Papers, Please
Last updated: 2026-01-06
- Moral choices drive deep engagement and replayability
- Addictive gameplay loop with multiple endings
- Immersive atmosphere enhances strong narrative
- High stress and frustration levels reported
- Short length with limited content overall
- Harsh penalties amplify difficulty challenges
Emotions
Satisfaction11%Frustration9%Amusement8%Admiration8%Enjoyment7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 77,480
- Positive
- 75,37997.3%
- Negative
- 2,1012.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 5,999,756
- Estimated revenue
- $59,937,562
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 771.17%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,963
- Estimated revenue lost
- $59,570
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 771.2% Avg playtime 0.9h | 2433.7% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 921.4% Avg playtime 9h | 6,14393.7% Avg playtime 17h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 20.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 87.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,456.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
6,555 total
Organic purchasers6,12893.5%
Voted up: 97%
Key activations4276.51%
Voted up: 98%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
6,555 total
First impression0-2h4797.31%
Voted up: 83%
Mid game2-10h3,25949.7%
Voted up: 98%
Late game10-20h1,78827.3%
Voted up: 99%
Endgame20h+1,02915.7%
Voted up: 99%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.1%
Global baseline 97.4%
47 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 77,480 total.