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This Is the Police

Weappy Studio · THQ Nordic · 2016-08-02

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AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Oct 24, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 13, 2018 (Android), Dec 12, 2018 (iOS), Jul 27, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 22, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Aug 02, 2016 (Linux)

This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?

This Is the Police is an Adventure, Indie, Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (82% of 11235 reviews) sentiment.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

23
playing now
82%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (115 ratings)
4.09★
PlayStation Store rating (1,422 ratings)
18h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

This Is the Police is an adventure strategy video game by Belarusian developer Weappy Studio and published by Nordic Games and EuroVideo Medien. It was first released on August 2, 2016 for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux, and was later released in 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 22, and for Nintendo Switch on October 24. In the game, the player controls the protagonist Jack Boyd, who is being forced into early retirement by the corrupt mayor. The game takes place in the fictional city of "Freeburg" in 1985, during Boyd's final one hundred and eighty days on the force. The game received mixed reviews.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 341 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~43/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 281k–674k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,235 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$3.14-79%
GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.45 at GameBillet (2026-03-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 85 of 143 observed days · $0.69 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16816820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

120192026-09-15 12:00 — 52 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 45 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 25 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 51 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 60 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 40 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 48 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 25 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 72 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 78 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 42 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 54 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 95 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 54 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 42 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 88 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 49 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 33 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 82 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 64 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 30 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 43 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k0Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2016 — avg 1,095 · peak 3,093Dec 2016 — avg 142 · peak 462Apr 2017 — avg 209 · peak 999Aug 2017 — avg 100 · peak 185Dec 2017 — avg 123 · peak 286Apr 2018 — avg 180 · peak 584Aug 2018 — avg 456 · peak 1,374Dec 2018 — avg 102 · peak 217Apr 2019 — avg 69 · peak 145Aug 2019 — avg 68 · peak 137Dec 2019 — avg 85 · peak 197Apr 2020 — avg 134 · peak 298Aug 2020 — avg 71 · peak 122Dec 2020 — avg 68 · peak 149Apr 2021 — avg 48 · peak 95Aug 2021 — avg 63 · peak 119Dec 2021 — avg 55 · peak 114Apr 2022 — avg 86 · peak 362Aug 2022 — avg 76 · peak 214Dec 2022 — avg 55 · peak 117Apr 2023 — avg 49 · peak 108Aug 2023 — avg 67 · peak 181Dec 2023 — avg 52 · peak 111Apr 2024 — avg 40 · peak 90Aug 2024 — avg 80 · peak 178Dec 2024 — avg 61 · peak 119Apr 2025 — avg 81 · peak 262Aug 2025 — avg 56 · peak 121Dec 2025 — avg 75 · peak 162Apr 2026 — avg 41 · peak 85Aug 2026 — avg 52 · peak 111
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.88$2.452016-08-022026-10-152016-08-02 — best price $13.492016-12-02 — best price $9.892017-03-09 — best price $9.892017-05-25 — best price $7.492017-08-18 — best price $8.782017-11-30 — best price $14.992018-03-12 — best price $14.992018-06-21 — best price $4.952018-09-13 — best price $3.742018-12-10 — best price $3.742019-03-16 — best price $14.992019-06-01 — best price $14.992019-09-12 — best price $14.992019-12-13 — best price $16.882020-03-23 — best price $3.742020-06-25 — best price $3.742020-11-29 — best price $3.442021-03-24 — best price $3.742021-07-15 — best price $3.752021-11-24 — best price $3.742022-03-02 — best price $15.012022-06-22 — best price $14.992022-09-27 — best price $14.992023-01-20 — best price $3.012023-05-23 — best price $14.992023-09-05 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $12.592024-05-13 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $14.992025-01-09 — best price $14.992025-04-29 — best price $14.992025-09-09 — best price $14.992026-01-06 — best price $5.992026-05-13 — best price $14.992026-08-29 — best price $14.992026-10-03 — best price $3.752026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

67182026-06-01 — 43 pageviews2026-06-05 — 42 pageviews2026-06-09 — 35 pageviews2026-06-13 — 39 pageviews2026-06-17 — 25 pageviews2026-06-21 — 35 pageviews2026-06-25 — 28 pageviews2026-06-29 — 42 pageviews2026-07-03 — 35 pageviews2026-07-07 — 42 pageviews2026-07-11 — 32 pageviews2026-07-15 — 44 pageviews2026-07-19 — 42 pageviews2026-07-23 — 43 pageviews2026-07-27 — 42 pageviews2026-07-31 — 41 pageviews2026-08-04 — 67 pageviews2026-08-08 — 57 pageviews2026-08-12 — 45 pageviews2026-08-16 — 27 pageviews2026-08-20 — 31 pageviews2026-08-24 — 33 pageviews2026-08-28 — 34 pageviews2026-09-01 — 32 pageviews2026-09-05 — 40 pageviews2026-09-09 — 32 pageviews2026-09-13 — 35 pageviews2026-09-17 — 18 pageviews2026-09-21 — 36 pageviews2026-09-25 — 46 pageviews2026-09-29 — 31 pageviews2026-10-03 — 39 pageviews2026-10-07 — 51 pageviews2026-10-10 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
77.4%
earned "Severed Leg"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

7 supported languages: English, German, Russian, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16,0343%10
PS4 (PlayStation)5,7803%10
Xbox One (Xbox)1,4623%10
Switch (Nintendo)240%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

NoirCrimeIndieMatureStrategyAdventureDetectivePoliticalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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