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Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition

Behold Studios · Paradox Interactive · 2013-06-18

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

9
playing now
82%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$2.49
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 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 12% of 18,047 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 130k–260k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,256 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GOG$2.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 27 of 54 observed days · at its 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

912026-08-06 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.66$1.792015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.472015-05-05 — best price $9.992015-10-15 — best price $9.992015-12-18 — best price $2.392016-03-23 — best price $9.992016-09-20 — best price $9.992017-03-21 — best price $9.992017-08-15 — best price $2.502017-12-27 — best price $2.492018-04-27 — best price $9.992018-07-17 — best price $7.992018-10-18 — best price $2.502019-01-14 — best price $2.492019-03-29 — best price $9.992019-06-25 — best price $2.492019-09-19 — best price $9.992019-11-29 — best price $2.122020-01-25 — best price $1.992020-04-10 — best price $2.152020-06-23 — best price $2.392020-08-17 — best price $9.992020-09-27 — best price $9.992020-11-10 — best price $8.992021-01-05 — best price $8.812021-02-28 — best price $9.992021-04-15 — best price $8.992021-06-09 — best price $2.492021-11-08 — best price $2.192022-02-17 — best price $1.792022-07-12 — best price $2.152022-10-29 — best price $8.812023-01-17 — best price $8.812023-06-30 — best price $1.992023-08-14 — best price $9.992024-06-04 — best price $9.992024-11-25 — best price $2.492025-09-23 — best price $9.992026-04-20 — best price $2.592026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3062026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 18 pageviews2026-06-09 — 16 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 16 pageviews2026-06-18 — 13 pageviews2026-06-21 — 14 pageviews2026-06-24 — 20 pageviews2026-06-27 — 10 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 14 pageviews2026-07-06 — 26 pageviews2026-07-09 — 15 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-21 — 14 pageviews2026-07-24 — 22 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 22 pageviews2026-08-05 — 18 pageviews2026-08-08 — 15 pageviews2026-08-11 — 12 pageviews2026-08-14 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-20 — 12 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 25 pageviews2026-08-28 — 13 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

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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