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Police Stories
A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Tactical gameplay rewarding careful planning” (48 of 90 reviews) and “Brutal but fair difficulty curve” (14); the most common complaint is “Core tactics become repetitive quickly” (13). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
48 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“Had to refund after finding out that the most efficient and funniest strategy in the game is to rush every suspect and punch the in the face. Not a bad game though! I like the concept and hope with the second game the…”
“This is a game I was very interested in. Because I've played some other tactical top-down-shooters, but I feel like the reaction time is too unforgiving. Of the enemies that is. You barely have time to neutralize the…”
“This game is more or less like Hotline Miami/Hotline Miami 2, but because you're a cop and not an assassin (like in the HM games), your objectve isn't to simply kill everybody on the level in order to progress. There is…”
14 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“a really fun yet challenging top down tactical shooter house game, the narrative is a nice touch.”
“Great game to kill some time. One of those games that can drive you crazy if you are a perfectionist. Weapons are good and gameplay loop is solid.”
“Little anxiety triggering, but good for short burst of game sessions. although i cant game on steam deck's game pad. my reactivity rate too slow for it. nevertheless if you want some fast action this delivers.”
10 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“The game is nice and all, especially fun with a friend, but there's several parts that completely ruin my immersion. Suspect armed with a firearm is rushing towards you? You get a penalty for shooting him, nevermind…”
“Thought it was just gonna be a shooter, but you actually have to use your brain, or you'll end up shooting everyone. Been playing co-op with a friend – it's fun, but it's annoying when enemies keep popping up in new…”
“great game for playing with someone, spent this amount of time completign the first story and i loved it, the artwork is great and the amount of gadgets there is to play with adds aa lot of vareiety to the game”
7 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“good game with enjoyable gameplay, plot, music, characters, everything is done well and kinda remind of our current state of affairs in the world of cops 10 GET DOWN GET DOWN PUT YOUR HANDS UP out of 10”
“a really fun yet challenging top down tactical shooter house game, the narrative is a nice touch.”
4 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“It has a really good 90s vibe, has good humour and resemble SWAT games back in the day.”
“great game for playing with someone, spent this amount of time completign the first story and i loved it, the artwork is great and the amount of gadgets there is to play with adds aa lot of vareiety to the game”
13 of the 90 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Had to refund after finding out that the most efficient and funniest strategy in the game is to rush every suspect and punch the in the face. Not a bad game though! I like the concept and hope with the second game the…”
“The game is nice and all, especially fun with a friend, but there's several parts that completely ruin my immersion. Suspect armed with a firearm is rushing towards you? You get a penalty for shooting him, nevermind…”
“Underwhelming and highly repetitive, there could have been something here if the opposition didn't just sit in their room and wait for it to be breached. Inferior to the Intravenous series on every level! EDIT: The AI…”
13 of the 90 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Crashed two times while on the first mission, then crashed on the beginning of the 2nd mission, im no game developer but that aint right.”
“Underwhelming and highly repetitive, there could have been something here if the opposition didn't just sit in their room and wait for it to be breached. Inferior to the Intravenous series on every level! EDIT: The AI…”
“great strategy game, lots of bugs though”
11 of the 90 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is nice and all, especially fun with a friend, but there's several parts that completely ruin my immersion. Suspect armed with a firearm is rushing towards you? You get a penalty for shooting him, nevermind…”
“This is a game I was very interested in. Because I've played some other tactical top-down-shooters, but I feel like the reaction time is too unforgiving. Of the enemies that is. You barely have time to neutralize the…”
“Top-down police game is awesome! I admit at first I'd get bad rating because i was rushing it, but after using my partner to see into rooms and helping here and there it was very enjoyable! I'd totally recommend it and…”
6 of the 90 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
5 of the 90 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is more or less like Hotline Miami/Hotline Miami 2, but because you're a cop and not an assassin (like in the HM games), your objectve isn't to simply kill everybody on the level in order to progress. There is…”
“It was great to have a S.W.A.T.-like game that doesn't overcomplicate things and still has the joyful gameplay elements of the genre. Still, I think Police Stories has some room for improvement. First off, although the…”
“It's fun but the story is secondary.”
Counted across 90 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Pretty mid game. It lacks a lot in variety. The maps are small and there's only ever 1 or 2 entrances. You only get points for grabbing evidence, defusing bombs or arresting/killing suspects. So there's not a lot of ways to get a good score. When you understand the game, all the…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Hotline Miami if the main character was a cop”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“this game is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good thats i reanacted the bomb level and blew up my local greggs”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Action · Strategy · Co-op · Simulation · Tactical · Villain Protagonist · Top-Down Shooter · Shooter · Multiplayer · Pixel Graphics · Online Co-Op · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 39 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8.1 Processor: Intel Pentium 2.9 Ghz or equivalent Memory: 2048 MB RAM Graphics: 512 Mb DirectX 9 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 400 MB available space