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{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|August 8, 2013}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|August 8, 2013}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|February 12, 2014}}
 
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|papers-please|85}}
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|taxonomy    =
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | First-person, Top-down view }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Puzzle, Simulation }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Stylized }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Cold War, Eastern Europe }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | }}
 
|steam appid  = 239030
 
|steam appid  = 239030
 
|gogcom id    = 1207659209
 
|gogcom id    = 1207659209
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|official site= https://papersplea.se/
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|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|mobygames    = papers-please
 
|mobygames    = papers-please
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}}
 
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==Video settings==
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{{Image|Papers Please - settings.png|General settings.}}
 
{{Image|Papers Please - settings.png|General settings.}}
{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
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|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
 
|widescreen resolution      = true
 
|widescreen resolution      = true
|widescreen resolution notes= 16:9; other aspect ratios are letterboxed.<br/>All resolutions have black borders around the game.
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|widescreen resolution notes= 16:9; other aspect ratios are {{term|letterboxed}}.<br/>All resolutions have black borders around the game.
 
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|windowed notes            = Window is fully re-sizable.
 
|windowed notes            = Window is fully re-sizable.
 
|borderless windowed        = hackable
 
|borderless windowed        = hackable
|borderless windowed notes  = [http://westechsolutions.net/sites/WindowedBorderlessGaming/ Windowed Borderless Gaming] can solve this issue.
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|borderless windowed notes  = Use a program like Borderless Gaming
 
|anisotropic                = n/a
 
|anisotropic                = n/a
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing              = n/a
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
 
|antialiasing notes        =  
|vsync                      = true
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|vsync                      = always on
|vsync notes                = You can't turn off vsync in the game
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|vsync notes                =  
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
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|60 fps notes              =  
 
|60 fps notes              =  
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}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    = Music and sound.
 
|separate volume notes    = Music and sound.
 
|surround sound          = false
 
|surround sound          = false
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
|subtitles                = true
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|subtitles                = n/a
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|subtitles notes          =  
 
|closed captions          = false
 
|closed captions          = false
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  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
  |subtitles = true
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  |subtitles = n/a
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
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  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
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  |notes    =  
 
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  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
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{{L10n/switch
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|language  = Hungarian
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|interface = hackable
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|audio    = n/a
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|subtitles = n/a
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|notes    = [http://www.trc-playground.hu/forditasok/#papersplease Fan translation.]
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|fan      = true
 
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  |notes    =  
 
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  |interface = true
 
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  |audio    = n/a
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
  |language  = Brazilian Portuguese
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  |language  = Polish
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |subtitles = true
 
  |subtitles = true
  |notes    =  
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  |notes    = [https://gamesub.pl/spolszczenie-papers-please/ Fan translation.]
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  |interface = true
 
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  |audio    = n/a
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|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model versions  =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
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|windows 32-bit exe    = false
|windows 64-bit exe    = false
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|windows 64-bit exe    = true
 
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|mac os x powerpc app  =  
 
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|minOGL  = 1.4
 
|minOGL  = 1.4
 
|minother = 1280x720 screen resolution
 
|minother = 1280x720 screen resolution
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|minOGL  = 1.4
 
|minOGL  = 1.4
 
|minother = 1280x720 screen resolution
 
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}}
 
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{{References}}
 
{{References}}

Revision as of 15:58, 26 April 2021

Papers, Please
Papers, Please cover
Developers
Lucas Pope
Publishers
3909
Engines
OpenFL
Release dates
Windows August 8, 2013
macOS (OS X) August 8, 2013
Linux February 12, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 85
IGDB 82
Taxonomy
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person, Top-down view
Controls Point and select
Genres Puzzle, Simulation
Art styles Stylized
Themes Cold War, Eastern Europe
Papers, Please on HowLongToBeat
Papers, Please on IGDB
Papers, Please on MobyGames
Papers, Please on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\3909\PapersPlease\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/PapersPlease/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/3909/PapersPlease/
The settings file is binary and can't be easily edited.
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\3909\PapersPlease\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/PapersPlease/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/3909/PapersPlease/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:9; other aspect ratios are letterboxed.
All resolutions have black borders around the game.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Window is fully re-sizable.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use a program like Borderless Gaming
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse, touch State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
Windowed mode only as of February 2014, no multi-touch support.[1]
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Fan translation.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Runtime error (Windows)

Start the game directly[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Run PapersPlease.exe directly.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 1.4
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 1.4 compatible
Other 1280x720 screen resolution
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 1.4 compatible
Other 1280x720 screen resolution
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 1.4 compatible
Other 1280x720 screen resolution
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References