Police Simulation Games! Where Are They? 

When i started looking into law enforcement games like Ready or Not, i always wondered why games like this never show up anymore. In my opinion, i think it comes down to two reasons. 1. The genre is so niche that major game dev studios don't see it a a worthwhile investment for the money. 2. Controversy. It may be a shot in the dark, but i feel like when it comes to serious topics like what Ready or Not does, major AAA devs only see the possible backlash from activists/angry parents/politicians tearing them to shreds and even threatening lawsuits.

One honourable mention should be Shadows of Doubt. Technically you play as a PI, not a detective but it has some seriously impressive depth to its investigation mechanics.

LSPDFR was so fun, but you are right. It takes so much time and effort to make sure all files are up to date and compatible with each other. It takes more work to get the game running before you can actually play it.

Also, police sim patrol officers got an expansion with pursuits.

I hope GTA 6 expands on this idea where in GTA online people can choose to be a cop or a criminal instead of blowing up people with tanks and oppressors (though it is quite fun) essentially making the game more immersive

Flashing Lights is another good sim on the market right now. Only downsides are lack of NPCs, small server size, and generally small player base but it has a lot of the features of FiveM and LSPDFR

The Precinct looks amazing! Love the top down view and retro vibe. Definitely getting it when it comes out.

NOT a sim game but police stories is a pretty fun top down shooter!

This video came up as i closed out my unreal engine project that is exactly this. As a huge LSPDFR & now Ready or Not fan, ive longed for a game like this too. & Seeing your vid pop up as soon as i stopped working for tbe night made me instantly reopen the project & get back to work. The world needs this kind of game & i too really want to play a game thats like LSPDFR but a fully & smoothly working game. Will keep you posted.

SO TRUE! The only game i see coming is The Precinct i feel like there should be more games exploring the dire sentences and circumstances officers find themselves in.

The True Crime Series is a fun game that is a bit older but still a fun game

Hey OfficialInvictus what about "Responding" by Visionary Studios its a game where you can play EMS/FIRE/POLICE its set in NYC.

have you play Police Simulator: Patrol Officers as of late? must of the stuff you said dont happen is in the game if anything it over packed right now lol

I do feel like RP servers on fiveM get a bad rep because of the many many horrible P2W public servers out there, but the real gems are in the gated communities that vet their members and provide actual training and a robust set of rules and competent staff teams to keep everything from becoming chaotic. I play on DOJRP and Oceanside RP and recommend both to any interested.

i totally agree with u on mentioning that fivem is the best out there to practice policing and enjoy it but sadly lately most fivem servers as u also mentioned do favor crims over cops and vise versa with the new habit of making profit instead of having fun... ive been on fivem for 3 years now and i keep bouncing between servers because of the play to win mentality that most players have

This is the police is a cool game, instead of being a police officer you are the police chief

I just have no interest in the genre myself for shooter games. I think an open world detective game like "Shadows of Doubt" would be a better police sim.

Responding is an upcoming game, check it out.

Regarding roleplaying servers, there is GTA world. It's written roleplay. One of the pros, is it calms the pace in the majority of scenes. :)

Battlefield Hardline Multiplayer will always be my favorite police themed game

Look into a WIP Police simulator called Responding. It looks like a really great police game being made in Unreal Engine 5

Hey Invictus, have you seen the third person mod on nexus for RoN ? Would you be interested to cover it ? Love the content

where can i download the mod of bodycam for ready or not?

The 5M server sounds good. Hope the scripts are cool

I tried suggesting to police simulator: patrol officers in their discord to add action, but they got mad at me

I will say for PSPO, even though it's personally not very high on my enjoyed games; They have added Vehicle Pursuits in the newest update that came alongside the Highway Patrol expansion, as well as felony stops. Still no shootouts, unfortunately; but at least there's more fun stuff than chasing a guy down the street for 1-2 minutes max. Edit; PSPO takes place in Boston, but your point still does hold ground.

Hi, good vid, and a lot of question about cop game simulator, but however this is a little list of "cop game" -'Shadows of Doubt : good but minecraft design style -'The precinct : maybe the most interesting. Look like the old but incredible Urban Chaos. -'Responding: I don't like the animation, and still in WIP, but why not. - Unrecord ? Still in WIP, dev in unreal Engine 5... -police storie: top down shooter.

