APB Reloaded

Intense overall intensity

Highest flag: Spending — real-money purchases

MMOModern/RealisticShooter

What's in it

Crime & lawlessness rewarded for crime against innocents

High

Playing the Criminal faction, the player robs stores, steals cars, and mugs innocent pedestrian NPCs, earning money and notoriety for these acts.

Spending real-money purchases

High

A real-money marketplace sells weapons, vehicles, clothing, and premium currency, and historically included randomized loot-box bundles.

Violence realistic

Moderate

Realistic third-person gunfire, melee, and vehicular combat between human cops and criminals with blood impacts, but no gore or dismemberment.

Language moderate

Moderate

Mild in-game text and dialogue; stronger profanity, if any, comes from live player chat rather than scripted content.

Dark themes mild

Low

Ongoing gang-versus-police street warfare with muggings, robberies, and killings framed as everyday city crime.

Spending pressure optional

Low

Purchases are optional and reviewers disagree on how pay-to-win it is, with free trial weapons remaining usable long term.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatChat with strangersDirect messagesUser-created contentStranger friend requestsReal-money spending

What it is

APB Reloaded is a free-to-play online third-person shooter set in the open-world city of San Paro, where players join either the Enforcer (law) or Criminal faction and battle in objective-based missions. Gameplay centers on realistic gunfights, car chases, and vehicular combat against other human players, with blood but no gore. Criminals rob stores, steal cars, and mug innocent pedestrians for rewards, while Enforcers try to stop them. The game features extensive character, clothing, vehicle, and music customization that players share, and it is heavily multiplayer, with open text chat and proximity voice among strangers. A real-money storefront sells weapons, gear, and cosmetic items.

How it's framed

The game presents its cops-versus-criminals conflict as competitive, stylized action with a Hollywood-blockbuster tone; both lawbreaking and law enforcement are simply gameplay roles the player chooses, with success on either side rewarded through progression rather than judged morally.

Details

Developer: Little Orbit
Publisher: Little Orbit
Released: Dec 6, 2011

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