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Game2019
The Occupation
Developer White Paper Games
The Occupation is a single-player adventure video game developed by White Paper Games and released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows on 5 March 2019. The game takes place in a single government building, over four hours of real time. The game advances with or without input from the player, but almost all in-game actions can affect the game's story. The game is set in late 1987, within the same… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
198 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 12, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
56
Mixed
106 positive · 84 negative
95% range 49–63%
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| Steam reviews | 106 | 84 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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8 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
247 of 413 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 198 · most liked firstThe Occupation has a lot going for it, with some charming visuals and a dope soundtrack to match. Unfortunately, there are a few things about it that I can't get past. My main gripe is that there is no option to skip or advance dialogue, in neither conversation or cutscenes. On the first playthrough, this won't be much of a problem. However, the further you get into the game, the more you'll realize the devs meant for it to be played more than once to fully explore the levels, what they may…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game, and it has its great points, honestly feeling like a cross between classic point and click adventure games of yore, the immersive quality of games like MYST, and sneak-em-up games like Thief and Deus Ex, albeit without the swordplay or shooty bits. Unfortunately it has some deliberate design choices that really get in the way of being fun to play. Every single item and door and switch in the game has to be manipulated using a convoluted button…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish I could recommend this game; I really do; it's the sort of game that makes me really excited to see what might come out of this developer next, but the fantastic ideas it brings to the table aren't enough to outweigh how rough this game feels to play. A stealth investigation immersive sim devoid of combat where you play as a journalist attempting to collect enough evidence to get the truth out of the people you're interviewing before your scheduled appointment. It's a genius idea, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think that it's a lot bigger than Netanyahu. As we used to say, the Occupation kills. This end game was already clear to Matzpen, for example, in the 60s, when they warned what would happen if Israel maintains the occupation instead of immediately returning the territories it took in the '67 war
unlabelledView post →FIRST of all, guys: do not put the floppy disks in the SAFES/tables (do not exchange items from your hands there) - you will lose them; do not try to fool a guard stuck in the floor (scripts will run anyway - it's better to replay); do not change the screen resolution during your play (there are no adequate saves there). Gameplay: detective mechanics 8/10 stealth [buggy AI] 6/10 atmosphere 6/10 Gameplay as im.sim: 7/10 Lore and setting 5/10 <Story> Plot and characters/semiotics 6/10 Graphics…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't get myself to recommend this. I wish that I can but I cannot recommend a game which you don't know what you need to do half the time. I would rank this game 4/10 The story is good 7/10 This is an is original take on stealth investigation with a detailed enviorment so it's interesting 8/10 Where it falls short is the gameplay is very frustrating. 3/10 Controls are super clunky and frustrating 1/10 -You will get stuck multiple times. -The game doesn't give you a map. I feel that they…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yup!!!!! But most Liberal Zionist leaders lowkey don’t want to end the Occupation, and the present crisis is giving away that game
unlabelledView post →Ok, I haven´t finished this Game yet, but I like it just fine so far. The idea is cool, the Level Design is pretty good, the story seems interesting the core gameplay loop is a nice Mix of dishonored ImSimn Stealth, detective work and walking simulator mechanics. Why the negative review then? 3 reasons: First - and I cna´t stress this enough: YOU CAN´T SAVE DURING THE 1+ HOUR LONG LEVELS, THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE NONLINEAR AND WANT YOU TO EXPLORE, MOSTLY AT YOUR OWN PACE. I get why, Save…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How to RUIN a game with bad game design The Occupation is a stealth-based investigative walking simulator. You walk around, “enjoy” the story, collect items, solve puzzles or simply find codes to advance in the game. You must be very detail-oriented and pay attention to the notes and other information that you find. The concept is great, but the execution… The game was quite boring from the beginning to be honest. This is, because the story telling throughout the whole game is quite bad. Which…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stadium - The stadium had been one of the "ground zero" points of the Occupation, timed for mid-game, when it was most full. Only the desperate visited it now. youtube.com/eldritch48/s... #Art #ConceptArt #Blender #SciFi #Horror #WorldBuilding
