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Paperbark cover art

Paperbark

Paper House · 2018-12-12

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 21, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 21, 2018 (Mac), Jun 21, 2018 (iOS)

Paperbark is a charming game that tells a beautiful short story of a wombat, the bush and a very hot Australian Summer.

Paperbark is a 2018 Adventure, Casual, Indie game priced at $8.99, with a Very Positive sentiment based on 89% of 354 reviews and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

0
playing now
89%
positive of 354 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Paperbark is an Australian point-and-click exploration video game by Paper House, released June 2018.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.8k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 354 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220182026Week of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$4.492018-12-132026-08-122018-12-13 — best price $8.992019-02-05 — best price $7.192019-06-08 — best price $8.992019-08-30 — best price $6.742019-11-01 — best price $8.992019-12-19 — best price $6.292020-01-27 — best price $8.992020-05-07 — best price $6.022020-07-09 — best price $8.992020-10-29 — best price $6.022020-11-28 — best price $5.392021-01-05 — best price $8.992021-07-28 — best price $5.392021-10-07 — best price $8.992021-11-24 — best price $5.842022-01-05 — best price $8.992022-06-23 — best price $4.492022-08-29 — best price $8.992022-11-22 — best price $4.492023-01-05 — best price $8.992023-06-29 — best price $5.392023-08-07 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $4.492024-01-04 — best price $8.992024-06-27 — best price $4.492024-10-16 — best price $8.992024-12-20 — best price $4.492025-03-20 — best price $8.992025-09-30 — best price $4.492026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $4.492026-08-12 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

502026-06-01 — 2 pageviews2026-06-05 — 0 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1 pageviews2026-06-29 — 2 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-16 — 0 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1 pageviews2026-08-06 — 0 pageviews2026-08-10 — 3 pageviews2026-08-14 — 2 pageviews2026-08-18 — 2 pageviews2026-08-23 — 0 pageviews2026-08-27 — 2 pageviews2026-08-31 — 0 pageviews2026-09-04 — 1 pageviews2026-09-08 — 1 pageviews2026-09-12 — 0 pageviews2026-09-17 — 0 pageviews2026-09-21 — 3 pageviews2026-09-25 — 1 pageviews2026-09-29 — 0 pageviews2026-10-03 — 2 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 pageviews2026-10-10 — 0 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
69.1%
earned "The Tutorial"
24.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)72334%25

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

Player tags

CuteIndieShortCasualNatureColorfulRelaxingStylizedAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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