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Contraband Police

First-person border checkpoint simulation with searches, chases, and shootouts

Crazy Rocks · Published by PlayWay S.A. · Released Mar 8, 2023

ActionAdventureSimulation

Reviews
Very Positive
94% of 27K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
96% of 180 in 30 days
Players
310
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
8 months ago
Mar 2, 2026
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 1050
12 GB RAM · 12 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 77/100 (critic reviews)

What is Contraband Police?

Set in 1981, this single-player first-person simulation casts you as a trainee border officer at a mountain checkpoint in the Acarist People's Republic. In an open world, you inspect documents and vehicles, uncover contraband, manage and upgrade the post, chase smugglers, and fight armed attacks as violence at the border escalates.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy detailed document checks and vehicle searches
  • +you want management mixed with driving and gunfights
  • +you want a single-player story with consequential choices

Not for you if...

  • −you only want uninterrupted checkpoint inspection shifts
  • −you dislike repetitive paperwork and careful discrepancy spotting
  • −you want multiplayer rather than a solo campaign

What players say

94% of 26,529 reviews are positive · 96% of 180 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the document-checking and vehicle-search loop, along with the mix of chases, upgrades, and story choices. They commonly complain that inspections become repetitive, forced driving and raids interrupt the core loop, and bugs can break objectives or campaign progress; some also criticize vehicle handling and the limited autosave system.

Players over time

▼ -1% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 310 players on Nov 7, 2026.

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Nov 1, 2026284
Oct 31, 2026158
Oct 30, 2026137
Oct 29, 2026146
Oct 28, 2026123
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Oct 26, 2026151
Oct 25, 2026192
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Oct 21, 2026153
Oct 20, 2026163
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Oct 16, 2026159
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Oct 14, 2026163
Oct 13, 2026189
Oct 11, 2026253
Oct 10, 2026205
Oct 9, 2026189
Oct 8, 2026211
Oct 7, 2026220
Oct 6, 2026266
Oct 4, 2026308
Oct 3, 2026263
Oct 2, 2026249
Oct 1, 2026260
Sep 30, 2026270
Sep 29, 2026253
Sep 27, 2026248
Sep 26, 2026155
Sep 25, 2026135
Sep 24, 2026123
Sep 23, 2026152
Sep 23, 2026158
Sep 22, 2026160
Sep 21, 2026301

How many players finish Contraband Police?

15% of Steam players have unlocked «Long Live The Party», 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

Contraband Police screenshot 1

Contraband Police system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 1050, 12 GB RAM, 12 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
Processor
Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.3 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD RX 560 (3GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
Memory
12 GB RAM
Storage
12 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
Processor
Intel Core i7-9700 @ 3.6 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6 GHz or equivalent
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 (6GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
12 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Does Contraband Police have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Contraband Police run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • 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
93
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Dutch, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Ukrainian.

Does Contraband Police 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 Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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