unlabelledView post →The Occupation ⭐️⭐️⭐️ === ( 🎯 Difficulty ) === ☐ No Difficulty ☐ Easy ☐ Standard ☐ Big Learning Curve ☑ Hard (Pretty sure it was because of the Immersive Sim) ☐ Impossible === ( 👪 Audience ) === ☐ Everyone ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults (I think the much older audience will appreciate this game more) ☐ Mature === ( 👀 Graphics ) === ☐ What Is This? ☐ Bad ☐ Acceptable ☑ Good ☐ Great ☐ Stylistic ☐ Beautiful ☐ Masterpiece === ( Sound/Music ) === ☐ Bad ☐ Nothing Special ☐ Okay ☑ Great ☐ Beautiful ☐…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The concept of this game is fantastic. The execution falls short. There are a couple satisfying AHA moments, punctuated by extremely frustrating choices by the developers. If you are very patient, much more patient than me, I recommend this game. Here are a couple comments. * Walking is absurdly slow * The interaction controls are insane. How do you mess up doors? I don't want to be worried I'm standing too close to a door to open in inwards, haha. * The objectives are fuzzy. As you play, you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The concept of the game is great - you play as an investigator who pokes around the areas, most of which you're not supposed to be in. Most of the time is spent gathering clues while avoiding security and other staff. This part of the game is great. You also have limited time to do everything, which adds some pressure. Unfortunately, the implementation of this system turned out very bare bones. You might expect that you need to memorize each person's schedule and act accordingly to where…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can see why this has such a mixed reaction. It doesn't hold your hand, and you're up against the clock (real-time which is nice) with no checkpoints or quicksaves etc. Making decisions, or failing to procure evidence results in deflating outcomes. Stressful situations where you're not Corvo Attano but a regular journalist trying to do espionage. You need to meet the game on its own terms, and I can totally get why this is a dealbreaker for folk. But for me it fit the tone well. This is from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: -Many ways to reach your point of interest. -Well made props. -Original music. -Frame rate settings in the options. -Replayable chapters (After first playthrough). Neutral: -It's funny to see they put bulletin boards instead of mirrors in the restroom. Cons: -The save system. This game only saves at the end of each chapter with notification and there are no manual saves and checkpoints. There are at least 2 chapters that will take more than an hour to finish. If you don't have that much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought this would be another walking adventure with simple mechanics in which you just experience story. Well, you try to sneak around, which rarely works, fidgeting with tapes, codes, notes and all other stuff which might sound interesting but is very boring in the end. The story failed to grab my attention, because the gameplay was infuriating. The controls of jumping and moving around are clunky and sometimes bugged items made me stuck , so I had to restart the whole level.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the best game I played this year. This is a classic detective, investigation, and stealth game. With so many secrets, character-building, world-building, and a story that challenges you as the player to understand what happened. The gameplay, as in many games, is not perfect, but it feels just right. All the different ways of movement and access you can take on your investigation. Filling out your own paper next to the keyboard, to get all the access codes. I love how many…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game crashes after running for a couple minutes, while the workaround offered on forums is absolutely stupid and no one can be expected to do this when devs can't patch their game. And what is it with developers and slow unskippable logos... and the game STILL has to load afterwards. Resolution is DPI-tied and everything breaks at non-default DPI, requiring changing app settings. And it's default 30 FPS...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting idea with the time being limited (kind of Jordan Mechner's The Last Express back in 1997) and intriguing storyline (late 80's Britain on the verge of a political crisis). In such a game, one expects to try different approaches and see which approach shall yield which results, i.e., experimentation. However, I understand that the game does not offer any manual saving which eliminates any capability of experimentation. Therefore, in order to fully experience the game one should…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Journalist doing detective work to uncover the truth. Pros + Interactions + Story + Graphics + Gameplay + Music + Voice acting + Choices Cons - Saves - Steve - Time limits Summary The amount of stuff that you can interact with in this game is something that I would expect from a VR game, most of it is just fun to play with and is not related to the story. Game looks great, I did appreciate the level of detail that was put into it. Story is good, but you can easily get lost in it.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a perfect example of what happens if game is based on mutually exclusive gameplay elements - results can be somehow confusing. In this game these elements are a non-lethal stealth gameplay and a permanently ticking timer. Now non-lethal stealth requres a thorought exploration and careful observation of the environment and it's inhabitants - turn every nook and cranny, earsdrop on every conversation, read every note, peek into every hole, try every door, map guard routs etc. to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly I think there is a fantastic game and a ton of fun to be had here. However there are just too many bugs and not just the little annoying type. I have had to replay the first and second chapter about 4 times because the game managed to get it self stuck, once on a computer, once on a vent and another time the character wouldnt move at all and could only use the pager or watch. This is almost a fantastic game if it weren't so broken.