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 10,413 reviews of which 8,633 were positive and 1,780 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 3.74€ on Steam and has a 75% discount.

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

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

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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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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!

Dec. 2023

Good indie but unnecessarly long, could've been a 6/7 hour game instead of 15 hours, sometimes you are just on autopilot running though days waiting for something to happen. Story is good but sometimes you feel like your actions have 0 consequences and the story runs on rails except of a couple "choices" that feel supperfical. Recommended but idk sometimes I felt I was losing my time. 6/10

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