 pageviews2026-06-28 — 60 pageviews2026-07-01 — 27 pageviews2026-07-04 — 31 pageviews2026-07-07 — 69 pageviews2026-07-10 — 51 pageviews2026-07-13 — 42 pageviews2026-07-16 — 35 pageviews2026-07-19 — 49 pageviews2026-07-22 — 31 pageviews2026-07-25 — 40 pageviews2026-07-28 — 41 pageviews2026-07-31 — 44 pageviews2026-08-03 — 45 pageviews2026-08-06 — 38 pageviews2026-08-09 — 54 pageviews2026-08-12 — 37 pageviews2026-08-15 — 48 pageviews2026-08-18 — 38 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-24 — 35 pageviews2026-08-26 — 72 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3402026-08-27 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
98.1%
earned "Welcome To North Point"
53.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty20 DLC

13 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)27,2167%26
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)25,9753%25
PS5 (PlayStation)16,2165%26
Steam (Steam)9,5164%20
PS4 (PlayStation)8,4624%26
PS4 (PlayStation)8,1688%26
Switch (Nintendo)80%0
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

3DCo-opCrimeAmericaRealisticOpen WorldSimulationExplorationMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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