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Paper Perjury

Paper Cat Games · 2024-12-09

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.

Paper Perjury is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2024, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 228 reviews).

89%
positive of 235 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 235 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2025-12-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320242026Week of 2024-12-09: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-16: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$9.992024-12-092026-08-032024-12-09 — best price $15.992024-12-16 — best price $19.992025-01-16 — best price $15.992025-01-29 — best price $19.992025-02-28 — best price $15.992025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-09 — best price $14.992025-04-23 — best price $19.992025-05-23 — best price $13.992025-06-06 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-23 — best price $13.392025-08-06 — best price $19.992025-09-08 — best price $11.992025-09-22 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-22 — best price $11.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992025-12-05 — best price $9.992025-12-13 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-12 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $19.992026-02-22 — best price $9.992026-03-08 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-07 — best price $9.992026-04-21 — best price $19.992026-05-21 — best price $9.992026-06-04 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-20 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
88.6%
earned "In Justina We Trust!"
17.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionNarrated Game Menus#category_playable_at_your_own_pace

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1087%24

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

Player tags

2DAnimeCrimeLogicPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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