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Police Stories: The Academy

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

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Quick resume

Welcome, trainee! Use tactics and special equipment to become a true cop in the free version of Police Stories: The Academy. Neutralize criminals, search for clues and find a "rat" in the police station alone or in co-op with a partner.

Global score

91/100

Genres

Action, Free To Play, Indie, Simulator, Strategy

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    Pros

    • Free to play demo
    • Tactical and challenging gameplay
    • Cooperative multiplayer mode
    • Realistic police scenarios
    • Accessible controls and low hardware requirements

    Cons

    • Very short with limited missions
    • Technical issues and crashes reported
    • Ai partner can be unreliable
    • Lack of polish and bugs
    • Story and dialogue are weak or poorly written

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Creativity, Exploration, Expression, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Leadership, Fellowship.

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    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
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    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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    Last update: 30/04/2026