Papers, Please · Game information

426playing now

42924-hour peak

6,038all-time peak

400average, last 30 days

Last 30 daysAll timeLast four months

The last 30 days

−48.2Gain−10.76%% gain1,052Peak

719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

Thursday 13 August 2026878 peakFriday 14 August 2026871 peakSaturday 15 August 2026966 peakSunday 16 August 20261,052 peakMonday 17 August 2026931 peakTuesday 18 August 2026700 peakWednesday 19 August 2026665 peakThursday 20 August 2026579 peakFriday 21 August 2026534 peakSaturday 22 August 2026613 peakSunday 23 August 2026651 peakMonday 24 August 2026477 peakTuesday 25 August 2026485 peakWednesday 26 August 2026464 peakThursday 27 August 2026445 peakFriday 28 August 2026438 peakSaturday 29 August 2026493 peakSunday 30 August 2026552 peakMonday 31 August 2026435 peakTuesday 01 September 2026426 peakWednesday 02 September 2026413 peakThursday 03 September 2026420 peakFriday 04 September 2026388 peakSaturday 05 September 2026449 peakSunday 06 September 2026499 peakMonday 07 September 2026459 peakTuesday 08 September 2026412 peakWednesday 09 September 2026418 peakThursday 10 September 2026375 peakFriday 11 September 2026429 peakSaturday 12 September 2026426 peak

Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

158 months, August 2013 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

August 20132,875 monthly peakSeptember 20131,440 monthly peakOctober 20132,077 monthly peakNovember 20132,546 monthly peakDecember 20132,909 monthly peakJanuary 20141,239 monthly peakFebruary 2014637 monthly peakMarch 20141,818 monthly peakApril 2014367 monthly peakMay 2014366 monthly peakJune 20146,038 monthly peakJuly 2014850 monthly peakAugust 20141,623 monthly peakSeptember 2014861 monthly peakOctober 2014336 monthly peakNovember 20141,259 monthly peakDecember 20141,850 monthly peakJanuary 2015691 monthly peakFebruary 2015312 monthly peakMarch 2015281 monthly peakApril 2015239 monthly peakMay 2015335 monthly peakJune 20151,654 monthly peakJuly 2015284 monthly peakAugust 2015227 monthly peakSeptember 2015244 monthly peakOctober 2015305 monthly peakNovember 2015374 monthly peakDecember 20151,580 monthly peakJanuary 20162,107 monthly peakFebruary 20161,031 monthly peakMarch 2016353 monthly peakApril 2016429 monthly peakMay 2016394 monthly peakJune 2016913 monthly peakJuly 2016653 monthly peakAugust 2016444 monthly peakSeptember 2016835 monthly peakOctober 2016369 monthly peakNovember 2016341 monthly peakDecember 20161,698 monthly peakJanuary 2017901 monthly peakFebruary 20171,739 monthly peakMarch 2017356 monthly peakApril 2017358 monthly peakMay 2017331 monthly peakJune 20171,051 monthly peakJuly 2017800 monthly peakAugust 2017402 monthly peakSeptember 2017324 monthly peakOctober 2017326 monthly peakNovember 2017361 monthly peakDecember 2017681 monthly peakJanuary 20183,456 monthly peakFebruary 20181,953 monthly peakMarch 20181,237 monthly peakApril 2018462 monthly peakMay 2018383 monthly peakJune 2018719 monthly peakJuly 20181,150 monthly peakAugust 2018634 monthly peakSeptember 2018553 monthly peakOctober 2018337 monthly peakNovember 2018331 monthly peakDecember 2018809 monthly peakJanuary 2019584 monthly peakFebruary 2019355 monthly peakMarch 2019446 monthly peakApril 2019384 monthly peakMay 2019546 monthly peakJune 20192,795 monthly peakJuly 20193,075 monthly peakAugust 2019465 monthly peakSeptember 2019457 monthly peakOctober 2019372 monthly peakNovember 2019328 monthly peakDecember 2019764 monthly peakJanuary 2020713 monthly peakFebruary 2020481 monthly peakMarch 2020535 monthly peakApril 2020409 monthly peakMay 2020436 monthly peakJune 20202,035 monthly peakJuly 2020755 monthly peakAugust 2020781 monthly peakSeptember 2020485 monthly peakOctober 2020438 monthly peakNovember 2020480 monthly peakDecember 2020750 monthly peakJanuary 2021743 monthly peakFebruary 2021585 monthly peakMarch 2021766 monthly peakApril 2021951 monthly peakMay 20211,810 monthly peakJune 20211,122 monthly peakJuly 2021892 monthly peakAugust 20212,338 monthly peakSeptember 2021517 monthly peakOctober 2021453 monthly peakNovember 2021418 monthly peakDecember 2021969 monthly peakJanuary 2022848 monthly peakFebruary 2022494 monthly peakMarch 2022553 monthly peakApril 20221,012 monthly peakMay 2022736 monthly peakJune 2022901 monthly peakJuly 2022829 monthly peakAugust 2022622 monthly peakSeptember 2022643 monthly peakOctober 2022530 monthly peakNovember 2022445 monthly peakDecember 20221,298 monthly peakJanuary 20231,598 monthly peakFebruary 20233,715 monthly peakMarch 2023802 monthly peakApril 2023705 monthly peakMay 2023567 monthly peakJune 2023609 monthly peakJuly 2023613 monthly peakAugust 20234,154 monthly peakSeptember 2023696 monthly peakOctober 2023648 monthly peakNovember 2023522 monthly peakDecember 20231,012 monthly peakJanuary 2024950 monthly peakFebruary 2024662 monthly peakMarch 2024994 monthly peakApril 2024946 monthly peakMay 2024739 monthly peakJune 20241,052 monthly peakJuly 20241,047 monthly peakAugust 2024584 monthly peakSeptember 2024611 monthly peakOctober 2024636 monthly peakNovember 2024815 monthly peakDecember 2024967 monthly peakJanuary 20251,031 monthly peakFebruary 2025578 monthly peakMarch 2025637 monthly peakApril 2025552 monthly peakMay 2025663 monthly peakJune 20251,185 monthly peakJuly 20251,070 monthly peakAugust 2025627 monthly peakSeptember 2025521 monthly peakOctober 2025480 monthly peakNovember 20251,874 monthly peakDecember 2025844 monthly peakJanuary 2026842 monthly peakFebruary 2026608 monthly peakMarch 2026501 monthly peakApril 2026449 monthly peakMay 2026618 monthly peakJune 2026983 monthly peakJuly 2026902 monthly peakAugust 20261,052 monthly peakSeptember 2026499 monthly peak

Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

All four monthsJuly 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

July 2026902 peak — daily detail belowAugust 20261,052 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 2026499 peak — hourly detail below

Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

Wednesday 01 July 2026829 peakThursday 02 July 2026779 peakFriday 03 July 2026803 peakSaturday 04 July 2026817 peakSunday 05 July 2026902 peakMonday 06 July 2026759 peakTuesday 07 July 2026799 peakWednesday 08 July 2026843 peakThursday 09 July 2026799 peakFriday 10 July 2026667 peakSaturday 11 July 2026741 peakSunday 12 July 2026736 peakMonday 13 July 2026611 peakTuesday 14 July 2026556 peakWednesday 15 July 2026503 peakThursday 16 July 2026587 peakFriday 17 July 2026535 peakSaturday 18 July 2026565 peakSunday 19 July 2026572 peakMonday 20 July 2026570 peakTuesday 21 July 2026529 peakWednesday 22 July 2026632 peakThursday 23 July 2026770 peakFriday 24 July 2026708 peakSaturday 25 July 2026685 peakSunday 26 July 2026750 peakMonday 27 July 2026693 peakTuesday 28 July 2026658 peakWednesday 29 July 2026567 peakThursday 30 July 2026593 peakFriday 31 July 2026579 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 438 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

Saturday 01 August 2026603 peakSunday 02 August 2026655 peakMonday 03 August 2026530 peakTuesday 04 August 2026498 peakWednesday 05 August 2026504 peakThursday 06 August 2026491 peakFriday 07 August 2026472 peakSaturday 08 August 2026530 peakSunday 09 August 2026553 peakMonday 10 August 2026608 peakTuesday 11 August 2026884 peakWednesday 12 August 2026834 peakThursday 13 August 2026878 peakFriday 14 August 2026871 peakSaturday 15 August 2026966 peakSunday 16 August 20261,052 peakMonday 17 August 2026931 peakTuesday 18 August 2026700 peakWednesday 19 August 2026665 peakThursday 20 August 2026579 peakFriday 21 August 2026534 peakSaturday 22 August 2026613 peakSunday 23 August 2026651 peakMonday 24 August 2026477 peakTuesday 25 August 2026485 peakWednesday 26 August 2026464 peakThursday 27 August 2026445 peakFriday 28 August 2026438 peakSaturday 29 August 2026493 peakSunday 30 August 2026552 peakMonday 31 August 2026435 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

Tuesday 01 September 2026426 peakWednesday 02 September 2026413 peakThursday 03 September 2026420 peakFriday 04 September 2026388 peakSaturday 05 September 2026449 peakSunday 06 September 2026499 peakMonday 07 September 2026459 peakTuesday 08 September 2026412 peakWednesday 09 September 2026418 peakThursday 10 September 2026375 peakFriday 11 September 2026429 peakSaturday 12 September 2026426 peak

October 2026

Papers, Please was released on 8 Aug, 2013.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 18:18 UTC

App ID: 239030
Last updated: 21 Mar 2023 build 10817815
Developer: Lucas Pope
Publisher: 3909
Release date: 8 Aug, 2013
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Download size: 34 MB42 MB34 MB
Install size: 87 MB117 MB94 MB
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Game modes: Single-player
Controller support: Unknown
Achievements: 13
Metacritic: 85

Launch options (3) Cloud saves (1)

Features & support

Steam features

Steam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

IndieSimulationPoint & ClickPixel GraphicsSingleplayerDystopian Multiple EndingsPuzzleStory RichRetroAtmospheric2DAddictiveGreat SoundtrackReplay ValueStrategyCasualDifficultAdventureChoices Matter

About this gameFull description from Steam

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. Glory to Arstotzka 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.

