Contraband Police Reviews
Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.
App ID | 756800 |
App Type | GAME |
Developers | Crazy Rocks |
Publishers | PlayWay S.A. |
Categories | Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Stats |
Genres | Action, Simulation, Adventure |
Release Date | 8 Mar, 2023 |
Platforms | Windows |
Supported Languages | English, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Thai |

1 365 Total Reviews
1 320 Positive Reviews
45 Negative Reviews
Very Positive Score
Contraband Police has garnered a total of 1 365 reviews, with 1 320 positive reviews and 45 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘Very Positive’ overall score.
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Recent Steam Reviews
This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback
Playtime:
1319 minutes
overall i like the game, it is like papers please with smuggling and vehicles, so far my only complaint is the escort mission "unstoppable" in the campaign which i find impossible to complete as the vehicle you are in is too squishy for the damage being dished out by the enemies.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
819 minutes
---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
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---{ Author }---
☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template
👍 : 3 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
475 minutes
I wanted to enjoy this game but it's too janky for me. The driving is awful, the shooting is awful, the details on the filthy cars make the inspection sections where the quality of the vehicle needs to be checked off on very difficult. This game is for someone, but not for me.
👍 : 3 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
491 minutes
Its really great. Its like Papers Please became much more interactive. I really do love that there are elements besides checking documents, ie. shootouts, searching vehicles for contraband, outpost management and so on. Keeps the game from feeling stale. Cant wait for the DLC.
👍 : 2 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
859 minutes
fun game but as an austrian/german it feels very wrong bringing people to labor camps everyday
👍 : 2 |
😃 : 5
Positive
Playtime:
824 minutes
I love this game, so addictive! Loads of fun, great story and so much to check in the list. Only thing that I personally feel is a bit minus is that it could been performing a bit better when the pc is above the recommended requirement. But other than that I will definetly recommen this game :D
👍 : 2 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
147 minutes
I don't think I would recommend this. I think they tried to do to much, instead of focusing on the core game loop. There is too much non-border guard stuff going on. I find I only spend 25% of my time actually doing the contraband policing. The rest of the time is spend buying replacement items (which broke during the day), transferring prisoners, Selling contraband, fighting gangs. Also, upgrading anything sucks, as everything you buy increases your upkeep which is annoying as your being punished for upgrading. Would be okay, if you could spend your money to decrease your upkeep, but you cant. Ultimately, I am left not wanting to upgrade which kinda sucks as that's part of these games the progression. But if you want to micromanage all these things then its okay. Was hoping for a 3D papers please but this is far from it unfortunately.
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
853 minutes
Fun game to do on call with friends and the challenge mode with a global ranking is a good feature, Would only like the implementation of more upgrades available for the border post but everything else including multiple choice campaign is great for the price
👍 : 3 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
54 minutes
The content creators do a great job up-selling this game - Its WAY better to watch then play!!
BUT!
Its VERY slow and VERY boring for the most part
I'll elaborate 80% of this game is waiting - waiting for the car to pull up, waiting for it to drive away, driving around to the prison camp then the police station on the opposite side of the map to drop off contraband. Its just SOOOOO slow. Also the driving system is very clunky, the rendering is buggy with people T-posing or stuff not loading in, and the game loop isnt very satifying for the most part.
Its WAY better to watch then play!!
👍 : 30 |
😃 : 8
Negative
Playtime:
1462 minutes
Got it after watching Caseoh play. The game is great, plenty to do, however they need to work on their optimization.
👍 : 22 |
😃 : 2
Positive