This Is the Police 2
Skip · Strategy · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 45, under the fair line, at $3.74.
- Length
- 21.1h
- Value
- $0.18/hr
- Reviews
- 75% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000, GeForce GT 330M, Radeon HD 4670 or equivalent, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $2.99. That was April 2022. It has been discounted 61 times in the 8 years tracked here, typically at 75 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 23 percent on value. It is pricier than 83 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 61 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Beholder: Conductor ($4.19, scores 86) beats it on value, while it beats Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG ($17.99, scores 40).
Critics scored it 66. Players sit 9 points higher at 75 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 3 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 31 percent of the 485 reviews written there were positive, against 75 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
The drop-off
65% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
49 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 16:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Ending is tragic and hoped that there can be alternate endings but it's satisfactory. Though some cutscenes definitely go on for way too long.
This was a good game, it acts as a good sequel to the first. They improved a lot of what was good in 1 and dropped the bad. that said the few things I have issues with in this game. first, the first part of the game is rough to get through lots of cut scenes. and then the 2nd half gets kind of extra rough. that said I believe it was meant to be that way to under stand this please play through the game. The biggest...
Too many mechanics that don't really work together. Tactical missions are slow and clunky, story feels forced, and сaps, shops and missions all feel disconnected, like they don't really tie into each other or form a clear system. Kinda weak, too many ideas and not enough polish
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Cite this score
This Is the Police 2 scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/785740/this-is-the-police-2Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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