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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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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Contraband Police: A very typical example of its motivational profile. 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: 04/08/2026