Papers, Please overview

Overview

Papers, Please comes from Lucas Pope and is published by 3909. It arrived on Steam on Aug 8, 2013, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, Remote Play on Phone, and Remote Play on Tablet. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Papers, Please's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 247 players at 6 October 2026 - 13:16:27 UTC, with a tracked peak near 6,038. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 97% positive across 80,672 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Papers, Please is available in 15 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including kgrb, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Papers, Please has sold up to 4,891,073 units and has 73,538 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $33,686,377. On Twitch, 2 streamers are live with around 7 total watchers.

Papers, Please overview details

Papers, Please combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The Short Film Watch the official short film based on the game. By KINODOM PRODUCTIONS. Starring Igor Savochkin. About the Game Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling. Glory to Arstotzka The communist state of Arstotzka has just ended a 6-year war with neighboring Kolechia and reclaimed its rightful half of the border town, Grestin. Your job as immigration inspector is to control the flow of people entering the Arstotzkan side of Grestin from Kolechia. Among the throngs of immigrants and visitors looking for work are hidden smugglers, spies, and terrorists. Using only the documents provided by travelers and the Ministry of Admission's primitive inspect, search, and fingerprint systems you must decide who can enter Arstotzka and who will be turned away or arrested.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Papers, Please is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, Remote Play on Phone, and Remote Play on Tablet, and is associated with Adventure and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 247 players at 6 October 2026 - 13:16:27 UTC, a tracked peak of 6,038, and 97% positive reviews.

Overview tags

IndiePoliticalSimulationPoint & ClickSingleplayerPixel GraphicsDystopianMultiple EndingsPuzzleStory RichRetroAtmospheric2DAddictiveGreat Soundtrack

Content descriptors

"Papers, Please" includes brief pixel-art violence and pixel-art nudity. The narrative reflects mature themes related to crime, smuggling, immigration, and border control.

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Support and legal notes

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