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Knights of Pen and Paper 2 cover art

Knights of Pen and Paper 2

Kyy Games · Paradox Interactive · 2015-10-20

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 20, 2015 (Linux), Oct 20, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 12, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Oct 20, 2015 (Mac)

Prepare to inhabit a world of chivalry, class warfare and off-beat pop references. Knights of Pen & Paper 2 is a turn-based, retro style, pixel-art adventure full of danger, intrigue, death, and saving throws!

16
playing now
87%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
15h
to beat · completionist 44h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Knights of Pen & Paper 2, stylized as Knights of Pen & Paper II, is a role-playing video game developed by Kyy Games and published by Paradox Interactive. It was released on May 13, 2015, for iOS and Android, and on October 20, 2015, for Windows, OS X and Linux through the download service Steam. Versions for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One were released in December 2018 under the name Knights of Pen & Paper 2: Deluxiest Edition. It is the sequel to Knights of Pen & Paper.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 11,314 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 72k–172k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,862 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.32 at GameBillet (2020-01-30) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 16 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
797920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2012026-08-06 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.432015-10-152026-08-242015-10-15 — best price $9.492016-02-08 — best price $6.312016-06-24 — best price $6.672016-12-22 — best price $2.772017-05-25 — best price $1.992017-11-07 — best price $7.992018-04-03 — best price $7.012018-07-17 — best price $6.392018-10-29 — best price $1.792019-01-21 — best price $1.992019-04-17 — best price $1.902019-08-08 — best price $7.992019-11-17 — best price $7.952020-01-14 — best price $6.502020-03-06 — best price $7.992020-05-11 — best price $7.992020-07-01 — best price $7.042020-08-25 — best price $7.992020-10-07 — best price $7.992020-11-23 — best price $1.762021-01-11 — best price $7.192021-03-08 — best price $7.992021-04-21 — best price $1.832021-07-02 — best price $7.192021-11-03 — best price $7.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-05-23 — best price $7.992022-09-21 — best price $7.192022-11-30 — best price $7.192023-03-02 — best price $7.192023-07-06 — best price $2.002023-10-23 — best price $1.992024-07-24 — best price $6.292025-01-24 — best price $7.192026-03-30 — best price $6.362026-08-24 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2012026-05-31 — 1 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1 pageviews2026-06-27 — 5 pageviews2026-06-30 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 7 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-12 — 20 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-21 — 6 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-14 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 5 pageviews2026-08-26 — 7 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
78.2%
earned "Unlucky"
30.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,1358%33

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

Player tags

2DRPGDwarfFunnyIndieCasualComedyFantasyStrategyAdventure

Census log

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

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