About the Game
You are Officer Nick Cordell Jr. As a rookie beat cop fresh out of the Academy, you’re on the front line of defence for Averno’s citizens. Dive into a world of thrilling car chases, sandbox crimes, and a healthy dose of 1980s noir as you protect the populace and solve the mystery of your father’s murder in the line of duty.
Take to the Streets
A love letter to classic cop movies, The Precinct combines police sim with action sandbox spectacle. Patrol the streets and respond to callouts to fight criminals petty and powerful. Choose your own tactics in thrilling chases and shootouts. Feel the shifting power struggles of Averno's gangs in a living city full of sandbox crimes, from parking infractions to bank heists, street racing to drug deals.
Hot Pursuit
Speed through the city in intense car and helicopter chases and pursue your mark through twisting alleyways before bringing them to justice. There's no need to be a lone wolf: You've got Averno's Finest backing you up, with an in-depth support system that allows you to call in squad cars, roadblocks, spike strips, and more.
A Sleepless City
Explore the ever-shifting criminal underbelly of Averno City. Deal with yuppies, bums, street vendors and furious taxi drivers from the Projects to the Financial District. Chase perps through neon-lit alleys, rain-soaked streets, and grand, decaying parklands, all subject to a day/night cycle and dynamic weather. This is the 1980s East Coast in all its neon-noir glory.
Key Features
Explore a vibrant, living city by foot, squad car and helicopter
Respond to sandbox crimes ranging from parking violations to gang shootouts
Engage in intense vehicle chases through destructible environments
Go it alone or call in backup with an in-depth support system
Investigate the gangs who rule the city and the dark conspiracies keeping them in control
Day/night cycle with dynamic weather
Screenshots
17 images
Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Following our More Customization update, we have a hotfix for some minor bugs 🚔
Fixed helicopter spotlights
Fixed ambulances and coroner vans not spawning as roaming traffic
Disabled interior gumball for concealed lights with marked vehicles
Enabled concealed lights for twin lightbars
Fixed burglars occasionally standing idle outside of buildings
Fixed vehicles being driveable during race countdown
Fixed flares being always enabled on ambulances
Fix for concealed lights being possible with incorrect lightbar on spawned player car
Fix for criminal thinking they were on foot in carjacked vehicles
Thank you so much to all of the players who reported these bugs and helped us resolve them!
[img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44021626/fa42d7ffc919de89de3e9a1b2ba60596773b7d5e.gif"]
Following our major Ambulance update, we've released this hotfix to clean up some minor bugs.
[img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44021626/f88f8a1f53de0a4f0bf4c6eff7ec4ddf7eff7454.png"]
Fixed multiple stability issues reported by the community
Fix for melee attacks occurring when the baton is holstered
Fix for some issues when holding the aim button while moving the gurney
Fixed the ability to fight the first graffiti suspect during the tutorial sequence
Fixed that K9 could not get out of the water in some circumstances
Fixed Coroners, Paramedics or Police Officers becoming criminals in some situations
Fixed the Hospital and Morgue markers not showing while there is no active mission
Fixed a second gurney spawning after dropping off the current gurney at the Hospital or Morgue.
Fix for multiple gurneys sometimes spawning inside the Ambulance
Fixed K9 sometimes becoming stuck when looking for a stash
Fixed the ability for the player to unholster a weapon when leaving the car
Fixed the responsiveness of the vehicle reversing in low physics mode
Thank you so much to all of the players who reported these bugs and helped us to resolve them!
Attention, rookies!
We appreciate how diligently you have been reporting issues - you are helping keep Averno City safe and under control.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/
We have recently released a hotfix for the following:
- Fixed a number of stability issues reported by the community
Thank you again for taking the time to log your bug reports and help us resolve them!
The only downside of having dogs on your team is they sometimes come with...
FLEAS!
We've been busy behind the scenes squashing these bugs to put together this hotfix following our major K-9 Update.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/
This hotfix contains the following bug fixes:
- The tow truck's amber lights no longer cause civilians to move out of the way
- Fixed getting XP bonus when abandoning a callout and re-engaging as a backup
- Fixed the police dog tracking scents when requested to tackle
- Fixed the mannequin position in one of the story missions
- Fixed several stability issues reported by the community
- Fixed one of the partner lines using placeholder audio
- Another fix for the player being ejected from the car without input
Thank you so much to all of the players who reported these bugs and helped us to resolve them!
