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2023 video game

2023 video game
Contraband Police
Developer(s)Crazy Rocks Studios
Publisher(s)PlayWay
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release8 March 2023
Genre(s)Puzzle, Simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

Contraband Police is a video game developed by Crazy Rocks Studios and published by PlayWay, released in March 2023. Two years prior a demo version, called Contraband Police: Prologue was published.

The premise of the game is working as a border guard and head of the border post, in a fictional communist country called Acaristan in 1979.

Gameplay

The player performs the duties of a border control agent. The player is responsible for controlling entrants, comparing passports and other documentation, and rejecting entrants with improper documentation. An endless mode has been added in March 2024 as a part of the Anniversary Update.

Reception

Contraband Police was positively received on release, with Metacritic aggregating reviews as "generally favorable" out of 10 critic reviews.

Sales

The entire marketing and production budget of two million Polish złoty was earned back in sales within just two days after release. In the first month since its release, the game's developer announced that it had surpassed 250,000 units sold. The game quickly reached further milestones, reaching around 800 thousand copies sold and $10 million in net revenue after the first year.

See also

References

  1. Saver, Michael; Pung, Julia; Stanton, Devon (4 January 2024). "Made with Unity: 2023 in review". Unity Technologies. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. Marshall, Cass (3 May 2023). "Contraband Police asks: What if Papers, Please gave you a gun?". Polygon. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. "Contraband Police critic reviews". www.metacritic.com. Metacritic. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. Kostowski, Krzysztof (10 March 2023). "Contraband 49k sold -> pełny koszt produkcji i marketingu zwrócony budżet do 2mln zł 94% 712rev top#21 gry top#14 gry płatne konsole planowane w tym roku" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  5. Smolak, Jakub (4 April 2023). "Hands in the air! Contraband Police is conquering the Steam bestseller list and gamers' hearts. Proud creators share the results". better. gaming agency. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  6. Kostowski, Krzysztof (19 April 2023). "Walne Zgromadzenie Contrabandy – przyjęło jednogłośnie szacunek dla prezesa Stacha #CrazyRocks" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  7. Kostowski, Krzysztof (3 July 2023). "Poprawka 2x400k Contraband i Pets" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  8. Kostowski, Krzysztof (25 August 2023). "Contraband = 500k" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  9. Kostowski, Krzysztof (4 November 2023). "#ZiarnkoDoZiarnka" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 April 2024 – via Twitter.
  10. Kostowski, Krzysztof (19 March 2024). "Contraband = 10mln $ Lifetime Steam revenue (net) 75% dla CrazyRocks ( 77,9% w PLW )" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 April 2024 – via Twitter.
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