Released Aug 2, 2016 $13.49 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

This Is the Police

By Weappy Studio · published by THQ Nordic

Strategy Management Story Rich Crime Choices Matter Singleplayer Indie Detective SimulationNoirAtmosphericAdventure

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Reviews 9,193 Very Positive

Players yesterday 55 at the busiest moment

Owners 500K–1M estimated

This Is the Police is a game tagged Strategy, Management and Story Rich by Weappy Studio, released Aug 2, 2016. It has 9,193 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include This Is the Police 2, Save Koch and Data Trader.

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?

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This Is the Police 2 93% match · Strategy, Management, Story Rich
Save Koch 79% match · Strategy, Management, Story Rich
Data Trader 76% match · Strategy, Management, Story Rich
This Is the Peace 73% match · Strategy, Management, Story Rich
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Everything Steam lists for This Is the Police · record updated 57 minutes ago

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Overview

App ID443810

Release dateAug 2, 2016

Last change number38014884

Last record update57 minutes ago

App type: Game
Developer: Weappy Studio
Publisher: THQ Nordic
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: This Is the Police, THQ Nordic
Technologies: Unity detected
Website: weappy-studio.com/titp

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes		Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes
French	Yes		Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes		Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes		Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes		Yes
Japanese	Yes		Yes

Windows macOS Linux

Steam Deck: Playable
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily SharingFull controller support

Prices

Price · US$14.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$14.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked1 day agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
12698983	public	Nov 14, 2023
1752161	oldversion	Nov 14, 2023

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
7937 Bundle	This Is the Police Bundle	1	$13.49
94270	This Is the Police	1	$14.99
241437	This Is the Police - Commercial License	1	$14.99
11965 Bundle	This Is the ... Ultimate Loyalty Bundle	2	$26.98
51363 Bundle	Weappy Bundle	2	$38.67

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
443811	—	Windows	3.96 GB	980.3 MB	4368805325607159638
443812	—	macOS	3.97 GB	982.0 MB	8836164450088629530
443813	—	Linux	3.95 GB	978.3 MB	8993321121499261250

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	12698983	Nov 14, 2023	Open
oldversion old version of the game	1752161	Nov 14, 2023	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/This is the Police

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Police.exe		Windows · 64-bit
Police.app		macOS · 64-bit
Police.x86_64		Linux · 64-bit
Police.x86_64	-force-opengl	Linux · 64-bit	OpenGL 2
Police.exe	-force-d3d9	Windows	DirectX 9