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Papers, Please
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2013 border inspector simulation adventure game
Game data
Metacritic 85- Released
- 2013-08-08
- User rating
- 4.37 / 5
- Genres
- Educational, Indie, Simulation, Puzzle
- Platforms
- PC, iOS, Android, macOS, Linux, PS Vita
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
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 people entering the Arstotzkan side of Grestin from Kolechia. Among the throngs of immigrants and visitors looking for work are hidden smugglers, spies, and terrorists. Using only the documents provided by travelers and the Ministry of Admission's primitive inspect, search, and fingerprint systems you must decide who can enter Arstotzka and who will be turned away or arrested.
- Released
- 2013
- Genres
- Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Indie
- Platforms
- Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- OpenFL
- Developer
- Lucas Pope
- Publisher
- 3909
Key facts
- Developer
- 3909 LLC
- Publisher
- 3909 LLC
- Designer
- Lucas Pope
- Engine
- Unity
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows , OS X , Linux , iOS , PlayStation Vita , Android
- Release
- Windows, OS X August 8, 2013 Linux February 12, 2014 iPad December 12, 2014 PlayStation Vita December 12, 2017 Android, iPhone August 5, 2022
- Genres
- Puzzle , simulation
- Mode
- Single-player
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- papersplea.se
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- social media followers
- 6190
- publication date
- 2017-12-12
- Commons category
- Papers, Please
- title
- Papers, Please
- units sold
- 5000000
- review score
- 85/100
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Papers, Please is a 2013 puzzle simulation video game by Lucas Pope, developed and published independently through his production company 3909 LLC. The game was released on August 8, 2013, for Microsoft Windows and OS X, for Linux on February 12, 2014, and for iOS on December 12, 2014. A port for the PlayStation Vita was announced in August 2014 and was then released on December 12, 2017. A port for Android, alongside an updated port for iOS, was released in August 2022.
In Papers, Please, the player takes the role of a border-crossing immigration officer in the fictional dystopian country of Arstotzka, which maintains a longstanding state of mutual political hostility with its neighboring countries. The player must review travelers' passports and other supporting paperwork against an ever-growing list of rules using a number of tools and guides. Tasks include allowing in those with the proper paperwork while rejecting those without all proper documents, detaining those with falsified information, and balancing personal finances.