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The Paperman

Proto1Studios · 2019-12-20

Steam

Free To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 20, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Not a single jumpscare. Pure psychological terror.Unique horror experience.The kids of the neighbourhood tells a story about a man made out of paper that lives inside the forest. Solve the mystery. Find the truth about that “Paperman”.

0
playing now
69%
positive of 314 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Not a single jumpscare. Pure psychological terror.Unique horror experience.The kids of the neighbourhood tells a story about a man made out of paper that lives inside the forest. Solve the mystery. Find the truth about that “Paperman”.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 44% of 3,022 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Player tags

VRIndieHorrorMultiplayerFree to PlayPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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