Contraband Police

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. It seems to be inspired by the popular video game Papers, Please, which has a similar premise.

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.