The Game Census
Paper Beast - Folded Edition cover art

Paper Beast - Folded Edition

Pixel Reef · 2020-10-20

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

84%
positive of 236 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 29,321 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 236 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$1.69-90%
Steam$1.69-90%
WinGameStore$1.69-90%
GreenManGaming$1.70-90%
GOG$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.35 at Fanatical (2025-05-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 27 of 45 observed days · $0.34 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620202026Week of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$1.692026-08-132026-10-152026-08-13 — best price $1.692026-09-03 — best price $1.692026-09-05 — best price $1.692026-09-07 — best price $1.692026-09-09 — best price $1.692026-09-11 — best price $16.992026-09-13 — best price $16.992026-09-15 — best price $16.992026-09-17 — best price $16.992026-09-19 — best price $16.992026-09-21 — best price $16.992026-09-23 — best price $16.992026-09-25 — best price $1.692026-09-27 — best price $1.692026-09-29 — best price $1.692026-10-01 — best price $1.692026-10-03 — best price $1.692026-10-05 — best price $1.692026-10-07 — best price $16.992026-10-09 — best price $16.992026-10-11 — best price $1.692026-10-13 — best price $1.702026-10-15 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
72.8%
earned "Another World"
12.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-07-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3968%21

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

Player tags

LogicCasualNatureMysterySandboxSurrealColorfulGod GameStylizedAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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