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纸嫁衣 cover art

纸嫁衣

HeartBeat Plus · 2021-12-02

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Dec 17, 2021 (iOS), Dec 03, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 17, 2021 (Android)

Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...

纸嫁衣 is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG game released in 2021, priced at $7.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 2302 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

8
playing now
91%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.1h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

When the groom turns toward his bride on the wedding ceremony, her traditional red wedding dress suddenly turns into an ominous white paper one. The bride then mysteriously disappeared.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 104 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (463 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 46k–104k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,302 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42742720212026Week of 2021-12-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3102026-09-15 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 31 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 26 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 23 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
686Dec 2021Aug 2026Dec 2021 — avg 68 · peak 462Feb 2022 — avg 39 · peak 129Apr 2022 — avg 17 · peak 52Jun 2022 — avg 18 · peak 58Aug 2022 — avg 45 · peak 187Oct 2022 — avg 32 · peak 146Dec 2022 — avg 13 · peak 53Feb 2023 — avg 11 · peak 34Apr 2023 — avg 15 · peak 93Jun 2023 — avg 11 · peak 33Aug 2023 — avg 14 · peak 42Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 54Dec 2023 — avg 16 · peak 56Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 52Apr 2024 — avg 9 · peak 35Jun 2024 — avg 10 · peak 41Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 63Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 37Dec 2024 — avg 14 · peak 60Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 50Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 16 · peak 82Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 30Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 37Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 48Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 65Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 41Jun 2026 — avg 14 · peak 70Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 67
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$3.992021-12-032026-07-092021-12-03 — best price $7.192022-01-27 — best price $7.192022-08-12 — best price $7.192022-12-22 — best price $7.192023-01-19 — best price $6.792023-03-16 — best price $7.192023-05-01 — best price $7.992023-07-28 — best price $7.992023-10-08 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-02-02 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-11-04 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-02-03 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-02-17 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
96.7%
earned "Wedding"
66.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Japanese, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)56128%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGDramaCasualHorrorPuzzleMysteryThrillerDetectiveWord Game

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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