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Paper Boats

Paper Boats is a small, experimental game about sharing and contemplating. There's not much to do, no enemies to kill or puzzles to solve. You can just look around, interact with the things around you and take…

12 January 2021

Paper Boats is an adventure developed by Harry Alisavakis, released 12 January 2021 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Paper Boats is

Paper Boats is an adventure game developed by Harry Alisavakis and released in 2021. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Paper Boats is a small, experimental game about sharing and contemplating. There's not much to do, no enemies to kill or puzzles to solve. You can just look around, interact with the things around you and take screenshots. Every once in a while, though, a paper boat will come sailing and stop in front of your dock, carrying a message for you, written by a stranger. Maybe it's a kind word of encouragement, or somebody emptying their worries into the void. Good thing is that you can also send a message in your own paper boat, and let it sail for a stranger to read. When you need a small break from reality, you can just hang around on the dock, watch the day go by and read messages from…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Paper Boats launched on 12 January 2021, within three weeks of Hitman 3, Omori, The Medium and Skul: The Hero Slayer.

Released around the same time: Hitman 3, Omori, The Medium, Skul: The Hero Slayer.

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When did Paper Boats come out?
Paper Boats was released on 12 January 2021 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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