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Paperback Adventures

Tim Fowers · Fowers Games · 2023-01-30

Steam

CasualIndieStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Combine word wizardry and superior strategy in this roguelike deckbuilding adventure. Craft a unique deck of letter cards throughout each journey, collect rewards from your victories, and each adventure unlocks new cards.

94%
positive of 64 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 63% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 17,879 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–2.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.24 at Steam (2024-03-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820232026Week of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$11.242023-01-302026-05-112023-01-30 — best price $11.992023-02-06 — best price $14.992024-03-25 — best price $11.242024-04-01 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $11.242026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-04 — best price $11.242026-05-11 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRetroCasualFantasyStrategyCard GameDinosaursWord GameComic BookHand-drawn

Census log

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

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