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Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人 cover art

Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人

Beijing Litchi Culture Media Co., Ltd. · 2019-04-19

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 25, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 18, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 10, 2019 (Xbox One)

Paper Dolls Original is a first-person horror adventure game steeped in Eastern culture. You act a man who is separated from his daughter after a car accident. When he awakes, he finds himself in a deserted Asian mansion. Find your daughter and unveil a terrifying story buried for a hundred years

6
playing now
84%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 223 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 122k–293k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,889 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21421420192026Week of 2019-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3202026-08-07 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 28 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$8.492019-04-202021-02-222019-04-20 — best price $15.292019-04-26 — best price $16.992019-06-25 — best price $15.292019-07-10 — best price $16.992019-08-15 — best price $11.892019-08-22 — best price $16.992019-10-28 — best price $11.892019-11-01 — best price $16.992019-11-10 — best price $11.892019-11-12 — best price $16.992019-11-26 — best price $11.892019-12-03 — best price $16.992019-12-19 — best price $10.192020-01-02 — best price $16.992020-01-23 — best price $10.192020-01-27 — best price $16.992020-02-14 — best price $8.492020-02-24 — best price $16.992020-03-10 — best price $8.492020-03-12 — best price $16.992020-04-23 — best price $8.492020-05-07 — best price $16.992020-06-25 — best price $8.492020-07-09 — best price $16.992020-08-15 — best price $11.892020-08-29 — best price $16.992020-09-24 — best price $10.192020-09-28 — best price $16.992020-10-29 — best price $10.192020-11-02 — best price $16.992020-11-25 — best price $10.192020-12-01 — best price $16.992020-12-22 — best price $8.492021-01-05 — best price $16.992021-02-11 — best price $8.492021-02-22 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
74.7%
earned "First Puzzle"
23.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

IndieActionHorrorPuzzleSurvivalThrillerAdventureDating SimMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

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

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