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This Is the Police 2 cover art

This Is the Police 2

Weappy Studio · THQ Nordic · 2018-07-31

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 31, 2018 (Mac), Sep 12, 2019 (iOS), Sep 12, 2019 (Android), Jul 31, 2018 (Linux), Jul 31, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 25, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.

39
playing now
75%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
12h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

39 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

This Is the Police 2 is an adventure strategy video game by Belarusian developer Weappy Studio and published by THQ Nordic. It was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in 2018. An iOS version was released in September 2019. It is a sequel to This Is the Police. The player controls the protagonist from the previous game, Jack Boyd, under new name Warren Nash, who is trying to hide from federal agents in the fictional city of Sharpwood in 1987.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 39 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 242 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,402 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 165k–395k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,580 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at MacGameStore (2026-07-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 72 of 111 observed days · $13.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20182026Week of 2018-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,080 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

79122026-08-06 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 33 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 79 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 35 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 52 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 21 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 54 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 48 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 42 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 18 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 43 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 37 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 41 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 31 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 39 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$100.00$2.872018-04-202026-08-302018-04-20 — best price $100.002018-10-08 — best price $13.492018-12-13 — best price $11.192019-02-05 — best price $12.592019-04-14 — best price $8.992019-06-20 — best price $9.892019-08-13 — best price $14.992019-11-09 — best price $7.492020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-02-21 — best price $14.992020-05-11 — best price $4.942020-08-07 — best price $4.942020-12-16 — best price $4.942021-03-13 — best price $4.942021-06-14 — best price $4.952021-09-01 — best price $4.942021-11-26 — best price $3.742022-01-24 — best price $3.742022-04-07 — best price $14.992022-07-03 — best price $3.742022-09-12 — best price $3.742022-12-13 — best price $3.752023-03-13 — best price $3.742023-05-23 — best price $3.322023-08-04 — best price $3.742023-11-13 — best price $14.992024-01-06 — best price $14.992024-04-19 — best price $2.992024-07-05 — best price $3.742024-09-27 — best price $3.752025-01-04 — best price $14.992025-03-31 — best price $3.752025-06-12 — best price $14.992025-09-09 — best price $14.992025-12-06 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $3.742026-05-28 — best price $3.742026-08-07 — best price $3.742026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5482026-05-31 — 16 pageviews2026-06-03 — 39 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 22 pageviews2026-06-12 — 9 pageviews2026-06-15 — 18 pageviews2026-06-18 — 16 pageviews2026-06-21 — 16 pageviews2026-06-24 — 25 pageviews2026-06-27 — 28 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 20 pageviews2026-07-06 — 33 pageviews2026-07-09 — 22 pageviews2026-07-12 — 17 pageviews2026-07-15 — 16 pageviews2026-07-18 — 28 pageviews2026-07-21 — 25 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 21 pageviews2026-07-30 — 22 pageviews2026-08-02 — 17 pageviews2026-08-05 — 23 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-11 — 30 pageviews2026-08-14 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 24 pageviews2026-08-20 — 31 pageviews2026-08-23 — 14 pageviews2026-08-26 — 25 pageviews2026-08-28 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
65%
earned "A New Broom"
17.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,4338%12
PS4 (PlayStation)1,70911%13
Xbox One (Xbox)3818%12
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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

Player tags

CrimeIndieStrategyAdventureDetectiveManagementSimulationStory RichTurn-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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