This Is the Police

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 a strategy, management and story rich game developed by Weappy Studio and published by THQ Nordic.
Released on August 02nd 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 8 languages: English, German, Russian, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.

It has received 10,452 reviews of which 8,669 were positive and 1,783 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified This Is the Police into these genres:

Strategy Management Story Rich Crime Choices Matter Singleplayer Indie Simulation Detective Noir Atmospheric Adventure Great Soundtrack Political Villain Protagonist Visual Novel Kickstarter Memes

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP 32
Processor: Dual Core CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Geforce 7800, AMD HD 4600, Intel HD3000 or similiar
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.8.5
Processor: Dual Core CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 330M, AMD Radeon HD 5750M, Intel HD 4000 or similar
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: Soundblaster compatible

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 12.04
Processor: Dual Core CPU
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GT 330M, AMD Radeon HD 5750M, Intel HD 4000 or similar
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: Soundblaster compatible

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

This is genuinely one of my favourite management games because it requires you to be a bit strategic with your mangement of the officers at your disposal. Anyhow. You are Jack Boyd, Freeburg's police chief and City hall plans to remove you at the end of tenure as the mayor plans to put his son in charge. You have a 100 days to get a retirement fund and bounce. How will you make it happen? It falls short on a few things such as it being a very very long game that could take up to 20 hours if not more but its filled with many suprising quests and other choices that do matter to the story. 7/10, Would play again if i had so much patience and time.

Oct. 2024

This game really want me to dive into an atmosphere of Freeburg Like the idea, plot, gameplay. But can't believe that teenager could handle 3 woman cops with 300 points each :'

Sept. 2024

This game is not a game it's an experience. It's like watching an indie film because it's not a film it's a concept you're watching. I highly recommend this if you want something to relax too.

Jan. 2024

A very interesting strategy game, love the mechanics and figuring out who to walk the line between following orders and doing what's needed.

Jan. 2024

I've given up on finishing this game. It's a good game that resembles a game that I would like, but I don't think the game is for me. I like the concept of the game. I bought it quite a few years ago where story sim games like this one were quite rare. You send cops on missions as you assess the situation. Pretty fun! You get a typical noir story with rich atmosphere. Now here's what I don't like: 1. there is too little story for my liking - long dozen day streaks where there is no main plot. Or I suppose, too little reading as well? 2. Gameplay loop gets boring once you get past the initial hurdles. Once you amass enough manpower/police staff, the game loses all challenge and become somewhat repetitive. I stopped around the ninety day mark because I kept losing interest, unable to push myself to continue. It's honestly a good game, but I don't think it's for me. Now that there exists amazing games like Suzerain and such, I think I would rather spend my time elsewhere. But if police chief sim in noir setting is what you would like, I'd say go for it!

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