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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 10,652 reviews of which 8,820 were positive and 1,832 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.69€ on Instant Gaming.

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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System 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

User reviews & Ratings

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43 hours played
May 2026
I bought this game for a friend because it was cheap, but when I saw him play it, I knew I had to get it for myself. This is the Police is an extremely immersive dispatch simulator with a full story interspersed with the mundane day to day goings on of a police department. Calls come in, you dispatch officers to jobs, arrest the perpetrator and wait for the day to be over. The game is SO immersive because it really makes you feel like the 60-something disgruntled police chief you play as. Not enough cops? You start failing calls. Start failing calls? City hall cuts your budget because they're not happy with the "efficiency" of Freeburg PD. City hall wants you to suppress a gay rights protest? Now you're on the hook for violating federal demonstration laws, and you'll have to explain to the feds why you sent a SWAT team to disband a pride parade. Just like real life, the paper-pushing bureaucrats are SO DISCONNECTED from the police ground work, they think cutting the budget will do anything but get more people killed. City hall also regularly asks you to do petty personal jobs for them directly, as if the police are their personal servants, and if you refuse there's a chance they'll cut your budget (again). I could feel my hair thinning as I played. You also have to contend with lazy employees who show up drunk, or otherwise come up with a myriad of excuses for why they can't come to work today, and you can choose to give in and send them home or tell them to suck it up and stay. Unfortunately if you keep a drunk cop, there's a chance they'll crash and die on their way to a job. Same with detectives. I also really liked calls that required you to make decisions, and using your own knowledge on police procedure will get you through most of them. *Zap* I'd really recommend this game, as it goes on sale for very little, and I very much think this game is a hidden gem. Just know that the game has no "ethical" way of running the police department, and the game is really about doing sketchy things and not getting caught. Its mechanics are meant to be vague and feel like you're walking a tight rope at all times. I'll explain some in the spoilers below if you're having trouble. -Taser never fails. -Sometimes you just have to shoot suspects. -You don't need a snitch until near the end of the game. They're only for knowing an officer's political views. -Not a single story choice matters. -Officers are meant to die. Having certain cops on your roster has no effect on the story. I thought they did since some had steam trading cards. If an officer sucks, can him. -If an officer's energy is in the green, send him to work the next day. You don't need a packed roster on each shift, because they can swap. -Don't be afraid to sell contraband to the mafia. Bring it to the station if you're on the rocks with city hall, but otherwise, nothing bad can happen. -Splitting contraband revenue with your officers makes them show up more often. -Sending officers to mafia calls is fine. If you don't do them, the mafia will kill you, but missing the odd mafia call isn't a big deal. -Same goes for city hall requests. If you miss one, that's fine, but doing them gives you favor with city hall. -Officers will plot against you if you deny too many of their day-off requests. -Denying officer reinforcements ends the call instantly, and if you have good officers on the job, it will still succeed. This can be an invaluable time saving tool for busy days. -If a day doesn't go the way you want, you can press ESC and quit to main menu. That day won't save and you'll get to redo it, but this is kinda cheating. Thanks for reading.
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32 hours played
Jan. 2026
A good game with a great soundtrack. However, it is too long by nearly half. As typical for strategy games, it introduces you to new mechanics, gradually increasing difficulty. But by the 2nd or 3rd hour you've seen everything the game has and the only reason to keep playing is the story. The story itself is good with strong voice acting; but this is a game where they needed to trim the fat.
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59 hours played
Jan. 2026
I loved the new game Dispatch, which is very clearly inspired by this game. "This is the police" is much darker though, about corrupt police officers in some 1990s american minor city. You get to choose the morals of the chief of police - but playing this virtuously is definitely HARD mode. It's a noir, corrupt world. Expect to dispatch police officers to deal with racist attacks, to arrest and harass feminist protesters, to get an order to fire all your black police officers from the very corrupt mayor. What will you choose to do? if you liked Breaking Bad and Sopranos you might like this!
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19 hours played
June 2025
Love the concept of the game, the art style and voice acting. Gameplay becomes a tad too tedious later on, and I think the outcome of the calls you choose to handle becomes too random for my liking. I once sent my best officers out with the swat to handle a shootout. Three of them died. I reloaded and sent out the same people when the event replayed, and this time no one died. Hmm...not a fan of this type of randomness. I'll give it a soft recommendation, get it when it's on a sale.
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55 hours played
June 2025
I was hoping to listen to Sweet Ginger Green for the entire game. But sadly, they took away the cassette player...
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Frequently Asked Questions

This Is the Police is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

No, This Is the Police is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

Yes, This Is the Police received 8,820 positive votes out of a total of 10,652 achieving a rating of 8.08.
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This Is the Police was developed by Weappy Studio and published by THQ Nordic.

Yes, This Is the Police is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yes, This Is the Police is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Yes, This Is the Police is playable and fully supported on Linux.

This Is the Police is a single-player game.

No, This Is the Police does not currently offer any DLC.

No, This Is the Police does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Yes, This Is the Police supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Yes, This Is the Police is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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8,820
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Developer
Weappy Studio
Publisher
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Release 02 Aug 2016
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