About This Game

Federal Cadet is a single-player police simulation and investigation game where you begin your career as a cadet in the Pinewood Police Department.

Patrol a small American town, respond to radio calls, issue citations, inspect scenes, collect evidence, question witnesses and suspects, and work your way toward increasingly sensitive cases.

Play as a young recruit newly assigned to the Pinewood Police Department. Your first days begin with the fundamentals of police work: learning procedures, getting familiar with the town, patrolling the streets, and handling your first interventions.

Every mission brings you closer to one simple goal: earning the department’s trust and proving you can handle more than routine duties.

Pinewood may look quiet at first, but every street can hide a report, a violation, or a situation that needs to be clarified.

Check vehicles, verify plates, inspect locations, talk to residents, and respond to dispatch calls. Everyday police work can quickly become the starting point for more complex investigations.

An investigation is not just about finding a suspect. You will need to observe scenes, collect the right clues, confirm important information, question people connected to the case, and decide whether the evidence is strong enough to act.

A justified arrest strengthens your reputation. A bad decision can cost you.

Your police tablet brings together your essential tools: active missions, discovered evidence, linked persons, important locations, and progression information.

It becomes the center of your field investigation work. Track each case, review the file, and build your reasoning step by step.

Federal Cadet begins with simple duties, but your progression gradually opens access to more serious cases: stolen vehicles, burglaries, local disputes, drugs, assaults, and larger connected investigations.

As your reputation grows, Pinewood reveals a deeper criminal layer beneath its quiet surface.

Before its Early Access release, Federal Cadet will offer a playable demo focused on the foundations of the experience: discovering Pinewood, early patrol duties, citations, radio calls, and an introduction to the investigation system.

Early Access will then expand the core of the game: local free-play, progression within the Pinewood Police Department, new case families, gameplay improvements, and major narrative cases.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some in-game radio/music tracks may be created with generative AI tools. These tracks are selected, reviewed and integrated manually by the development team. No live AI generation is used during gameplay.