Games like Contraband Police
If Contraband Police is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Slaverian Trucker, Parking Lot Simulator: Car Collector and Code Name Teacher — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its addictive gameplay loop, blends bureaucracy with chaos and immersive. 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 →Contraband Police is a first-person simulation set in a 1980s communist state where players manage a border checkpoint. Developed by Crazy Rocks and published by PlayWay S.A., the game tasks players with inspecting documents, searching vehicles for contraband, managing daily procedural events, and transporting prisoners while surviving occasional shootouts. Players describe the experience as immersive and tense, highlighting how the blend of meticulous bureaucracy with unexpected chaos creates a uniquely engaging gameplay loop. The game features open-ended checkpoint customization and replayability driven by emergent stories. It released in 2023 at $29.99 USD, is verified on Steam Deck, and holds a 96% positive rating from over 10,000 Steam reviews alongside a Metacritic score of 77. The lengthy campaign presents a challenging experience for players seeking a methodical management simulation.
About Contraband Police: Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.
Players who liked Contraband Police also play
Steam players who put hours into Contraband Police 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.
The Slaverian Trucker
WHY THIS
Top pick for Contraband Police fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
The Slaverian Trucker is a Survival/Truck/Life simulator game. Make enough money to survive and expand your wealth in the harsh semi-post apocalyptic lands of Slaveria, doing legal and illegal work, while maintaining, fixing, building, repairing, tuning your trucks, cars and other vehicles.
Parking Lot Simulator: Car Collector
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Contraband Police fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
Start as a valet parking cars and work your way up to becoming a legendary car collector! Park customer's vehicles quickly and safely, earn tips, and expand your parking lot to build the most prestigious business in town.
Code Name Teacher
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Contraband Police fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Contraband Police.
As an undercover cop, you'll infiltrate a criminal organization to bring it down. As a teacher, your mission is to stop the gang in school and the neighborhood! Your choices shape the story, relationships, and outcomes. The decisions are yours.
City Bus Simulator 2024
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Contraband Police fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Contraband Police.
Embark on the ultimate urban adventure in City Bus Simulator 2024, where the bustling streets are your playground and the city's pulse beats through every road. Get ready to take the wheel of detailed buses, transporting passengers through a dynamic metropolis teeming with endless possibilities!
Sandalwood Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Contraband Police fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Contraband Police.
Sandalwood Simulator is a sandalwood smuggling game where players cut and transport valuable sandalwood to the black market while avoiding constant danger. Outsmart police checkpoints, survive sudden raids, and defend yourself against rival gangs determined to stop, capture, or eliminate you.
Alaskan Road Truckers
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Contraband Police.
Ranked #6 for Contraband Police fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Contraband Police.
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Border Patrol Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Contraband Police fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Contraband Police.
Step into the role of a border patrol officer, where every decision matters! Manage security, investigate suspicious travelers, and utilize advanced tools in a dynamic, high-stakes environment.
Jeepney Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Contraband Police fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Contraband Police.
Embrace your inner jeepney driver! Pick up passengers, calculate change, and weave through traffic in this Filipino-made driving game. Feed your family, customize your jeepneys, and unlock more rides! Don't forget to bring your towel!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Contraband Police
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Papers, Please
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Contraband Police.
Reviewers of Contraband Police cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Contraband Police.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
That's not my Neighbor
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Contraband Police.
Reviewers of Contraband Police cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Contraband Police.
It's 1955, and for unknown reasons, doppelgangers are more common than usual. Therefore, the Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.) has taken action. You are the doorman of an apartment complex, and you must decide whether to let in those who claim to be your neighbors.
Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Contraband Police.
Reviewers of Contraband Police cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Contraband Police.
The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.
Serial Cleaner
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Contraband Police.
Reviewers of Contraband Police cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Contraband Police.
Slip on your flares, grab your shades and hop in your station wagon, it's time to work… as a professional mob cleaner. In this stylish award winning 2D action-stealth game you have to make sure you get in, clean up and get out without leaving a trace - Queue the funky 70s inspired soundtrack!
Border Bots VR
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Contraband Police.
Reviewers of Contraband Police cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Contraband Police.
As a human border agent, you begin a new role as a booth operator at an AI travel border. Interact and check over a variety of robots as they try to get through security.
Death and Taxes
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Contraband Police cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Contraband Police.
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Thief Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Contraband Police.
Reviewers of Contraband Police cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with Contraband Police.
The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!
Ravenous Devils
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Contraband Police cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Contraband Police at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Contraband Police on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Contraband Police on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Contraband Police on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Contraband Police.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Contraband Police on Steam right now. Shares Action with Contraband Police.
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.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Contraband Police on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Contraband Police.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Contraband Police on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with Contraband Police.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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.
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 and Adventure with Contraband Police.
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 with Contraband Police.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Contraband Police.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Contraband Police.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Contraband Police.
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 Contraband Police.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Contraband Police
- Is Contraband Police verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Contraband Police is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Contraband Police cost?
- Contraband Police is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Contraband Police?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Contraband Police are The Slaverian Trucker, Parking Lot Simulator: Car Collector, Code Name Teacher.
- Who developed Contraband Police?
- Contraband Police was developed by Crazy Rocks and published by PlayWay S.A..
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