Content & age ratingsSteam content notice · 3 regional ratings

Content notice

"Papers, Please" includes brief pixel-art violence and pixel-art nudity. The narrative reflects mature themes related to crime, smuggling, immigration, and border control.

Regional ratings

DEJUS14Linguagem imprópria · Nudez · Violência

IGRSBANNEDRokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnya · Kekerasan · Penggunaan bahasa

KGRB18게임물 제명 : Papers, Please (페이퍼즈, 플리즈) · 이용등급 : 청소년이용불가 · 내용정보표시사항 : 선정성, 언어의 부적절성 · 등급분류일자 : 2022-11-03 · 등급분류번호 : CC-NP-221103-003

System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows XP or later Processor: 1.5 GHz Core2Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 1.4 or better Storage: 100 MB available space Additional Notes: Minimum 1280x720 screen resolution

macOS

Minimum: OS: OSX Mountain Lion (10.8) Processor: 1.5 GHz Core2Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 1.4 or better Storage: 100 MB available space Additional Notes: Minimum 1280x720 screen resolution Recommended:

Linux

Minimum: Processor: 1.5 GHz Core2Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 100 MB available space Additional Notes: Minimum 1280x720 screen resolution Recommended:

Supported languages15 languages

Language	Full audio
English
French
German
Spanish - Spain
Portuguese - Brazil
Russian
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Ukrainian
Czech
Simplified Chinese
Turkish
Basque
Korean

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

Papers, Please Trailer

Watch on Steam

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

13 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)

Antegria TokenAchievement

Republia TokenAchievement

Impor TokenAchievement

Obristan TokenAchievement

Kolechia TokenAchievement

Arstotzka TokenAchievement

United Federation TokenAchievement

Too HonestHidden achievement

Hired RifleHidden achievement

Member of the OrderHidden achievement

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8 developer announcements, Mar 2015 to Aug 2023 · times in UTC

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August

9 Aug10:42
10 Years!
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/4987388/2d87098994d64e590508b0f49e1d8e6f30ed7ad6.png Papers, Please is 10 years old! Hard to believe! I owe a sincere thanks to everyone that's supported me and my games over the last decade. A few things to celebrate the…
dukope

March

21 Mar08:16
Update 1.4.11
Taking care of a few more issues. Mainly, super slow animations when running at insane framerates, and muted sounds. Changelist Reworked frame sync logic, again, to fix slow animations. Tries 60fps vsync first, then CPU sync. Fixed bad…
Patch notes
12 Mar08:07
Update 1.4.10
This is a small update to address issues reported in version 1.4.9. Please comment below or send a support request if you're still seeing problems with the game. Changes Fix softlock when detaining Simon Wens while he's leaving Fix crash…
Patch notes
7 Mar08:00
Version 1.4.9 - Engine Update
Version 1.4.9 is a technical update to "Papers, Please" that transitions the underlying engine from Haxe/OpenFL to Haxe/Unity. This is a major change that will hopefully fix a number of systemic issues that have been building up over the…
dukope

November

27 Nov02:36
Invisible Update Incoming
As part of porting this game to phones, I re-wrote most of the code in Haxe and switched from OpenFL to Unity as the core engine. That's worked ok so far on phones and now it's time to transition the desktop builds to this new version. This…
Patch notes

March

9 Mar16:09
Version 1.2.76
1.2.76 Added a Ukrainian localization (from Skovoroda l10n) Changed some Identity Supplement feature descriptions
Patch notes

March

19 Mar09:46
Papers, Please - Gamers Edition
https://images.eurogamer.net/2014/gamersedition/papers-please/final-box.jpg/EG11/resize/498x336 Papers, Please - Gamers Edition Welcome to your new position at Grestin Border Checkpoint. This is your inspector's kit. Study the rulebook…
dukope
19 Mar09:46
Papers, Please - Gamers Edition
https://images.eurogamer.net/2014/gamersedition/papers-please/final-box.jpg/EG11/resize/498x336 Papers, Please - Gamers Edition Welcome to your new position at Grestin Border Checkpoint. This is your inspector's kit. Study the rulebook…
dukope

Description	Executable	Platform
Launch	`PapersPlease.exe`	windows
Launch	`PapersPlease.app/Contents/MacOS/PapersPlease`	macos
Launch	`PapersPlease`	linux