Airport Contraband vs Contraband Police
Pick the tropical roguelite if you want staff to die and be replaced. Pick the 2023 border post if you want a finished, heavily reviewed shift.
Contraband Police, from Crazy Rocks, came out on 8 Mar 2023. Its current US Steam price was $29.99 on 30 Oct 2026; this is not a claim about its 2023 launch price. On 30 Oct 2026 its store page showed 10,746 English-language reviews with 95% positive, and about 94% positive over the recent month. Airport Contraband had 42 reviews and 83% positive the same day, which is a launch-week sample, not a verdict. A gaming.rip piece the day after launch called DRAGO's game a cross between Papers, Please and Contraband Police. That sentence is the reviewer's, not the studio's.
| Airport Contraband | Contraband Police | |
|---|---|---|
| Release | 28 Oct 2026 | 8 Mar 2023 |
| Studio | DRAGO entertainment | Crazy Rocks |
| US price | $19.99, intro $17.99 | $29.99 |
| Place | Caldora, a tropical island, present day | A fictional 1980s communist border |
| Structure | Roguelite officers, permanent perks after a firing | A single border-post campaign |
| English-language reviews that day | 42, 83% positive | 10,746, 95% positive |
| Multiplayer | Single-player in the current Steam listing | Store tag is single-player as well |
Crazy Rocks has a Crimson Fall entry on the store. I did not copy a price for it, so it stays off this table. Mod and multiplayer searches for Contraband Police are that game's own topic; I am not going to sketch them from memory. If the name you wanted was Airport Contraband Police, that is a third studio entirely.
Questions people ask
Which one is newer?
Airport Contraband, 28 Oct 2026. Contraband Police is from 8 Mar 2023.
Which one has more reviews?
Contraband Police, by a huge margin: 10,746 versus 42 English-language reviews in the 30 Oct 2026 Steam snapshot.
Sources checked 2026-10-30
- Contraband Police store page — date, price, review count
- Airport Contraband store page — date, price, review count
- gaming.rip review — Papers, Please comparison, 29 Oct 2026