Games like Police Stories
If Police Stories is your kind of game, the closest matches are Police Stories: The Academy, Door Kickers: Action Squad and Police Stories 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and intense. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Police Stories: A fresh take on top-down shooters with an emphasis on tactics that forces you to make split second decisions. Neutralize criminals, rescue civilians and defuse bombs in Single Player mode or Co-op. And remember - shooting first is not an option!
Players who liked Police Stories also play
Steam players who put hours into Police Stories also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Police Stories: The Academy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Police Stories.
Top pick for Police Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Police Stories.
Welcome, trainee! Use tactics and special equipment to become a true cop in the free version of Police Stories: The Academy. Neutralize criminals, search for clues and find a "rat" in the police station alone or in co-op with a partner.
Door Kickers: Action Squad
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Police Stories.
Second-strongest match for Police Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Police Stories.
Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.
Police Stories 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Police Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Police Stories.
Serve the law. Protect the innocent. Command the grittiest precinct in town in Police Stories 2 - a brutal tactical top-down shooter where arrest is the goal, force is the last resort, and every decision has an outcome.
Party Hard
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Police Stories.
Ranked #4 for Police Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Police Stories.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
Door Kickers
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Police Stories.
Ranked #5 for Police Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Police Stories.
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Hot Brass
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Police Stories.
Ranked #6 for Police Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Police Stories.
As an elite SWAT operator, think fast and put your tactics to the test to master a series of missions and save lives. Summon your team of up to four players in online and local co-op, or hone your skills solo. Don’t just be the best—be the best of the best.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Police Stories.
Ranked #7 for Police Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Police Stories.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Police Stories.
Ranked #8 for Police Stories fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Police Stories.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
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Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Police Stories.
Reviewers of Police Stories cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Police Stories.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Door Kickers
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Police Stories.
Reviewers of Police Stories cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Police Stories.
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Ready or Not
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Police Stories.
Reviewers of Police Stories cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Police Stories.
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
SWAT
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Police Stories cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Police Stories.
Combines FPS & TPS. It puts players against some of them. And the winning team gets points and coins. There are 3 game modes. There are many weapons to pick up.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Police Stories at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Police Stories on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Police Stories.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Police Stories on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Police Stories.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Police Stories on Steam right now. Shares Action with Police Stories.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Police Stories on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Police Stories.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Police Stories on Steam right now. Shares Action with Police Stories.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Police Stories.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Police Stories.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Police Stories.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Police Stories.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Police Stories.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Police Stories.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Police Stories.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Other recommendable Steam games by HypeTrain Digital, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Voidtrain
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Police Stories.
Another title from HypeTrain Digital, the studio behind Police Stories. Shares Action and Indie with Police Stories.
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Police Stories: The Academy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Police Stories.
Another title from HypeTrain Digital, the studio behind Police Stories. Shares Action and Strategy with Police Stories.
Welcome, trainee! Use tactics and special equipment to become a true cop in the free version of Police Stories: The Academy. Neutralize criminals, search for clues and find a "rat" in the police station alone or in co-op with a partner.
Police Stories 2
WHY THIS
Another title from HypeTrain Digital, the studio behind Police Stories. Shares Action and Strategy with Police Stories.
Serve the law. Protect the innocent. Command the grittiest precinct in town in Police Stories 2 - a brutal tactical top-down shooter where arrest is the goal, force is the last resort, and every decision has an outcome.
Frequently asked about Police Stories
- Does Police Stories run on Steam Deck?
- Police Stories is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Police Stories cost?
- Police Stories is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Police Stories have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Police Stories supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Police Stories?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Police Stories are Police Stories: The Academy, Door Kickers: Action Squad, Police Stories 2.
- Who developed Police Stories?
- Police Stories was developed by HypeTrain Digital.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Police Stories.
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