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wanted to stay for the potential story, but the game play mechanics and how you interact with every single object took away from the fun. Would love to see another game in this vein but more refined with the interaction mechanics. As this one goes, it's a pass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So here's the thing, this game is fun, has a good story line and great for people who like to investigate. It has different ways to obtain info and how you go about it is part of the fun. I like the collectibles that can be found and the music is pretty cool. I don't like the short amount of in-game time to investigate before an interview as it doesn't allow me to really dive into reading anything. I find myself opening a document and pausing the game to read it in order to save in-game time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Changing controls is an entire puzzle unto itself ("ope, you hit the secret Wrong Button, now you have to set your controls to default and start over!"), and someone thought that letterboxing the display was so integral to gameplay that the devs have stated that they will never allow it to be removed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I see other reviews calling it a walking sim, but honestly, the game has a lot more depth than that. You're sent into locations as an investigative journalist (I guess?) to uncover hidden truths and motives behind events that transpired. Nothing is what it seems, everyone seems to have secrets, and how thorough you are in looking/sneaking around will directly affect the evidence you find, and therefore the results of your investigations. This is no mere walking sim. I'd liken to to a lite…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Occupation forces you to play against a strict, real-time clock, which directly clashes with the natural urge to explore every corner and collect achievements. If you trigger security alarms or run out of time, you get locked out of specific rooms and narrative clues. The game looks great but a person would expect to actually be able to explore its world while playing. Not fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crashed toward end of the opening sequence. Skipped me forward past the part where I know who I'm playing and dropped me into the woman smoking on a balcony. I took a few steps forward and game crashed multiple times. No reason or error code, but just crashed. Uninstalled and reinstalled and started a new game, but it wouldn't even play the FMV opening sequence. Asking for a refund.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really would like to play this game, but it keeps crashing. I tried all the usual fixes but can't get it to run properly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gameplay would be great if it wasn't held back by the slowest, clunkiest movement of all time. Climbing up a stack of boxes to open a vent only to realize the vent opens downward and you're now blocking it with your body is not the greatest feeling. The plot could be intriguing, but the heavy-handed brexit metaphors and background dialogue really take you out of it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very unique and enjoyable Immersive Sim experience that is brought down by a massive amount of bugs, these unfortunately compound on decision to make gameplay sections play out in real time without the option for manual saves. If you're unlucky you can get stuck nearly an hour into a chapter at no fault of your own and have to start over from the very beginning, doing the same things you already spent time finding with none of the mystery attached, leaving you done with all leads resolved…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time management.https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2977001485 A real-time stealth investigator where players role as a journalist is to uncover evidence by snooping around in the areas & finding everything that relates to the evidence. Make sure to stay out of guards while snooping around. If they caught you once, they'll simply warn you. Players are free to explore, but there's a time limit in several chapters, which this mechanic can be good but can be bad. It can be good…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's the worst game I've played in over 25 years of gaming. It redefined my whole concept of what a bad game is. In a way it changed my life cause after this experience every game I'll play will seem great.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 This is a really intresting concept for a game, playing against real time countdown, looking for clues and trying to remember every part of the scenario/ shortcuts/ ways to get in locket doors/ and take note of all the safe codes/ keycard locations etc... and be hiding from the guards all the time, all of that combination make this game "different - an original idea". by the way: its not a game for everyone, may be people who love this kind of games and the ones who hate it. You are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bleeding heart brainwashing in the form of a boring, buggy stealth game. Extremely dull.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has many bugs. especially after few years since i buy this game, i decide to play again but the dev wont fix the game. SO DON'T BUY THIS GAME
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh dang, I missed this while I was traveling! New game from the devs behind The Occupation. Looks great!
