97.4%Overwhelmingly Positive

Papers, Please

by Lucas Pope8 Aug, 2013$9.75

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Indie, Political, Simulation games average 87% Papers, Please scores 10 points above average

Total Reviews

71,472

69,586 positive / 1,886 negative

Top 52%

Positive %

97.4%

Top 8%

30-Day Trend

+1.1%

Dev Response Rate

0%

Top 100%

Monthly Velocity

361

reviews/month

Top 58%

Early Access Ratio

0.0%

of reviews from early access

Developer Activity

abandonedLast update: 1 year ago

Update Frequency

Averages one update every 94 days

Recent Updates

0 updates in the last 90 days

Review Themes

story26 mentions
difficulty16 mentions
pricing10 mentions
content9 mentions
value9 mentions
audio7 mentions
graphics6 mentions
controls5 mentions
ui ux3 mentions
bugs2 mentions
PositiveNegative

Extracted from 500 reviews using keyword analysis

Score based on all 71,472 reviews. Theme analysis based on 500 recent reviews.

How Papers, Please Compares

GameScoreDev ResponseMonthly Reviews
Papers, Please97.4%0%361
Life is Strange - Episode 197%0%331
Hollow Knight97%0%500
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition95%0%206
GRIS96.2%0%500
OMORI97.2%0%500

Verdict

Papers, Please earns a Overwhelmingly Positive rating at 97.4% across 71.5K reviews, despite zero developer responses. Engaging with the community could further solidify this positive reputation. With 361 reviews in the last 30 days, sentiment has remained stable.

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