Police Simulator: Patrol Officers is set in a fictionalized version of Boston, MA. Regardless, the USA setting implies US law enforcement experience but we don't get that or at least, it doesn't feel like it. The devs have also expressed their hesitance in even depicting (not just using) firearms in the past as well. Which calls into question why not set the game in the UK instead of the USA if guns are not intended to be used at all, save for felony stops which have been added as part of the recent DLC and update. The community seems to be split on that topic too with some discussions devolving into a gun debate with a unhealthy dose of Europe vs USA culture clash mixed in. Its kinda a shame since it is the closest thing to a good, retail police sim. Still fun to play but not holding my breath on any... ballistic content in the future.

I would love to see a game like GTA but the story as an police officer. Like Sleeping Dogs.

Police 1013 was a good concept. It sucks matt decided to do whatever he did and canceled it.

Don't forget Robocop: Rouge City

What about "flashing lights"

i play lspdfr and its amazing

that lady at 9:10 should have become the prime suspect. green can go, for all I care. lol

Have you tried True Crime: New York City? I would argue this game is barely have any simulation genre ad very lacking in investigation aspect. But for a PS2 era game its a good open world GTA style police game. You can upgrade your equipment from standard issue pistol, stun gun, bean bag, to fully automatic rifle from local gun store or even flamethrower and rocket launcher. Or learn martial arts like wushu and karate. or Buy new car from your station or buy from local car dealer and upgrade it to unmarked police vehicle and many things that you buy for your own operation. Basically many customable option and playing style in this game. However being a killer frenzy or corrupt cop will punish you and NYPD will not stay quite about your action either. It's a fun game and I think forgotten a lot as a police game. Too bad there's no PC port for this game

You should take a look at Responding! It’s WIP, but looks promising.

Bro, you forgot to mention True Crime New York City for PS2 lol. It's a LA Noire type of game BUT modern! Old game but still dope in terms of police simulation open world type! More action packs for sure than LA Noire BUT still holds up as simulation where you never even HAVE to play the story mode in order to fully patrol Manhathan on random callouts lol. This is definitely the only open world simulation police AAA game we ever got set in modern days. My favorite open world police simulator game is Police Pursuit Mod for GTA 4 though lol. This is point blank my favorite so far. Mainly because this MOD consist of SHIT-TON of shootouts and car chase LOL! I uploaded a video on this too about a year ago. P.S True Crime New York City game definitely should have been mentioned there though.

you should have a look at the game responding

I'm not gonna lie you can make a good roleplay game on roblox

Same goes for video games about gangs. Almost none.

I believe RON not only had a controversy surrounding school shooting level, but also was accused by some media outlets of being copaganda. I guess that's why most AAA studios stay away from this topic, because you either make half baked game that will please the journalists and make players quickly loose interes or media will eat you alive for trying to make realistic depiction of Police work. That leaves us with few smaller studios trying to make proper game with limited resources.

mostly fivem is 16-18 plus sadly thats why i dont play it (anyone know fivem servers that let people play who are 13-15)

Do you think it would be possible for a society to exist safely WITHOUT some form of police force? Maybe if the society prioritized fixing problems and guiding citizens correctly instead of punishing wrongdoers? Or will there always be shitbags no matter what?

PSPO just drop a new update with new dlc that's just make me reinstall the game lol

Anyone remember 10:13 lol

RoN is not a police simulation. It is an awesome game, but it's also somewhat of a power fantasy for cops [not that cops would need that, they can just abuse random civs on the streets after all].

before 100 views im so good

Your claim that there are no competitors for Ready or Not simply isn't true. While it isn't based on the American SWAT, and lacking in budget compared to RoN, you still have Zero Hour which is based around the SWAT equivalent found in Bangladesh. Zero Hour may lack I'm graphics compared to RoN and it may fall short in some other areas too but despite this ZH possesses many more features ranging from a PvP multiplayer mode on top of coop, the option to locate and turn off breaker boxes to kill the lights and even the ability to utilise a K-9. This is just to name a few of the features which ZH brings to the table over RoN and while I'm not bothered about the PvP, it does give more tactical options in terms of gameplay. I've previously tried getting into FiveM but I've long since given up. Between trying to find a high quality server and meeting the frequently required application requirements I just couldn't muster the interest. From what I saw a lot of servers want 100+ hours in FiveM as a regular player, arguing that this indicative of RP experience and disregarding all else. I appreciate wanting to try and ensure a certain quality of player within a server but I had no interest in spending 100 hours in low to medium quality servers which were rarely too dissimilar to the usual chaos of GTA online. I did play LSPDFR was enjoyable for a while but actually getting it all running with all the mods was a complete nightmare as a direct result of Rockstar's anti-community attitude towards modders. I echo looking forward to The Precinct, it looks to hit a lot of checkboxes for me and I love the choice time period for the game.