Papers, Please

4.6
5.24K reviews
100K+
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Content rating
USK: Ages 12+
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About this game

A dystopian document thriller.
The award-winning, critically-acclaimed border inspector game.

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The communist state of Arstotzka has just ended a 6-year war with neighboring Kolechia and reclaimed its rightful half of the border town, Grestin.

Your job as immigration inspector is to control the flow of people entering the Arstotzkan side of Grestin from Kolechia. Among the throngs of immigrants and visitors looking for work are hidden smugglers, spies, and terrorists.

Using only the documents provided by travelers and the Ministry of Admission's primitive inspect, search, and fingerprint systems you must decide who can enter Arstotzka and who will be turned away or arrested.

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Warning

This game contains mature themes, non-photographic nudity, and brief moments of pixelated violence.

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Awards

◉ Best Game of 2013 - The New Yorker
◉ Best Game of 2013 - Wired Magazine
◉ Top Indie Game 2013 - Forbes Magazine
◉ Best Strategy & Simulation Game 2014 - BAFTA
◉ Grand Prize Winner 2014 - Independent Games Festival
◉ Excellence in Design Winner - IGF 2014
◉ Excellence in Narrative Winner - IGF 2014
◉ GameCity Prize Winner 2014 - GameCity
◉ Cultural Innovation Award 2013 - SXSW
◉ Best PC Game 2014 - LARA Game Awards
◉ Innovation Award - GDCA 2014
◉ Most Innovative 2014 - Games For Change
◉ Best Gameplay 2014 - Games For Change
◉ Best Game of 2013 - Ars Technica
◉ Best Game of 2013 - PC World
◉ Best PC Game of 2013 - Destructoid
◉ Best Story of 2013 - Destructoid
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Updated on
Oct 30, 2025

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Ratings and reviews

4.7
4.93K reviews
Jarod Witt
November 18, 2025
Great mobile port of a great game. I'm usually not a fan of games with time limits but this game does it in short bursts and is part of the theme of the game.
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nighthawknina
November 14, 2025
i LOVE this game!! i used to play it all the time on pc but computer issues came along. i'm SO FREAKING HAPPY that i can keep playing this game again!
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Tahsen Zaman
November 18, 2025
Best game in the world. Makes handling passportd and documents fun
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What’s new

* Update Unity version with security fix
* Fix EZIC puzzle card overlap alignment in zh, ukr, and ko localizations