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Rebel Cops

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Ratings

Age

16+

Category

Strategy

Languages

English

Rebel Cops is a tactical turn-based spin-off from the acclaimed 'This Is the Police.' Lead a band of outlaw cops in a guerrilla war against a sadistic crime boss. With no health bars, a single bullet can end a life, making every decision critical. Use an arsenal of non-lethal equipment and stealth to outmaneuver a superior force, or engage in high-stakes gunfights. Explore large sandbox levels, manage scarce supplies, and protect your reputation to win the support of the townspeople.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

87/100

Rebel Cops is a gritty, high-stakes tactical spin-off from the 'This Is the Police' universe that translates perfectly to mobile. It strips away the management fluff and focuses entirely on tense, turn-based operations. The 'no health bars' mechanic is a revelation—it means every single move is life-or-death. If one of your cops gets shot, they bleed out quickly, forcing you to make agonizing choices between completing the mission or saving your squad.

The game excels at providing tactical variety. You can go in guns blazing, but the real satisfaction comes from the stealth approach—quietly taking down Zuev's goons and hiding the bodies. The addition of sandbox-style levels with open exploration adds a welcome change of pace from the more linear missions. It’s a challenging, atmosphere-heavy strategy game that rewards patience, planning, and a strong moral compass in a world where reputation is more valuable than money.

Dinsun reviewed on: Wed Feb 26 2025

Features

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Hardcore turn-based tactical combat

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Lethal realism: no health bars, one-shot kills

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Deep stealth mechanics and non-lethal options

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Large, open sandbox levels for exploration

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Reputation-based gameplay affecting your standing

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Q&A

No, Rebel Cops is a premium experience and is played without advertisements.

Ratings & Reviews

Nice job
Tue May 26 2020 LastKing1959

I normally don’t write reviews, but I decided a $7 price tag for an iOS game deserved a review. Love the concept, love the mechanics, and I would totally play this on my PC. The strategy required and the in-depth mechanics and systems are just above and beyond. Not to mention the graphics and sounds, very nice touches too. My only two complaints: the inability to rotate the camera. I love the top down style, but not being able to rotate the camera to get better angles KILLS me. It makes it very hard in some places (like the photo store level) to position your officers correctly because you can’t see where stuff is. It’s not that big of a deal, but my biggest upset with this game. And I understand it’s a key mechanic, but the “tiredness” of officers is annoying. If you stack 6 officers per level, you’re always going to have two non rested officers, which is annoying. But other than those two things, I love this game. Great job devs, keep it up

Hard!
Mon Apr 27 2020 CharleyJoe

I really like this game! At this point, with the pandemic and financial insecurity, I will only buy premium games with zero iap, and this fits the bill! The tutorial is very easy to follow, but the first mission has me stumped so far. I’m not sure whether to use the 3 member squad or add more members. There’s limited funds available so filling out the 3 seems like the thing to do, but that’s part of what’s cool about the game, because there’s no right or wrong, just different ways to accomplish the mission. It’s super challenging but fun. The graphics are interesting and I like them as well. I can’t wait to see what the sandbox is like! I do wish I could repeat previous missions to try different techniques with different squad assignments and load outs. That would get 5 stars from me! 👍

Suggentions
Fri May 15 2020 hope tou see this

You should add cheats to the game but the achievements are not activated when you are using cheats because that would make the game way to easy if you were a achievement hunter but you should add like, Death shot it would kill anything it hits, or add the eye of a archer any shots would hit, head, legs, arms, and stomach. I don’t know any names for this one but like a cheat we’re you can persuade the suspects very easily and it doesn’t matter how far away it would always work. Maybe add some more cheats you think would be fun but this is just my opinion.

Masterpiece - THQ Nordic does it again!
Wed May 17 2023 MCGSN

I have been a big fan of the This is the Police series, and this third installment is the best yet. The gameplay is smooth, the graphics are well made, and the soundtrack is impressive. If you are looking for a console-quality turn based strategy game on mobile, then here you have it. The game is refreshingly difficult and the story is well written in a way that immerses you and captures the depressed spirit of the town Ripton. I love quality offline mobile games that I can play on a long plane ride or train, and Rebel cops is hands down, the best out there. If you are a fan of this game, I also recommend This is the Police 2.

Great squad turn based game
Fri Aug 14 2020 ricogs400

Really well balanced through managing your equipment with money raised thru missions and the number of objectives to complete per mission. Missions are awesome, large maps that give you a host of options on how to approach the objectives. Sometimes multiple objectives per mission, but it’s all up to you to accept all the available objectives before the start of each mission. So much is left up to you to decide how to accomplish the missions. Stealth is preferred, but you do have the option of going hot and getting into shootouts. Great work devs.

Amazing
Wed May 27 2020 Lazy wolf smh

This game was sick. The last couple missions, especially the final one, were epic! The graphics are very nice. I love the detail of the levels. And simple things like the ticking clock as someone bleeds out on the ground over the course of several turns, creating stories within the environment. Very underrated game

Simple, decent, some thoughts
Sun Jan 21 2024 prplk

The game is fun and scratches that tactical gameplay itch, but a couple small annoying things worth mentioning. No volume slider specific to character voices. You can’t mute the quips/shouts without also muting all other in-game sound effects. Minimized game on the “mission complete” screen. Was frozen when I reopened it and needed to be force-closed. Upon relaunching, it reset me back to an autosave in the middle of the level.

Currently Crashes When Opening
Sun Dec 07 2025 P. - G.

This is personally one of my favorite games I’ve ever played. However ever since I installed it on iOS 26 on my iPhone 14, it shows a black screen and then nothing happens. I’m not sure if me being in Lockdown Mode on my iPhone 14 is affecting it, but I hope there will be a fix in the future for my personal favorite game.

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News found!

Rebel Cops, the high-intensity vigilante justice strategy game, blasts onto iOS and Android todayRebel Cops, the high-intensity vigilante justice strategy game, blasts onto iOS and Android today

Rebel Cops is a high-intensity strategy game that sees you going up against a ruthless crime lord controlling your hometown of Ripton.

Pocket Gamer Sat Nov 28 2020

The console game Rebel Cops is coming to iPhonesThe console game Rebel Cops is coming to iPhones

Lately, we've been hit with one great adventure game after another, and the developers certainly don't spare us with this genre.

Letem světem Applem Sun Jun 28 2020

Rebel Cops, a spin-off to This is the Police, is heading for iOS and AndroidRebel Cops, a spin-off to This is the Police, is heading for iOS and Android

HandyGames, the creators of tactical adventure game This is the Police are back with a spin-off from that series. Rebel Cops will eschew all...

Pocket Gamer Sun Jun 28 2020

‘This Is The Police’ Tactical Spin-Off ‘Rebel Cops’ Is Coming Soon to iOS and Android from HandyGames‘This Is The Police’ Tactical Spin-Off ‘Rebel Cops’ Is Coming Soon to iOS and Android from HandyGames

HandyGames has announced a mobile port of Rebel Cops that is a tactical spin-off to the This Is The Police series.

TouchArcade Sun Jun 28 2020

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