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Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (OpenCritic) | – | 71 | 10 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 82% | 76 | 1000 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | – | 0 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 76% | 71 | 10 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 28 reviews sampled · 22 total reviews in window · weighted 14.7 up / 4.7 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (33)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
- 60
“Not quite an arresting adventure, but there's some cop genre fun to be had if you can stand the outdated attitudes.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“All in all while it got off to a bit of a slow start, once I eased into my daily routine I found the game to be pretty fascinating, and certainly not quite like anything I’ve played...”
read full review ↗ - 60
“Beat Cop is a strong effort to create a compelling police-themed adventure. ”
read full review ↗ - 75
“If sometime before you wanted to be a cop, this is the game to have! You get to realize that it’s not all justice and donuts in the force. I love how this game downplays their dark humor. This is something your mother will not like to hear. These characters don’t talk anyway. It’s really just a short-lived gameplay where completion will only take around 7-10 hours at best. Unless you want to end every single game day as perfect as you could, then you might finish the game a little later. The Story itself is quite slow but it is intriguing enough to endure.”
read full review ↗ - 60
“I feel like this is the kind of game I should have picked up for the PC after all and just powered through, or even for the Switch. It feels like a game I want to chip away at over time rather than sit in front of my sofa and devote hours of my attention to it in one go. The story is good though the gameplay can feel a little flat at times and given the fact you can fail so easily just by taking the orders of the game, it can feel somewhat disjointed.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“Like Police Quest meets Papers, Please on a grim day.”
read full review ↗ - 50
“Beat Cop is one perp that's best approached with caution.”
read full review ↗ - 60
“Beat Cop delivers the experience of a 1980s-style police action movie, with heavy doses of irony and unreal comedy added on top of it. The result is a game that is fun and a marvel to look at, even if some of its elements can get confusing and repetitive at times.”
read full review ↗ - 65
“Half enjoyable adventure, half clunky mess, Beat Cop is a talented rookie in need of a long talk with HR.”
read full review ↗ - 50
“Beat Cop has its fun moments, patrolling the streets and meeting ticket quotas might not sound entertaining, but there’s a certain zen to it. However, Beat Cop is full of missteps, from its odd, juvenile/racist tone to the plethora of bugs that plague it.”
read full review ↗ - 50
“Grab Beat Cop if you’re looking for something very easy to learn and don’t mind a bit of mind-numbing repetition. But if you’re looking for something with a rich story and replayability, you’d better look elsewhere.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“A wild game that manages to retain all the glamour of the 80's while being still funny and deep. Maybe it may have some technical flaws, but still works.”
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Patch history
- Beat Cop Update 1.1.747Nov 13, 2017
- Beat Cop Update 1.1.747Nov 13, 2017
- Version 1.0.610 is now live!Apr 14, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- Version 1.0.610 is now live!Apr 14, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- New update 1.0.602 available!Apr 7, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- New update 1.0.602 available!Apr 7, 2017
- Update! New languages and fixes!Apr 4, 2017
- Update! New languages and fixes!Apr 4, 2017
- New update 1.0.585 available now!Mar 31, 2017
- New update 1.0.585 available now!Mar 31, 2017
- Beat Cop is available now!Mar 30, 2017significant · resets scoring window