Papers, Please

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam		Can be played without Steam if Steam.exe is not present or by creating a `steam_appid.txt` file containing its Steam App ID number `239030` in `<path-to-game>` on Windows.^[4]

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\3909\PapersPlease\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/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.

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

In the Unity version, the command-line argument savedir <directory> may be used to override the save directory.

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

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 resizable.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Supported in the Unity version; labeled as Fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Use the command-line argument `nosync` to disable vertical synchronization for the Unity version.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		High frame rates are supported in the Unity version.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

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.^[5]^{[citation needed]}
Controller
Controller support

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Audio is not muted in the Unity version.
Royalty free audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation. Details missing—please edit this page and add it.
Italian
Japanese
Polish				Fan translation.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Start the game directly^{[citation needed]}
Go to the installation folder. Run `PapersPlease.exe` directly.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			The last 32-bit executable (1.1.65) is available on Steam in a separate branch for the legacy OpenFL version.
macOS (OS X)
Linux

A 64-bit operating system is required.

A 64-bit operating system is required.