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Papetura cover art

Papetura

Petums · 2021-05-07

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 01, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 09, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Mar 09, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Mar 09, 2023 (Xbox One), Mar 09, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), May 07, 2021 (Mac)

Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.

Papetura is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $4.19, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1271 reviews).

3
playing now
92%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (197 ratings)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1.1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.19
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Papetura is a 2021 point-and-click adventure game developed by Petums and published by Feardemic.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 78 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (304 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,271 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.07-66%
GOG$4.79-60%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.19 at Steam (2026-08-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 74 of 98 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28228220212026Week of 2021-05-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$4.072021-05-072026-10-142021-05-07 — best price $10.792021-10-18 — best price $11.992021-11-30 — best price $11.992022-02-03 — best price $11.992022-05-02 — best price $7.792022-07-25 — best price $7.192022-11-04 — best price $11.992022-12-22 — best price $6.232023-02-23 — best price $6.592023-06-11 — best price $5.992023-09-06 — best price $5.992023-11-07 — best price $5.992024-01-05 — best price $11.992024-03-20 — best price $5.992024-05-16 — best price $6.592024-07-16 — best price $5.992024-09-17 — best price $5.992024-11-05 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-02-05 — best price $11.992025-03-19 — best price $6.712025-05-03 — best price $11.992025-06-27 — best price $5.632025-08-26 — best price $5.872025-10-09 — best price $5.392025-11-29 — best price $5.392026-01-18 — best price $11.992026-03-12 — best price $11.992026-04-15 — best price $4.892026-06-01 — best price $11.992026-08-20 — best price $11.992026-09-01 — best price $4.792026-09-09 — best price $4.792026-09-17 — best price $4.792026-09-25 — best price $4.792026-10-03 — best price $4.792026-10-11 — best price $11.992026-10-14 — best price $4.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2112026-05-28 — 6 pageviews2026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-05 — 3 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 7 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 3 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 4 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-18 — 9 pageviews2026-09-22 — 3 pageviews2026-09-26 — 8 pageviews2026-09-30 — 15 pageviews2026-10-04 — 4 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
94%
earned "GET UP"
60.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

40 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-09-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)83670%10
PS5 (PlayStation)19974%10
Xbox One (Xbox)17686%10
PS4 (PlayStation)3181%10
Switch (Nintendo)130%0
PS4 (PlayStation)1283%10

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

Player tags

2DCuteCasualPuzzleSurrealRelaxingStylizedAdventureHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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