unlabelledView post →Such an amazing game. I've never played anything like it. I've played it through once and now enjoying many replays of chapters. There's so much to do and explore. Totally worth it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool and unique tactical-espionage-journalism game! The writter were particularly inspired in this one to come up with the fictional land of Britain
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really loved this game, although I've never been into stealth/"sneak" games. I will definitely recommend playing this. The story is exciting and it is thrilling to secretly explore and find out people's secrets, and connect the different plots in the story, while being chased by a security guard. The only "problem" for a completionist like me, is that you have a limited amount of time for exploring and finding out everything and connecting the dots. This means that you have to get into and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My main issue with this game is the fact that one of the main mechanics in the game is very buggy and will actually prevent you from finishing "leads." Combine this with the fact that the developers never fixed some of these obvious bugs and the game has a save feature that is only chapter-based. It makes the game this oddly punishing and frustrating exercise from what should be an immersive experience. The stealth AI in the game is very watered down and the game's "finale" effectively…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has issues. The bugs and the inability to save whenever you want are really annoying. But honestly this game is so good and so much fun that I dealt with it and played it anyway. So if you want to be a detective and sneak around and are a fairly patient person give this a try!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It indeed could have been a great immersive stealth game but it went to being a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ real fast. In 7 steps, I'll tell you how. If you do not attend your meeting after a given period from your scheduled appointment, the game skips directly to the next chapter. You would expect not attending an appointment would have its resultants but not like this. How tf could anyone be supposed to know that? Fkn game pushes you to do ♥♥♥♥ ton of things within a time limit (1 hour). Almost everything is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Couldn't get into it. The story felt extremely dry and wasn't offering much in the way of intrigue really. Maybe it picks up further in but it felt like watching a somewhat old political history documentary. You might enjoy the game if that's your thing. On top of that the controls felt very rough. The game wants to have immersive interactions with the environment, and it works to a degree, but unfortunately doing anything is extremely slow so it immediately becomes tedious. Like, closing all…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last level and ending were disappointing, but otherwise I enjoyed it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's good but I saw a sign that said Among Us so I'm never playing this game ever again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unique stealth game where you are on a real life clock to find clues before a meeting where these clues are needed. I enjoyed it but it was also one of the most stressful games I've played because I was on a timer :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Occupation had all chances to be a good noir stealth. And I wish I could say it happened, but no. Realtime stealth about corporate espionage and state conspiracy in late 80s. Sounds nice. But this game isn't good or bad. Just boring. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy it at all. Slow gameplay with unresponsive control and weird UI. The story doesn't touch my heart. Why we are doing this, what is happening? Who's bad, who's not? I didn't realize it even after finished a game. I cannot…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/w2a7VmdvYn8 This game does not have a manual save mode, or even an autosave checkpoint every 5 minutes or so. This is a big problem. I noticed in the steam discussion forums that the developers claims it was an intentional design choice to not include a manual save due to "in game time mechanics" and quite frankly, that all sounds like a bunch of BS with all due respect Mr Developer. I started playing this game, and I have sank the better part of an hour into the second…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The premise was good but the execution failed. The story never captured me. Controls seemed clumsy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From what I remember from back in the day when there was a demo .. I loved this game. Very immersive and pulled me in to keep playing more and more. Here is to hoping the full game does the same thing as the demo.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The first actual mission is the only really good part of this game. It is exactly one hour long. Only get this on the deepest of sales.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's got something good going despite some off it's rougher edges like its buggy AI and whatnot. Shame with all the cut content, short level times and some other oddities, but other than that I can recommend it if you can look past it. There are people out there who can explain in better detail, tl:dr it might not be for everyone. It's got some great atmosphere though and fits that 'office detective' nieche pretty good once you wrap your head around how the game works. Plus Steve was pretty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought this was genuinely a fun game with unique gameplay. The setting is pretty cool and the art style is immersive for me. The characters had great depth for such a short game and were well voiced as well. The different interviews you conduct were really fun and felt like there was many different paths you could take with them. A couple of big gripes though, most importantly the length. I just wanted more missions and a longer narrative; I felt that it wrapped up too quickly. The movement…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Occupation is an investigation game that has a lot of good ideas, but the end product doesn't deliver. There is alot of freedom when exploring and the game doesn't say "Go here and do this". Most things you have to figure out or find for yourself. The areas looks good and you can interact with almost everything. Those are the good things. The cutscenes are somewhat stiff. Too many notes give too much and too spesific information and that overload of information makes it feel fake. The AI on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some class of uninteresting walking simulator, I lost interest within 5 minutes. (Total playtime is from idling trading cards)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you suffer from insomnia? Get this game!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Same people "apparently" classify this as immersive sim - it is now. At best its a first person adventure game with some stealth mechanics. Problem is, the game has utterly no respect for player's time - I would not mind repeating some sections and not being able to save, but when you force me to watch fascinating stuff like "smoking a cigarette" or "my briefcase being run very slowly through conveyer belt to be X-rayed to be opened and then very slowly scanned again and than to have a very…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I rarely write a review, because i just forget, but i felt this game needs more voices - so a quickie, just for you The negatives (because when i read reviews i always read the negatives, this i usually what tells you most about the game..) : The worst is, the game is clunky and cumbersome, in ways it surely did not need to be, and can be really frustrating when you are working against the clock. And obviously some of it is meant to make you spend more time, and struggle a bit while trying to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow the controls in this game are some of the worst I've seen. I gave up 5 minutes in when it took literally 12 full seconds to open the grate on a vent. I'll say that again. 12 FULL SECONDS to open a grate.
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