Players have offered mostly positive feedback for 'This Is the Police', highlighting its engaging story and character development, while also noting that gameplay can feel repetitive and at times frustrating. Several reviews express disappointment with some mechanics and the pacing of the game, but overall, many players enjoyed the unique police management experience.
Set in the rotting city of Freeburg, this is a narrative management sim built around a single ticking clock: 180 days until Chief Jack Boyd retires, and every shift is a spreadsheet of officers to assign, emergencies to triage, and bribes to weigh. The draw is the moral ledger. Choices about corruption, loyalty, and who takes the fall compound across a branching story toward multiple endings, carried by a noir jazz soundtrack and Jon St. John's gravelled narration.
Reception splits along a familiar line. Critics landed mixed-to-positive, singling out the atmosphere, writing, and audio, while the recurring complaint is that the day-to-day dispatch loop turns repetitive and its failure states can feel punishing well before the story pays off. It rewards players who come for a grim, choice-driven story and can tolerate the grind between the drama; anyone wanting tactical policing action should look elsewhere on this list.
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Players have offered mostly positive feedback for 'This Is the Police', highlighting its engaging story and character development, while also noting that gameplay can feel repetitive and at times frustrating. Several reviews express disappointment with some mechanics and the pacing of the game, but overall, many players enjoyed the unique police management experience.
Based on 33 reviews from steam
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