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Paper Beast cover art

Paper Beast

Pixel Reef · 2020-07-24

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AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 24, 2020 (PlayStation VR), Jul 24, 2020 (SteamVR), Jul 24, 2020 (Oculus Rift), Aug 19, 2021 (Oculus Quest)

An exploration and adventure game about wildlife sprung from the depths of the internet. An unknown power seems to upset its balance. Join forces with exotic creatures to unravel the mysteries of this universe.

0
playing now
94%
positive of 707 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Paper Beast is a 2020 virtual reality adventure game developed and published by Pixel Reef for PlayStation 4, Windows, and PlayStation 5. The game was created by Éric Chahi, who previously worked on Another World. In the game, players are tasked to navigate a world inhabited by various digital life-forms. It received generally positive reviews upon release. Paper Beast: Folded Edition, a non-VR version of the game, was released on October 20, 2020.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 35% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 707 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at Fanatical (2025-05-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 96 of 118 observed days · $0.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.342020-07-242026-08-272020-07-24 — best price $16.782020-12-11 — best price $19.992021-01-18 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $11.992021-04-11 — best price $16.882021-05-11 — best price $16.882021-06-18 — best price $9.992021-10-05 — best price $16.882021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-18 — best price $16.882022-04-21 — best price $17.112022-07-19 — best price $16.662022-09-26 — best price $8.992022-11-28 — best price $5.992023-02-01 — best price $6.362023-04-11 — best price $4.992023-06-16 — best price $19.992023-08-01 — best price $5.242023-10-02 — best price $5.242023-12-13 — best price $4.242024-02-08 — best price $3.752024-04-01 — best price $4.502024-06-25 — best price $15.742024-08-19 — best price $3.202024-11-04 — best price $19.992025-01-18 — best price $2.992025-03-24 — best price $19.992025-05-30 — best price $19.992025-08-04 — best price $1.592025-10-01 — best price $13.942025-12-12 — best price $1.692026-02-18 — best price $19.992026-04-13 — best price $1.692026-06-16 — best price $15.892026-08-12 — best price $1.992026-08-27 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)2,65717%22
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)1,29815%22
Steam (Steam)1,1642%21
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)35023%22

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

Player tags

VRNaturePuzzleMysteryPhysicsSandboxSurrealColorfulStylizedAdventure

Census log

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

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