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What Should I Play Now?

Papers, Please

Image: Steam / its publisher

  • Simulation
  • Puzzle
  • Dystopia

You're a border inspector in a fictional totalitarian country. You check passports for discrepancies while the rules change every day, and each mistake costs your family money. A paperwork game that turns into a moral dilemma.

Why play it now

When you want something different, tense and weighty: each working day is a brief, absorbing session.

Who it's for

For anyone who enjoys games with a message and attention-to-detail puzzles.

When not to pick it

If you're tired: the time pressure and the details demand concentration.

What it offers

  • Thinking: 75 out of 100
  • Story: 70 out of 100
  • Managing: 55 out of 100

Our own editorial classification, not Steam data.

Details

Disk space
100 MB (minimum)
Steam Deck
Verified
Steam reviews
97% positive (80,642)
Metacritic
85/100
Developer
Lucas Pope
Release date
8 AUG 2013
Steam genres
Adventure, Indie

Based on what the game states on Steam.