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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. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This Is the Police walked so Dispatch could run. Jokes aside, Dispatch worked mostly because of it's beautiful comic book art and vibe, VA and story but the gameplay of This Is the Police is actually more solid imo. Greater depth and overall more of it. A fairly decent police…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“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…”
— a player, Steam review · 43 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
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:14 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| 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 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| 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