Papers, Please
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…
Papers, Please is an indie developed by Lucas Pope, released 8 August 2013 on PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS and Linux. The main story takes about 6.2 hrs to finish.
What Papers, Please is
Papers, Please is an indie game developed by Lucas Pope and released in 2013. It was published by 3909. It is available on PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on OpenFL.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The gameplay of Papers, Please focuses on the work life of an immigration inspector at a border checkpoint for the fictitious Eastern Bloc country of Arstotzka. The player inspects would-be immigrants' documents and uses a sparse array of tools to determine whether the papers are in order for the purpose of keeping spies, smugglers and other unwanted individuals out of the country. At the end of each in-game day, the player earns money based on how many immigrants they processed less any penalties for mistakes, and then must decide on a simple budget to spend that money on rent, food, heat, and other necessities in low-class housing for themselves and their family. As relations between…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 13 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Papers, Please holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 734 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 31.7 hrs, roughly 5.1 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.5 GHz Core2Duo, 2 GB RAM and OpenGL 1.4 or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Papers, Please launched on 8 August 2013, within three weeks of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Saints Row IV, Europa Universalis IV and FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Saints Row IV, Europa Universalis IV, FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Papers, Please yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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