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Police Stories

Top-down tactical shooter where arrests matter more than gunfire

HypeTrain Digital · Released Sep 19, 2019

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
85% of 8,605
Recent reviews
Very Positive
80% of 47 in 30 days
Players
23
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Sep 25, 2025
Minimum PC
DirectX 9 GPU
2 GB RAM · 0.4 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 75/100 (critic reviews)

What is Police Stories?

A top-down tactical shooter about two police officers carrying out missions against criminals and armed gangs. You clear rooms, arrest suspects, rescue hostages, gather evidence, and defuse bombs while avoiding unjustified force. Suspect and hostage locations change between attempts, and you can play alone with an AI partner or in co-op.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy careful room clearing and using police gadgets
  • +you want to coordinate arrests with a co-op partner
  • +you like replaying missions with changing suspect positions

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer shooting freely without rules of engagement
  • −you dislike replaying missions to meet score requirements
  • −you want a longer campaign with more varied objectives

What players say

85% of 8,605 reviews are positive · 80% of 47 in the last 30 days

Players praise the tactical co-op and the ways to make suspects surrender. They commonly complain about harsh scoring, inconsistent enemy and partner AI, repetitive missions, and connection problems or crashes in online co-op.

Players over time

▼ -43% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 58 players on Oct 16, 2026.

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How many players finish Police Stories?

24% of Steam players have unlocked «Police Story», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Police Stories screenshot 1

Police Stories system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 2 GB RAM, 0.4 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

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
Storage
400 MB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0

Does Police Stories 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 run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
39
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Spanish - Latin America.

Does Police Stories 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

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Recent updates

2 DLC available.

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