Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
A brilliant, stressful border-checkpoint puzzle with strong moral choices and many endings. Skip it if document-checking under time pressure sounds like work, or if you play on Steam Deck.
Great for
Players who like tense puzzles, dark dystopian stories, moral dilemmas and chasing multiple endings
Main risk
The core loop feels like repetitive, stressful paperwork and isn't fun for everyone
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The moral choices are one of the strongest parts of the game. Deciding between following the rules or helping people often at a personal cost creates real tension.”
Steam review · 11.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Every "ker-chunk" of the stamp provides a weirdly satisfying hit of dopamine”
Steam review · 11.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Everything about this game is so memorable, the music, writing, world building, grim & oppressive atmosphere.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“After 13 years, Papers, Please still reigns supreme. It founded this subgenre and it eats the lunch of all its imitators.”
Steam review · 16 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Very fun and replayable, multiple endings, multiple choices actually affecting gameplay outcomes throughout.”
Steam review · 80.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Love the graphics style, the music slaps, the story, the themes, the repetitive motions and the sound effect of stamping.”
Steam review · 19.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“it just feels too much like doing work.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The gameplay loop is MIND NUMBINGLY boring”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Your family has no personality, no dialogue, and no backstory, yet you are supposed to care about them?”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The tutorial is also very bad.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“I play games to relax and NOT stress about work KPI's.”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“the steam deck controls don't work at all and yet the game is falsely listed as deck verified.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
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