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Released Aug 8, 2013 $9.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Papers, Please

By Lucas Pope · published by 3909

IndieSimulationPoint & ClickPixel GraphicsSingleplayerDystopian Multiple EndingsPuzzleStory RichRetroAtmospheric2D
Track this game Steam page
Followers —
Reviews 73,653 Overwhelmingly Positive
Players yesterday 416 at the busiest moment
Owners 2M–5M estimated

About Papers, Please

Papers, Please is a game tagged Indie, Simulation and Point & Click by Lucas Pope, released Aug 8, 2013. It has 73,653 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 2M–5M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Wait! Life is beautiful!, Gifts, Please and For Some Water.

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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Papers, Please · record updated 15 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID239030
Release dateAug 8, 2013
Last change number39184726
Last record update15 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Lucas Pope
Publisher
3909
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic
85
Website
papersplea.se

Platforms

Windows macOS Linux 64-bit
Steam Deck
Verified

Features

9
Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam LeaderboardsSteam CloudStatsSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on phoneRemote Play on tabletFamily Sharing

Patches

Builds

4
BuildBranchUpdated
10817815publicMar 21, 2023
10817815previewMar 21, 2023
8338468legacy-64Mar 7, 2023
239769legacyOct 9, 2020

Depots

Depots

3
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
239031 — Windows 86.5 MB 34.1 MB 6905656874083880948
239032 — macOS 116.6 MB 42.3 MB 6188834483198805795
239033 — Linux 93.9 MB 34.1 MB 7577473921595950709

Branches

4
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 10817815 Mar 21, 2023 Open
preview Info here: http://papersplea.se/update 10817815 Mar 21, 2023 Open
legacy-64 Legacy 64-bit build (1.2.76) 8338468 Mar 7, 2023 Open
legacy Legacy 32-bit build (1.1.65) 239769 Oct 9, 2020 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/PapersPlease

Launch options

3
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
PapersPlease.exe Windows Launch
PapersPlease.app/Contents/MacOS/PapersPlease macOS Launch
PapersPlease Linux Launch

Cloud saves

Space per player9.5 MB
Filesup to 1,000
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataRoaming3909/PapersPlease*.savWindows

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