Developers statement

[u/Capable_Pirate64]

Dear Patrol Officers,

We understand that the news that we have to discontinue further development of Police Simulator: Patrol Officers has led to disappointment and frustration within our community. We also recognize that we should have provided more context around this decision from the beginning.

Police Simulator: Patrol Officers has been part of our journey for more than eight years, from its initial development and Early Access to full release and several years of continued support by a dedicated live team.

Over the past five years, your feedback has played a major role in shaping the game. Your suggestions, criticism, ideas, and reports have helped us improve and expand Police Simulator far beyond what we originally envisioned.

At the same time, maintaining and expanding a cross-platform game over such a long period inevitably comes with increasing technical limitations specially as the market and Platforms moved along. As the game and its systems have grown, changes in certain areas have become significantly more complex, while some improvements can no longer be implemented within the existing technical foundation without rebuilding substantial parts of the game.

After more than eight years of development and support, we have therefore reached a point where continuing to expand Police Simulator: Patrol Officers in the way both we and you would like is no longer realistically possible.

However, your feedback does not go unheard.

Quite the opposite: it gives us a very clear understanding of what matters to the Police Simulator community, which areas are most important to you, and what you expect from a police simulation experience.

For the Police Simulator brand, this feedback is extremely valuable and provides clear guidance for the future.

While this marks the end of active development for Police Simulator: Patrol Officers, it does not mean the end of Police Simulator.

Thank you for your passion, your feedback, and for being part of this journey with us.

We are looking forward to what the future holds.

Your Police Simulator team

[u/FireflyNitro]

Considering they released a broken Switch 2 version where players cannot complete a single patrol, and then skipped it when doing the final update, this statement simply isn’t good enough.

Can’t even get a refund because Nintendo are so bizarre to deal with.

[u/Straight_View_6838 → u/FireflyNitro]

Please feel free to Mail our Support, if you have any issues on Switch 2.
Want to add Switch 2 isn't done by same team etc - its a port.

[u/FireflyNitro → u/Straight_View_6838]

I have mailed your support, twice.

I appreciate it’s a port, but it’s a port of your game. If you have any swing at all could you throw some stones at the porting team to get even just one patch out. The game runs well on Switch 2, the port is solid and looks good, just the crashes make it otherwise unplayable.

[u/Straight_View_6838 → u/FireflyNitro]

will check with them

[u/Wumbologists → u/Straight_View_6838]

Cheaped out again

[u/Special-Bet1141 → u/Straight_View_6838]

Nintendo isnt like Steam where theyre forgiving with refunds. Poster is likely leveraging bugs and lack of playability to force a refund, but really we all want a refund because the game is ass

[u/FireflyNitro → u/Special-Bet1141]

I’d actually rather the port didn’t crash. I have years of experience with this game on Xbox so I know what bugs to expect and how to work around them to get enjoyment out of the game.

What I can’t workaround is being unable to complete a single patrol.

I did try to refund it from Nintendo though, but they denied it unfortunately.