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Police Stories

Police Stories is a novelty top-down shooter, where advanced AI of enemies, tactical elements and random occurrences create thousands of unique situations in each level. Never before the pixel game was this…

70 19 September 2019 ESRB T

Police Stories is an arcade developed by Morgan Games, released 19 September 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Linux.

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What Police Stories is

Police Stories is an arcade game developed by Morgan Games and released in 2019. It was published by HypeTrain Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker: Studio. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Police Stories is a novelty top-down shooter, where advanced AI of enemies, tactical elements and random occurrences create thousands of unique situations in each level. Never before the pixel game was this realistic and fun.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 39 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Police Stories holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 2.9 Ghz or equivalent, 2048 MB RAM and 512 Mb DirectX 9 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Police Stories launched on 19 September 2019, within three weeks of Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) and Gears 5. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019), Gears 5.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

Police Stories — frequently asked questions

When did Police Stories come out?
Police Stories was released on 19 September 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Police Stories?
At minimum, Police Stories needs Intel Pentium 2.9 Ghz or equivalent, 2048 MB RAM, 512 Mb DirectX 9 compatible video card with shader model 3.0 support graphics, 400 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Police Stories?
The PC version needs about 0.4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("400 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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