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Contraband Police

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2023

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Engaging and unique gameplay blending inspection, shooting, and management
  • Immersive setting with dark humor and moral choices
  • Good value and replayability with multiple endings and modes
  • Active developer support and planned updates
  • Satisfying inspection mechanics with increasing complexity

Things to keep in mind

  • Frequent and repetitive ambushes can be frustrating
  • Driving and shooting mechanics are stiff and underdeveloped
  • Story and characters lack depth and emotional impact
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Some bugs and optimization issues reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Anarchy: Wolf's law

  • DEATHLOOP

  • Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque

  • POSTAL 2

  • The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

  • Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

Less dominating

Games that feels like Contraband Police but with less domination over others

  • Amnesia: The Bunker

  • Urge

  • Total Chaos

  • Skinwalker Hunt

  • Half-Life 2: Episode Two

  • Blood West

More social

Games that feels like Contraband Police but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • SURV1V3

  • The Outlast Trials

  • MISERY

  • Dying Light

  • Far Cry® 5

  • Into the Radius 2

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Contraband Police but with less leadership over others

  • Into the Radius VR

  • Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator

  • Vertigo 2

  • Road to Vostok

  • Nightmare of Decay

  • Arthurian Legends

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Contraband Police: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Cooperation, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026