Contraband Police

Contraband Police

Steam Deck Verified

Crazy Rocks · Open World · Mar 8, 2023

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $11.99.

95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
25k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 101 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 35 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 25k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise20% are divided30% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I've enjoyed Contraband Police thus far playing the campaign mode, it has it's positives as well as its querks.
101 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The atmosphere, concept, and gameplay loop are very engaging, especially if you enjoy inspection, management, and decision-making games.
73 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I liked the graphics but it has that weird 2019 simulator game advertisement graphics which looks great on a real game lol
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
Whereas Paper Please introduces new things that make the game more challenging, this will introduce a new challenge for a chapter and then drop it by the next chapter, meaning the game never increases in difficulty.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I only play on my steam deck.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters101 reviews
Gameplay73 reviews
Graphics33 reviews
Difficulty11 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Performance16 reviews
81%
Audio9 reviews
78%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat35 reviews
89%
Crashes14 reviews
57%
Bugs8 reviews
88%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
93
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.