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Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition

Behold Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2013-06-18

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 18, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 08, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 13, 2018 (Xbox One), Dec 13, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Oct 30, 2012 (iOS), Oct 30, 2012 (Android)

Set out on a grand adventure in this turn-based, retro style, pixel-art RPG, inspired by the great titles of the 90's. Take on the roles of in-game players taking on the roles of their characters in a traditional pen and paper RPG session in the ultimate meta roleplaying experience.

Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition is an Indie, RPG game released in 2013, priced at $2.49, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 3260 reviews).

5
playing now
82%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
9h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 30h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Knights of Pen & Paper is a role-playing video game developed by Behold Studios and published by Paradox Interactive and Seaven Studio. It was released on October 30, 2012, for iOS and Android, and on June 18, 2013, for Windows, OS X and Linux. A Nintendo Switch version, entitled Knights of Pen & Paper: +1 Deluxier Edition, was released on May 29, 2018, in North America and Europe and on November 21, 2019, in Japan. Similar versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were released on May 29 and May 30, 2018, respectively.

Trailer

Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition trailer thumbnail

Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition - Launch Trailer

≈13,976 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 130k–261k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,260 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GOG$2.49-75%
Steam$2.49-75%
GOG$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.25 at GamersGate (2013-12-03) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 56 of 94 observed days · $1.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220172026Week of 2017-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1012026-09-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1560Feb 2013Aug 2026Feb 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2013 — avg 79 · peak 273Dec 2013 — avg 49 · peak 105May 2014 — avg 50 · peak 112Oct 2014 — avg 97 · peak 504Mar 2015 — avg 38 · peak 109Aug 2015 — avg 38 · peak 85Jan 2016 — avg 57 · peak 169Jun 2016 — avg 26 · peak 89Nov 2016 — avg 22 · peak 64Apr 2017 — avg 44 · peak 225Sep 2017 — avg 16 · peak 37Feb 2018 — avg 15 · peak 65Jul 2018 — avg 17 · peak 38Dec 2018 — avg 11 · peak 31May 2019 — avg 16 · peak 42Oct 2019 — avg 10 · peak 27Mar 2020 — avg 12 · peak 32Aug 2020 — avg 10 · peak 25Jan 2021 — avg 8 · peak 21Jun 2021 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2021 — avg 8 · peak 20Apr 2022 — avg 9 · peak 23Sep 2022 — avg 9 · peak 22Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 18Jul 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.66$0.002015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.472015-06-18 — best price $12.662015-11-05 — best price $9.992016-02-15 — best price $2.502016-08-30 — best price $9.992017-03-21 — best price $9.992017-09-05 — best price $2.502018-02-12 — best price $2.492018-06-15 — best price $9.992018-10-02 — best price $11.342019-01-14 — best price $2.492019-04-16 — best price $9.992019-08-08 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $2.492020-01-13 — best price $9.992020-04-10 — best price $2.152020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-09-06 — best price $9.992020-10-25 — best price $9.992020-12-21 — best price $2.292021-02-28 — best price $9.992021-05-01 — best price $1.792021-08-29 — best price $1.792022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-06 — best price $2.492022-10-29 — best price $8.812023-02-11 — best price $8.812023-07-12 — best price $2.502024-02-14 — best price $2.492024-11-07 — best price $2.492025-09-23 — best price $9.992026-05-22 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $2.492026-10-15 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3062026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 20 pageviews2026-06-08 — 16 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 12 pageviews2026-06-24 — 20 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 21 pageviews2026-07-06 — 26 pageviews2026-07-10 — 15 pageviews2026-07-14 — 22 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-26 — 14 pageviews2026-07-30 — 10 pageviews2026-08-03 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-11 — 12 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 13 pageviews2026-08-31 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 7 pageviews2026-09-08 — 17 pageviews2026-09-12 — 16 pageviews2026-09-16 — 7 pageviews2026-09-20 — 9 pageviews2026-09-24 — 11 pageviews2026-09-28 — 12 pageviews2026-10-02 — 13 pageviews2026-10-06 — 14 pageviews2026-10-10 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
70.5%
earned "Elite Kill"
16.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-11-06 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIndieRetroCasualComedyFantasyParody Adventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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