Contraband Police Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-09-10
- Fun and engaging gameplay
- Variety in mechanics and content
- Well-received story and choices
- Repetitive and boring gameplay
- Problematic driving and vehicle controls
- Short story lacking depth
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 25,726
- Positive
- 24,44295.0%
- Negative
- 1,2845.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,908,017
- Estimated revenue
- $57,221,430
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 390.84%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,893
- Estimated revenue lost
- $86,761
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 400.9% Avg playtime 1h | 711.5% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 2074.5% Avg playtime 16.2h | 4,30093.1% Avg playtime 33.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 11.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 213.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,281.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
4,618 total
Organic purchasers4,43396.0%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations1854.01%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
4,618 total
First impression0-2h1854.01%
Voted up: 72%
Mid game2-10h1,67936.4%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h1,46231.7%
Voted up: 96%
Endgame20h+1,29228.0%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
81.3%
Global baseline 94.7%
32 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 25,726 total.