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Paper Planet cover art

Paper Planet

Doodlegames · 2 Left Thumbs · 2023-08-21

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 21, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Paper Planet is a planet-defender, arcade roguelike with a doodley, Flash-inspired artstyle. Battle through waves of unique enemies and bosses. Combine items with strange and wacky effects for insanely overpowered runs. Play with 1-4 players, for some chaotic co-op fun!

Paper Planet is an Action game released in 2023, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 531 reviews).

12
playing now
84%
positive of 530 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (123 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 530 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11411420232026Week of 2023-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
592Aug 2023Jul 2026Aug 2023 — avg 51 · peak 94Sep 2023 — avg 18 · peak 51Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Nov 2023 — avg 59 · peak 425Dec 2023 — avg 13 · peak 37Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17May 2024 — avg 16 · peak 45Jun 2024 — avg 12 · peak 32Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 35Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 15Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$5.992023-08-212026-07-092023-08-21 — best price $13.492023-10-04 — best price $14.992023-11-17 — best price $12.742023-11-28 — best price $14.992023-12-15 — best price $11.992024-01-06 — best price $14.992024-02-19 — best price $14.992024-03-06 — best price $11.992024-04-01 — best price $14.992024-05-13 — best price $10.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-07-29 — best price $10.492024-08-16 — best price $14.992024-09-30 — best price $10.492024-10-28 — best price $9.742024-11-22 — best price $10.492024-12-13 — best price $10.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-02-15 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-05-09 — best price $6.002025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-12-04 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-05-02 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
85.1%
earned "Sharper"
11.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1361%45

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

Player tags

Co-opSpaceArcadeCartoonyHand-drawnRogue-likeBullet HellLocal Co-OpMultiplayerShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

Recent updates

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