Paper Lily - Chapter 1

Item: Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Rating: 98
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-28

Summary

High-quality free game with rewarding exploration
Beautiful art, visuals, and stellar music
Engaging story, dialogue, and clever puzzles
High difficulty and frustrating save system
Poor side content and short game length
Disappointing endings and underdeveloped combat

Emotions

Satisfaction27%Excitement12%Admiration9%Anticipation8%Enjoyment5%

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 68%
Unhelpful reviews: 32%
Protest reviews: 0%

98%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
2%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 5384
Negative points: 461
Gameplay points: 563
Perf. points: 15
Rec. points: 1076
Misc points: 509

Point	Description	Importance
High Quality, Free Game Description The game is consistently praised as a masterpiece, offering an experience comparable to paid titles, which is particularly impressive given its free price point. Reviewers frequently express disbelief that such a high-quality game is available at no cost. Importance 100%	The game is consistently praised as a masterpiece, offering an experience comparable to paid titles, which is particularly impressive given its free price point. Reviewers frequently express disbelief that such a high-quality game is available at no cost.	100%
Rewarding Exploration & Interaction Description Players consistently enjoy the game's exploration, which is rewarded with secrets, lore, and interesting interactions with characters and objects. The gameplay is described as intuitive, engaging, and encourages curiosity, making the overall experience highly satisfying. Importance 42%	Players consistently enjoy the game's exploration, which is rewarded with secrets, lore, and interesting interactions with characters and objects. The gameplay is described as intuitive, engaging, and encourages curiosity, making the overall experience highly satisfying.	42%
Beautiful Art & Visuals Description The game's art style, including pixel art, character designs, and CGs, is widely praised as beautiful, unique, and charming. Reviewers particularly appreciate the effective blend of cute aesthetics with unsettling horror elements. Importance 38%	The game's art style, including pixel art, character designs, and CGs, is widely praised as beautiful, unique, and charming. Reviewers particularly appreciate the effective blend of cute aesthetics with unsettling horror elements.	38%
Engaging Story & Dialogue Description The narrative is consistently described as well-written, immersive, and emotionally impactful, with a good pace and intriguing plot twists. Reviewers highlight the quality of dialogue, humor, and overall storytelling that keeps them hooked. Importance 28%	The narrative is consistently described as well-written, immersive, and emotionally impactful, with a good pace and intriguing plot twists. Reviewers highlight the quality of dialogue, humor, and overall storytelling that keeps them hooked.	28%
Clever Puzzle Design Description Puzzles are consistently lauded for being well-designed, engaging, and offering multiple solutions, which enhances replayability. They strike a good balance between challenge and solvability, encouraging thoughtful exploration. Importance 24%	Puzzles are consistently lauded for being well-designed, engaging, and offering multiple solutions, which enhances replayability. They strike a good balance between challenge and solvability, encouraging thoughtful exploration.	24%
Atmospheric Horror & Pixel Art Description The game is praised for its effective psychological horror, building tension through atmosphere, sound, and unsettling visuals rather than relying on cheap jumpscares. The pixel art style is highlighted as a key element that enhances the eerie yet charming experience. Importance 24%	The game is praised for its effective psychological horror, building tension through atmosphere, sound, and unsettling visuals rather than relying on cheap jumpscares. The pixel art style is highlighted as a key element that enhances the eerie yet charming experience.	24%
Multiple Endings & Replayability Description The game offers significant replay value due to its numerous branching paths, multiple endings, and diverse solutions to puzzles. Players are encouraged to explore different choices and discover hidden content. Importance 23%	The game offers significant replay value due to its numerous branching paths, multiple endings, and diverse solutions to puzzles. Players are encouraged to explore different choices and discover hidden content.	23%
Stellar Music & Soundtrack Description The game's musical score is consistently praised as excellent, memorable, and perfectly fitting the game's atmosphere and narrative. Reviewers often listen to the soundtrack outside of the game, highlighting its high quality. Importance 21%	The game's musical score is consistently praised as excellent, memorable, and perfectly fitting the game's atmosphere and narrative. Reviewers often listen to the soundtrack outside of the game, highlighting its high quality.	21%
Engaging Characters & Development Description Reviewers consistently praise the game's cast for being unique, charming, and well-developed, with distinct personalities and compelling backstories. Specific characters like Lacie, Hiro, and Miss Knives are frequently highlighted for their appeal and emotional impact. Importance 18%	Reviewers consistently praise the game's cast for being unique, charming, and well-developed, with distinct personalities and compelling backstories. Specific characters like Lacie, Hiro, and Miss Knives are frequently highlighted for their appeal and emotional impact.	18%
Expansive Lore & Secrets Description The game features a complex, detailed, and consistent world with extensive lore that rewards exploration. Reviewers appreciate the abundance of hidden content, secrets, and Easter eggs, which adds depth and replayability. Importance 13%	The game features a complex, detailed, and consistent world with extensive lore that rewards exploration. Reviewers appreciate the abundance of hidden content, secrets, and Easter eggs, which adds depth and replayability.	13%
Memorable Miss Knives Arc Description The character of Miss Knives, her heartbreaking backstory, and her boss fight are frequently singled out as a highlight of the game. Reviewers found this segment to be incredibly well-designed, emotionally impactful, and a challenging yet fun experience. Importance 13%	The character of Miss Knives, her heartbreaking backstory, and her boss fight are frequently singled out as a highlight of the game. Reviewers found this segment to be incredibly well-designed, emotionally impactful, and a challenging yet fun experience.	13%
Robust First Chapter Content Description The game's first chapter is praised for offering a substantial amount of content, feeling like a complete game on its own. Reviewers are impressed by its length and detail, which significantly surpasses the prologue and builds anticipation for future chapters. Importance 11%	The game's first chapter is praised for offering a substantial amount of content, feeling like a complete game on its own. Reviewers are impressed by its length and detail, which significantly surpasses the prologue and builds anticipation for future chapters.	11%