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Police Stories cover art

Police Stories

HypeTrain Digital · 2019-09-19

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 09, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 19, 2019 (Linux), Sep 01, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 19, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 19, 2019 (Mac)

A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!

Police Stories is an Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 9716 reviews).

54
playing now
85%
positive of 9.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
56/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
3.88★
PlayStation Store rating (362 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

54 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Police Stories is a 2019 top-down shooter video game developed by Mighty Morgan and published by HypeTrain Digital for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game follows a pair of police officers who come upon a major conspiracy.

Trailer

Police Stories trailer thumbnail

Police Stories - Release Date Trailer [September 19]

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

Health check

Cooling
  • · 54 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 324 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~41/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,911 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 244k–585k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,746 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-85%
IndieGala$3.19-84%
Fanatical$3.29-84%
GreenManGaming$3.48-83%
Gamesplanet$3.70-81%
WinGameStore$3.79-81%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.59 at Fanatical (2024-05-12) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.56 · on sale 204 of 220 observed days · $0.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
53753720192026Week of 2019-09-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

25072026-09-15 12:00 — 24 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 33 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 17 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 250 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 25 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 35 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 26 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 40 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 32 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 32 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 53 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 54 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1800Jan 2017Aug 2026Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 0Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 180 · peak 449Dec 2019 — avg 78 · peak 287Mar 2020 — avg 24 · peak 97Jun 2020 — avg 29 · peak 104Sep 2020 — avg 26 · peak 77Dec 2020 — avg 29 · peak 73Mar 2021 — avg 27 · peak 105Jun 2021 — avg 51 · peak 155Sep 2021 — avg 45 · peak 125Dec 2021 — avg 31 · peak 95Mar 2022 — avg 74 · peak 708Jun 2022 — avg 28 · peak 90Sep 2022 — avg 46 · peak 250Dec 2022 — avg 60 · peak 170Mar 2023 — avg 28 · peak 91Jun 2023 — avg 31 · peak 109Sep 2023 — avg 17 · peak 52Dec 2023 — avg 30 · peak 92Mar 2024 — avg 20 · peak 76Jun 2024 — avg 29 · peak 102Sep 2024 — avg 17 · peak 46Dec 2024 — avg 58 · peak 123Mar 2025 — avg 26 · peak 73Jun 2025 — avg 114 · peak 916Sep 2025 — avg 23 · peak 81Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 65Mar 2026 — avg 28 · peak 117Jun 2026 — avg 22 · peak 60Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 74
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.35$2.882019-09-192026-10-152019-09-19 — best price $13.492020-05-25 — best price $8.992020-12-05 — best price $12.742021-06-09 — best price $7.492021-11-01 — best price $14.992022-03-07 — best price $14.992022-07-25 — best price $5.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-02-14 — best price $11.012023-05-05 — best price $5.992023-07-06 — best price $19.992023-10-30 — best price $4.992023-12-04 — best price $5.992024-01-25 — best price $5.992024-02-27 — best price $5.992024-05-02 — best price $3.632024-06-12 — best price $19.992024-07-29 — best price $19.992024-09-27 — best price $19.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-27 — best price $5.002025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-04-30 — best price $3.632025-06-21 — best price $19.992025-08-04 — best price $3.992025-09-22 — best price $19.992025-11-16 — best price $4.002026-01-18 — best price $19.992026-04-02 — best price $13.942026-05-04 — best price $4.692026-05-28 — best price $4.642026-06-19 — best price $3.192026-07-15 — best price $22.842026-08-06 — best price $3.992026-08-28 — best price $3.302026-09-17 — best price $3.992026-10-07 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2112026-05-30 — 9 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-23 — 8 pageviews2026-06-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-01 — 4 pageviews2026-07-05 — 13 pageviews2026-07-09 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 10 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-26 — 10 pageviews2026-08-30 — 9 pageviews2026-09-03 — 5 pageviews2026-09-07 — 13 pageviews2026-09-11 — 10 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 5 pageviews2026-09-23 — 7 pageviews2026-09-27 — 21 pageviews2026-10-01 — 10 pageviews2026-10-05 — 12 pageviews2026-10-08 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
80.4%
earned "Tourist"
36.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-09-19, latest 2022-03-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,5229%39
PS4 (PlayStation)4497%13
Xbox One (Xbox)4326%35
Switch (Nintendo)260%0

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

2DCo-opCrimeIndieActionShooterStrategyTacticalSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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