Police Stories: The Academy
A top-down tactical shooter where arrests take priority over killing
HypeTrain Digital · Released Aug 2, 2022
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 1,758
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 4 years ago
- Aug 2, 2022
What is Police Stories: The Academy?
This free, top-down shooter follows police trainees Rick and John as city unrest and a mafia informant disrupt their training. Across three missions and an academy training ground, you rescue hostages, defuse bombs, use tools such as under-door cameras, and direct your partner.
For you if...
- +you enjoy replaying missions to improve your score
- +you like adapting to changing enemy and hostage placements
Not for you if...
- −you prefer fast shooting over cautious movement and observation
What players say
91% of 1,758 reviews are positive
Players praise cooperative play but want more missions. Recent reviews also report crashes.
Screenshots and trailer
Police Stories: The Academy system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 2 GB RAM.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Police Stories: The Academy?
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- OS
- Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8.1
- Processor
- Intel Pentium 2.9 Ghz or equivalent
- Graphics
- 512 Mb DirectX 9 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support
- Memory
- 2048 MB RAM
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does Police Stories: The Academy have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: co-op online and split-screen. It also has a single-player mode. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.
Does Police Stories: The Academy run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Japanese.
Does Police Stories: The Academy use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
