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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?
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 2026-10-15.
“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…”
— a player, Steam review · 59 hrs played“Hate group is on the rise. City Hall does not want the people to disrespect the police. Ask you to fire all black personnel. Rich Chinese is coming to town. City Hall wants to do business with him. Ask you to have at least 3 asian police officers working at the time he visits.…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“An unfair, prolonged and badly designed experience, which shows all of its potential early, and never lives up to it. And that’s a real shame, because Jack’s story is one worth experiencing. Might be better off doing that on YouTube, though. I've been playing this game on and…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Management · Story Rich · Crime · Choices Matter · Singleplayer · Indie · Simulation · Detective · Noir · Atmospheric · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Russian, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Official site | http://weappy-studio.com/titp/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 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