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Paperback: The Game

Mark Fassett · Fowers Games · 2017-11-29

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 27, 2016 (iOS)

You are an author trying to finish kitschy paperback novels in this deckbuilding word game. Play against opponents offline or AI.

Paperback: The Game is a free-to-play Casual game released in 2017, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 69 reviews).

1
playing now
68%
positive of 69 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 29,066 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2023-02-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220172026Week of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.002017-12-012023-02-042017-12-01 — best price $4.992020-10-21 — best price $2.992020-10-26 — best price $4.992021-10-21 — best price $2.492021-10-25 — best price $4.992023-02-03 — best price $0.992023-02-04 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

PvPCasualRomanceStrategyTabletopCard GameWord GameBoard GameHand-drawnMultiplayer

Census log

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

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