This hotfix includes the following:
- Fixed resisting or fleeing suspects becoming 'stuck' after the K-9 detects narcotics
- Fixed suspects becoming invincible under certain conditions
- Fixed the player being ejected from the car without any input
Thank you so much to all of the players who reported these bugs and helped us to resolve them!
Pesky bugs menacing the citizens of Averno?
Averno City Pest Control is on the case!
We've just released a hotfix for the following issues in build number 1.9.20361:
- Fixed a few community-reported stability issues
- Fixed the animation for holding the flashlight and the extinguisher
https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us by providing their feedback and bug reports!
If you do encounter any other bugs or would like to give feedback on your experience of The Precinct so far, we’d love to hear from you either in our Steam Forum or on Discord.
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44021626/fa42d7ffc919de89de3e9a1b2ba60596773b7d5e.gif
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/bb7e23a1085b28d25df050902e1e02b960917525.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/53a9f2fcd1bf24f4e1735dbc90b248bd39572da1.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/1e551f92a20d174c14f449ebd6ef769c2f8de0af.png
A few bugs won't stop us from keeping the streets clean!
The latest patch will mean that The Precinct is now updated to Build 1.9.20284
https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/
Quality of life improvements:
- Added Sergeant rank chevrons to Kelly's left sleeve on the in-game model and both character sprites
- Improved behaviour for the AI-controlled tow trucks
- Police cars can be requested for towing
- Adjusted reverse deadzone
- Added some missing SFX for dropping cars from the crane
- Improvements to crane pickup and dropping sound, to give them more impact
- Red-blue lightbar combinations will always have red on the driver's side
- Updated localisation based on community feedback
- Reduced volume on Astro, Buzzard, Quinzo and Kamara engines
- The ambulance light is now red instead of blue
- AI-controlled tow trucks now turn their siren lights on while towing vehicles
- Carjackers will not attempt to steal cars in tow
- Illegally parked vehicles won’t respawn immediately if a car is towed
- The AI-controlled tow truck will no longer attempt to tow a car if the player decides to tow it himself
- Moved one of the cars that was inaccessible for towing
Bug fixes
- Fixed Erratic Driving crime not appearing on the map
- Fixed the NPC awareness when using the helicopter
- Fixed carjackers getting stuck in a repeating animation when trying to break a window using a knife
- Fixed Kelly incorrectly trying to put suspects in the boot of Station Wagons
- Fixed the siren volume going lower unintentionally
- Fix for some objective items not respawning correctly
- Fixed civilian cars crashing into crushed cubes
- Fixed a potential issue of characters disappearing when spamming tow/untow next to a ladder
- Fixed NPCs sometimes sliding when using tow action
- Fixed the issue where the escorting police officer was not holding the suspect when cuffed
- Fixed blurry textures in the junk yard
- Fixed the tow truck crashing into other vehicles when called in
- Fixed car alarms sometimes not turning off after breaking in
- Further improvements to stability
- Fixed physics issue when towing multiple cars from the garage
- Fix issues with the requested tow truck not navigating correctly through alleyways
- Fix for getting experience for the actions of other police officers
- Fix for Kelly sometimes not being interactable in missions that require talking to him
We've also resolved a security issue recently discovered that affects all games using the Unity engine.
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us by providing their feedback and bug reports!
If you do encounter any other bugs or would like to give feedback on your experience of The Precinct so far, we’d love to hear from you either in our Steam Forum or on Discord.
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44021626/fa42d7ffc919de89de3e9a1b2ba60596773b7d5e.gif
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/bb7e23a1085b28d25df050902e1e02b960917525.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/53a9f2fcd1bf24f4e1735dbc90b248bd39572da1.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/1e551f92a20d174c14f449ebd6ef769c2f8de0af.png
Crime and bugs, we're cleaning up the streets of Averno City.
