Contraband Police
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About Contraband Police
Contraband Police drops you into the shoes of a border guard inspector in an eighties communist state. Crazy Rocks developed this title while PlayWay S.A. handled publishing back in March 2023. You can play it on PC or PlayStation 5 as a single player experience. The genre mashup includes shooter elements, adventure storytelling, and heavy simulator mechanics. Your main job involves checking vehicles for contraband while navigating a world thick with smuggling rings and corruption. It feels like a high stakes game of cat and mouse where you must spot lies in paperwork and hidden items before your superiors notice you missed something obvious.
Gameplay
You spend most of your time standing at checkpoints scanning license plates and inspecting trunks or cargo holds. The core loop requires you to check documents for forgery, search vehicle interiors with a flashlight, and interrogate drivers who might try to bribe you. A typical session involves moving between different inspection lanes while managing a stress meter that spikes if you make mistakes. You will use various tools like X-ray machines and dogs to find illegal goods hidden under floorboards or in fake panels. The controls feel tight for inventory management and quick interactions, though the shooting mechanics only come into play when smugglers turn hostile during a raid.
What Players Think
The PlayPile community has gathered 44 ratings for this title, resulting in an IGDB score of 71.3 out of 100. Players report an average completion rate that hovers around sixty percent, suggesting many people lose interest before finishing the campaign. The typical playtime sits near fifteen hours for a standard run. Review moods split between "satisfying" when catching criminals and "frustrated" by repetitive checks or unfair checkpoint failures. Ninety-three achievements exist to chase, which some users find tedious but others use to extend their sessions beyond the main story. Critics often praise the atmosphere while noting the lack of variety in enemy behavior after the first few hours.
PlayPile's Take
This game is for players who enjoy methodical work and don't mind sitting at a desk checking papers for hours. The thirty-dollar price point feels fair given the content you get. You will unlock all ninety-three achievements if you are willing to grind through the same checkpoints repeatedly. The simulation aspects shine when you catch a well-hidden drug stash, but the shooting sections feel tacked on compared to the inspection work. It is not perfect, and the repetitive nature might annoy some people quickly. Stick with it if you like detective work over action.
Game Modes
Single player
IGDB Rating
71.3
RAWG Rating
3.8
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