🚔 The Precinct: Frequently Asked Questions

[Kwalee Gaming 🎮]

The Game

🚨 What is ‘The Precinct’?
A single-player top-down open-world arcade-action police game, set in a fictional metropolitan US city, in the 1980’s.

🚨 Who is the developer?
Fallen Tree Games.

🚨 Who is the publisher?
Kwalee.

🚨 When will it be released?
The Precinct will release on May 13th 2025.

🚨 What platforms will it be available for?
Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S

🚨 What do you do in the game?
The player will face a variety of procedural crimes, ranging from bank robberies to parking tickets. The player chooses which Callouts to respond to, and how to deal with them. By doing good police work (successful pursuits etc), the player earns Support Tokens. These can be 'spent', on Callouts, to request back-up, spike strips, roadblocks etc.

🚨 Is this a sim?
This is an action-focused experience that is heavily influenced by the style, feel and tone of 1980’s cop shows and movies. The game will recreate those thrilling chases, shootouts and thrills of those fictional stories. We consult with a veteran NYPD officer (who served in this era), however, the game is not intended to be an exact depiction of real police work. Nevertheless, role-players will enjoy the open-world exploration aspects of the game, as well as 'low-intensity' tasks such as parking tickets etc.

🚨Is there a story?
Yes, there is a story.

🚨 What will the price be?
The price will be announced on release.

Features

🚨 Will there be co-op or multiplayer?
No. The Precinct is being made by a small developer team, who are focused on delivering a seamless and enjoyable single-player experience.

🚨 Can I be a bad cop?
No. The player is encouraged to ‘play by the rules’. Repeated breaches of conduct will result in disciplinary action, but the game will take into account the incident you were dealing with at the time - we don't want to diminish the arcade fun aspect of the game.

🚨 Do you have a partner?
Yes. He follows the player and supports him.

🚨 Does the game feature SWAT/ESU?
You can call in an ESU-type van containing ESU-type officers which are better armoured. There are no plans for these units to have special abilities or tactics, but they will be better armed and better armoured. You cannot play as a these units.

🚨 Are there building interiors?
Most of the gameplay takes place outdoors, but there are a small number of building interiors to visit during open gameplay and as part of the story.

🚨 Will there be a first-person / third-person camera?
No. The game was designed to be top-down only.

🚨 Can I do detective work and solve puzzles?
No. You are a beat cop dealing with day-to-day incidents on the street, and larger themes as part of the story.

🚨 Will the PC version support modding?
No.

🚨 Can I customize my character?
This feature is not planned for launch, but we'll keep you updated if that changes post-launch.

🚨 Can I customize my vehicle?
Not planned for launch, but there are a selection of vehicles than can be unlocked as you progress through the game.

Other Questions

🚨 Can I volunteer to be a tester?
There are no current plans for closed / open testing.

🚨 I'm a content creator. How can I get involved with The Precinct?

We'll be running all of our influencer campaigns via Lurkit and Drope.me, so please sign up via those platforms and you will be notified if your application is successful. We receive a high volume of creator requests every week, so we cannot accept applications via any other channels besides Lurkit and/or Drope.me.

🚨 How big is the developer team?
Fallen Tree Games are an indie developer, based in the UK. Currently they comprise of 5 members.

🚨 Is this a sequel to American Fugitive?
No, but it is the same universe, so observant officers may find some related Easter Eggs 🙂

🚨 What languages will the game support?
The current plan is for the game interface and subtitles to support the following languages:
English
French
German
Spanish - Spain
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese - Brazil
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Please note that the voice-over audio will be in English only.

[Mike]

Is a controller mandatory? (game says it is on launch but that's super weird)

[Didjos]

Publicado originalmente por CptPropane:

is there a button to holster your weapon? seemed kinda odd to me that I had to run with my baton all over the city

We need this feature i agree !

[Skykhan]

turkish lang pls

[Square]

Not supporting mods should be re-thought out, I think this game would benefit from them in the long run.

[jonnybeta9]

How do you play? The demo won't even load...it's stuck on the loading screen. Not a good first impression!

[Yokuho]

Hey, I'm here to beg for you guys to reconsider the third-person camera. I enjoyed the demo, but I don't enjoy the top-down camera.

[Mac]

Seems pretty linear. No bad cop choices, no character customization, no actual detective work. Shame.

[笑润初颜]

想要一个降低难度的提示犯罪的开关，不是谁一上来就能背下条条框框，可以吗？
Just have a crime alert switch that reduces the difficulty, not everyone can memorize the rules and regulations from the beginning, is that okay？

[ReaperLord]

Could you give us a teaser on the most destructive weapons available in the game?

[m有同桌]

Please speed up the production of the game! Thank you, I'm really looking forward to it

[Transmental Me]

Please add the choice to be a female cop, really not interested in playing a guy.

[nunzio.caruso]

Italian please...

[IndianaJones]

Publicado originalmente por Didjos:

Publicado originalmente por CptPropane:

is there a button to holster your weapon? seemed kinda odd to me that I had to run with my baton all over the city

We need this feature i agree !

Same issue here, I can't holster a weapon, playing with keyboard and mouse. I haven't seen any option in control remapping either.

[Wicked]

But why not optional tps and fps view?

[@Kakkuritsa]

Publicado originalmente por Kwalee Gaming 🎮:

The Game

can you gift me thise game and i show you some bags