The latest patch will mean that The Precinct is now updated to Build 1.8.19028
[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/"]
Fixed more instances of user-reported crashes
Support tokens are now added on accepting aggravated burglary, hit and runs and carjackings
Fixed support tokens being cleared when a vehicle escape starts during an aggravated burglary
Fixed one escape vehicle sometimes driving slowly during an aggravated burglary
Fixed cases when callout couldn’t be cancelled during the vehicle chase phase of an aggravated burglary
Fixed siren light reflections on water
The siren tutorial only comes up when the player is in a vehicle now
Improved Kelly navigation in the precinct and during callouts
Fixed Kelly not entering the vehicle in some cases
Fixed placeholder text displayed sometimes during stop-and-frisk callout
Fixed the ammo icon showing on submerged vehicles
Fixed cases of NPCs exiting cars on top of vehicles
Fixed possible camera jitter when escorting a suspect
Fixed an inappropriate breathalyzer XP penalty
Fixed some cases of suspects going invisible
Fixed being able to open the radial menu on some UI screens
Fixed radial menu not closing if the suspect was killed when using it
Fixed some cases which made interactions with the car’s trunk impossible
Fixed support tokens not being accrued or lost when the target criminal is hiding in a dumpster, or when the criminal is fleeing in a car, and the player is on foot
Civilian vehicles pull over for roadblocks/spike strips more often now
Suspects can be placed in a patrol vehicle when they are restrained but not arrested
Fixed solo variants of callout accepted barks not playing properly
Fix for dispatch not announcing numberplate check results in solo mode
Fix for Kelly not moving after the player had used the vehicle customization menu
Fixed mouse cursor teleporting to the centre of the screen when rotating vehicles in the vehicle customization menu
Fixed issue with license plate detail being lost on Cruiser's new liveries
Fix for game/difficulty menus not saving when the “Reset to defaults” button was pressed
Fixed pause screen back selecting the wrong option
Fix for special characters in Brazilian Portuguese displayed in a different font
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us by providing their feedback and bug reports!
If you do encounter any other bugs or would like to give feedback on your experience of The Precinct so far, we’d love to hear from you either in our Steam Forum or on Discord.
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44021626/fa42d7ffc919de89de3e9a1b2ba60596773b7d5e.gif
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/bb7e23a1085b28d25df050902e1e02b960917525.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/53a9f2fcd1bf24f4e1735dbc90b248bd39572da1.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/1e551f92a20d174c14f449ebd6ef769c2f8de0af.png
The bugs don't run this city, we do!
The latest hotfix will mean that The Precinct is now updated to Build 1.6.18465
https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/
Here's a list of all the fixes included in this update:
- Added a “Restore Previous Save” to the Play Game menu, which appears if a backup save is detected. Only use this if you have experienced lost saves, as it will overwrite your current auto-save with the backup save.
- Additional fixes for the helicopter patrol
- Fixed obstacles staying on the road after unlocking the second island
- Improvements for NPC police officers arrest and escort behaviours
- Improvements to Kelly navigation and general behaviour
- Fixed an issue with escort units staying in place after the suspect is arrested
- Player is no longer taking damage from other police officers
- Fixed AI staying in place in some cases when an object was destroyed
- Fixed a number of issues when NPCs were walking away
- Reduced volume and duration on car alarms
- Fixed being able to aim while riding the subway
- Fixed ammo crate UI markers displaying during bank robbery news cutscene
- Fixed wrong characters displayed if Turkish language pack is installed
- Fixed issue with Precinct garage doors SFX being significantly out of sync with the animation
- Fixed falling out of world when driving into the water
- Possible fix for NPCs running in the air
- Fixed issues with climbing when the radial menu was opened at the top of the ladder
- Fixed collision in Kavanaugh’s Bar to avoid Kelly being stuck in the door
- Balancing improvements for the Parklife race
- Multiple crash fixes
- AI officers now provide XP when handling the arrest of a suspect
- Removed AI vehicles self-righting when flipped
- Fixed edge case scenarios where a character could fall out of the world
- Fixed issue where a fence vaulting suspect could fall through the world if struck by a car
- Ambulance siren lights change to more accurately mimic real-world EMS
- Steam Cloud will no longer copy profile settings (useful for Steam Deck/PC play)
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us by providing their feedback and bug reports!
