
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.
Modeled estimate, not a reported figure. How we estimate →
Prices
The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
Prices
Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
Every market we collect.
Charts
Each storefront's own chart, in its own country — the closest public signal to sales where none is published. A country missing from a list is one we don't collect there, not one where the game doesn't chart.
No United States chart position — it charts only in the markets below.
Latest in each market: best RU #95, worst PL #98 · 2 markets collected
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 5/day in the week to Aug 14 → 15.57/day in the week after.
About
The year is 1981, and as a young officer trainee, you are assigned to work at a border post in the mountainous region of Karikatka. Entry into the Acarist People's Republic is strictly regulated by the party and your every move is monitored! The situation at the border escalates when your comrade is killed during one of the interventions...
Document control
Every visitor must have a set of valid documents. Even the slightest discrepancy means refusal of entry. Over time, the number of documents will increase and errors will be more difficult to detect.
Smuggling detection
Our intelligence regularly provides information about suspicious drivers. Search their vehicles using a UV flashlight and then use the appropriate tools to extract the smuggled goods. No amount of contraband should cross the border!
Shootouts
In some situations you will be forced to use firearms. Your station is a constant target for Oberankov's gang attacks, and every away mission carries the risk of a clash with the enemy.
Police chases
Desperate smugglers may attempt to escape from the control zone. It is your duty to stop and arrest them! Buy and upgrade police cars to improve the effectiveness of your pursuit.
Post management
Upgrade your police station to increase its defenses and improve subsequent inspections. However, keep in mind the rising cost of maintaining your station. Successful inspections, foiled smuggling and successful interventions are a few ways to earn cash.
Special assignments
Always be ready to intervene in an emergency. Solve crime puzzles, support your comrades and thwart the Blood Fist rebels. Make decisions that will determine the future of Acaristan.
Genres
Add-ons
Each DLC is estimated with the same model as a game, then summed — a modeled figure, not reported DLC sales.
Sums Steam only; PlayStation publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $29.99 | 25.8Kreviews | 95% | — | $24.1M |
| $29.99 | 2.2Kratings | 86% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 1154 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
Literally just Papers Please but in higher resolution. 10/10. Glory to Arstotzka
Мне понравилась игра. И дела не в том что она научила как обнаружить пару кило порошка в машине, а как их спрятать.
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For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 25 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 10 places towards #1, and the 2,413 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Japanese +6 more
Hours played at review time, across 1.2K reviews with recorded playtime.
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amazing game, but do not turn on volumetric lighting unless you want your pc to turn into a space heater. 80C and 96% util on a 5090 is absolutely absurd.
i bought a gun on my second day on the job and shot my coworker and then i played this game and did the same thing 10/10 would recommend
上任局长被腐败,如今我来接他班。 辛辛苦苦十三年,只为武装边境站。 黑恶势力把头拜,正常通行塞小费。 每日悠哉摇椅中,耳内却是金银声。 优秀局长年年有,中饱私囊二十载。 即便退休离岗去,也把亲信推向前。 如今我是本地蛇,哪有黑恶逢生处。 青天白日大老爷,如今名为柯里昂。
If you like papers please but want to feel more involved in everything, this game is legitimately that. You check documents, chase criminals, upgrade buildings, and decide which side of the fight to join. Genuinely addictive and fun gameplay loop made even better by having separate missions for separate endings. Highly recommend.
Really awesome game, like papers please but 3D. My main gripe with this game however is that it doesn't have the character or pazazz that papers please had. What you see is what you get, and that's it. No funny or interesting or memorable characters, just repetitive stocky characters that repeat the same voice lines over and over again. the game runs well.
Игра очень понравилась! Отпахал смену на благо Родины. Слава Акаристану!
Highly immersive and has a satisfying gameplay loop, a true boon for the now established Soviet Border Inspector genre (sole other member is Papers, Please.) Even though the game is GPU heavy it still runs on ultra on my 10 year old card.
Great game very addicting and im excited for the crimson fall DLC to come out
Active players
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Players by region
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