The Game Census
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Paper io 2

VOODOO · QubicGames · 2024-05-20

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasual

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

Releases: May 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 01, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 12, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jul 05, 2024 (Xbox One)

Conquer territory solo or beat your friends in multiplayer mode with up to 4 players!

82%
positive of 105 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 105 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.77 at Fanatical (2025-06-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 24 of 37 observed days · $4.22 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920242026Week of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.772024-05-202026-08-272024-05-20 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-08-01 — best price $2.492024-09-10 — best price $2.992024-09-19 — best price $1.992024-10-28 — best price $1.492024-11-27 — best price $1.492024-12-05 — best price $1.492024-12-31 — best price $2.992025-01-07 — best price $4.992025-01-28 — best price $2.492025-02-04 — best price $4.992025-02-21 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $1.242025-03-21 — best price $3.662025-04-22 — best price $4.992025-05-09 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-07-29 — best price $0.992025-08-15 — best price $4.992025-09-11 — best price $1.242025-09-22 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-11-04 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-01-19 — best price $0.842026-02-02 — best price $3.662026-03-04 — best price $0.992026-03-10 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-03-27 — best price $3.662026-04-21 — best price $0.842026-05-02 — best price $4.992026-06-02 — best price $3.732026-06-19 — best price $0.842026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-21 — best price $2.742026-07-28 — best price $4.992026-08-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
70.5%
earned "Decimate"
20.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support6 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

3DPvEPvPActionArcadeCasualCartoonyTop-DownSingleplayerSplit Screen

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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