If you do encounter any other bugs or would like to give feedback on your experience of The Precinct so far, we’d love to hear from you either in our Steam Forum or on Discord.
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44021626/fa42d7ffc919de89de3e9a1b2ba60596773b7d5e.gif
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/bb7e23a1085b28d25df050902e1e02b960917525.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/53a9f2fcd1bf24f4e1735dbc90b248bd39572da1.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/1e551f92a20d174c14f449ebd6ef769c2f8de0af.png
The Averno City pest control are on the case, even the weekend!
The latest hotfix will mean that The Precinct is now updated to Build 1.4.18262.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/
Here's a list of all of the fixes included in this update:
- Implemented a potential fix for the issue that was causing some players to lose their saves. We would still recommend backing up your saves though for now, as we're still investigating this issue. You can find your save file by following the path <user folder>\AppData\LocalLow\Fallen Tree Games Ltd\The Precinct\Backup the SaveGame_Steam folder.
- Fixed certain audio issues.
As we mentioned in our previous hotfix announcement, another update containing a lot more bug fixes is currently planned for release next week, although this may be subject to change depending on the results of QA testing.
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us by providing their feedback and bug reports!
If you do encounter any other bugs or would like to give feedback on your experience of The Precinct so far, we’d love to hear from you either in our Steam Forum or on Discord.
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44021626/fa42d7ffc919de89de3e9a1b2ba60596773b7d5e.gif
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/bb7e23a1085b28d25df050902e1e02b960917525.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/53a9f2fcd1bf24f4e1735dbc90b248bd39572da1.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/1e551f92a20d174c14f449ebd6ef769c2f8de0af.png
Where's Averno City pest control when you need them?!
The latest hotfix will mean that The Precinct is now updated to Build 1.4.18208
https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/
- Fixed issue where camera might continue turning if you changed the mouse smoothing option from on to off.
- The mouse smoothing option now affects vehicles as well as character movement/walking. It is automatically disabled but can be enabled in the options menu.
- Fixed the issue where the Warehouse 6 objective location wouldn't trigger properly if you were driving a 4x4 police van
- Fixed multiple reported crashes
Another update containing a lot more bug fixes is currently planned for release next week, although this may be subject to change depending on the results of QA testing.
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us by providing their feedback and bug reports!
If you do encounter any other bugs or would like to give feedback on your experience of The Precinct so far, we’d love to hear from you either in our Steam Forum or on Discord.
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44021626/fa42d7ffc919de89de3e9a1b2ba60596773b7d5e.gif
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/bb7e23a1085b28d25df050902e1e02b960917525.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/53a9f2fcd1bf24f4e1735dbc90b248bd39572da1.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/1e551f92a20d174c14f449ebd6ef769c2f8de0af.png
The Chief has noticed a couple of pesky bugs around the precinct!
The latest hotfix will mean that The Precinct is now updated to Build 1.4.18177
https://store.steampowered.com/app/490110/The_Precinct/
We’ve included the following bug fixes in this hotfix:
- Fix for audio problems in dialogues
- Added mouse smoothing option in the settings. The default option for mouse smoothing is now OFF, but you can turn it ON in settings.
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us by providing their feedback and bug reports!
If you do encounter any other bugs or would like to give feedback on your experience of The Precinct so far, we’d love to hear from you either in our Steam Forum or on Discord.
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44021626/fa42d7ffc919de89de3e9a1b2ba60596773b7d5e.gif
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/bb7e23a1085b28d25df050902e1e02b960917525.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/53a9f2fcd1bf24f4e1735dbc90b248bd39572da1.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41250025/1e551f92a20d174c14f449ebd6ef769c2f8de0af.png
Current Release
Build 23900805
Uploaded Jul 12, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
Precinct.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
5.2 GB
23900805
You May Also Like
View All
Download The Precinct for PC with a direct link or via torrent. Get the full version of The Precinct for free. The Precinct is a Action released by Fallen Tree Games Ltd.