This Is the Police

This Is the Police

Developers
	Weappy Studio
Publishers
Original	EuroVideo Medien
Current	THQ Nordic
Engines
	Unity 5
Release dates
Windows	August 2, 2016
macOS (OS X)	August 2, 2016
Linux	August 2, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	66
OpenCritic	64
IGDB	61
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	This Is the Police

This Is the Police
This Is the Police	2016
This Is the Police 2	2018
Rebel Cops	2019
This Is the President	2021

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Kickstarter

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam
EA app (unavailable)		No longer sold since June 13, 2022.

Game data

In-game other settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Weappy\This Is The Police\Settings.xml HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Weappy\This Is The Police\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Weappy/This Is The Police/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Weappy\This Is The Police\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Weappy/This Is The Police/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
EA app
Steam Cloud		Linux Steam cloud saves are stored at $HOME/.config/unity3d/Weappy/This Is The Police, but the game actually uses $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Weappy/This Is The Police.

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		4:3, 16:9 and 16:10 are supported.
Multi-monitor		Can be forced in settings file but is pillarboxed.
Ultra-widescreen		Can be forced in settings file but is pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		60 FPS cap when Vsync is disabled. 120/144/165 FPS is supported with Vsync enabled.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen support		Logs say "<RI> Initialized touch support."
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Gamepad can be disabled in Others settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound Effects, Music, Cutscenes
Surround sound		Stereo
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Japanese				"Day" is not translated
Polish				Fan translation, Steam, GOG.
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian				Fan voice-over by Cool-Games, download.
Spanish

Issues fixed

You can find various fixes in this Steam thread

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c, 11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP		10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4050E		AMD Phenom X4 9700 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400
System memory (RAM)	2 GB		4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX ATI Radeon HD 4600 Intel HD 3000 DirectX 9.0 compatible		Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 ATI Radeon HD 5850 DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.8.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 1.60 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 330M ATI Radeon HD 5750M Intel HD 4000

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 1.60 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 330M ATI Radeon HD 5750M Intel HD 4000