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Paper Pusher

Phillip Hubbard · 2025-06-19

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 19, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A short atmospheric psychological horror game. Locked in a corporate contract, you must decide who lives and who dies based only on details that can be written down about them. How will you justify your choices?

90%
positive of 39 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 29,896 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420252026Week of 2025-06-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-18: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSurround SoundFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

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