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A retro, pixel art style adventure in New York, inspired by ’80s cop shows. You are Jack Kelly and you’ve been framed for murder. Now as a regular beat cop you have to find out, who did that. Expect thick crime story, a lot of black humour and all the other things you can find on the streets of Brooklyn.

Release DateMar 30, 2017
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83% (positive) / 83%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.3% Top 20% / 80.5%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)4K  Top 5% / 5.2K  Top 5%
Curators151 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time8.2 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar33 minutes
Followers25.9K  Top 5%
Owners± 691.2K  Top 4%
Copies Sold± 412K  Top 4%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.9M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Beat Cop steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Beat Cop's Steam rating and reviews between March 2017 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 97.1% (March 2017) to 82.5% (October 2021).

With 5.2K reviews Top 5%, Beat Cop is an AAA level success. There is a peak in November 2017 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Beat Cop and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Beat Cop's reviewers. The most popular language is English (27%), followed by Turkish (15%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 27 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 12 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Beat Cop percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Beat Cop, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is decent, reaching 14 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.1 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Feels like a cop drama
  • Dark and gritty story surrounded with adult humour
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Looks the part with nicely done pixel art visuals
  • Engaging characters
  • Great 80s TV show-like
  • Fun gameplay
  • Unique side quests
  • Nice indie game
  • Entertaining and easy going process
  • Some tasks aren't very clear as to what you need to do
  • A bit too strict on how much you have to earn in a short period
  • Over-the-top dark humor gets annoying
  • Main storyline not that great
  • Cheesy dialogue
  • Limitations that heavily bothered me
  • Alignment issues are annoying
  • Monotonous gameplay, encounters, and dialogue
  • Writing is atrociously amateur
  • Blatantly racist and offensive

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 83% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Beat Cop's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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