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Papers, Please

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Developer Lucas Pope

Papers, Please is a 2013 puzzle simulation video game by Lucas Pope, developed and published independently through his production company 3909 LLC. The game was released on August 8, 2013, for Microsoft Windows and OS X, for Linux on February 12, 2014, and for iOS on December 12, 2014. A port for the PlayStation Vita was announced in August 2014 and was then released on December 12, 2017. A port for Android,… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  • Nimi Nightmare 💭 @niminightmare.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2025

    Horror game today! Papers, Please but you're in a lighthouse and the eldritch horrors are lining up out the door to get inside! www.youtube.com/live/gqanjzX...

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  • Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 19, 2026

    My man looks like his favorite game as a child was called "Papers, Please"

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  • Tred @tredlocity.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2025

    Everyone cites Undertale as the "kindness is hard mode" game, but Papers Please did it earlier.

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  • Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 5, 2026

    War game in the style of Papers, Please You're a staff officer charged with wrangling NCOs, processing (possibly faulty) intelligence, and managing requisition requests for more ammunition (there is no 155mm in this sector, they gave us drones that don't work)

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  • Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    Evangelion game but its like Papers Please mixed with Dispatch and you're a random NERV lackey on da computa

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  • GDC Festival of Gaming @officialgdc.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2025

    Game developer Lucas Pope (@dukope.bsky.social) will receive this year’s GDCA Pioneer Award. The creator of IGF Award-winning games 'Papers Please' and 'Return of the Obra Dinn,' Lucas is a true pioneer in how he experiments with the interactions of mechanics, narrative, and art. #GDCA2025

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  • Emico Otero @emicootero.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2024

    HoloCon 1999 Release Trailer (A Papers Please Hololive Fan Game) Link: qeian-tea.itch.io/holocon huge thanks to qeiantea and byb for making this project a reality haha #HoloJam #inART #ぺこらーと #gawrt #graveyART

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  • Nome @nome.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2026

    My pitch for a new Star Wars game for #MayThe4th: IBOSH. Imperial Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health. It's a very stream-friendly inspection game in the vein of Papers, Please or Quarantine Zone. You're going through checklists on unsafe imperial work environments, while dealing with /

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  • Tred @tredlocity.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2025

    Meanwhile, a game like Papers Please could only be experienced by playing it. Because you can't appreciate the story if you don't feel experience the gameplay yourself.

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  • [ Tommy! ] - Trading Card Inspector OUT NOW!!! @reindeerflo.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2026

    You will like our indie game if you like: - Papers Please🛂 - Severance🏢 - Pokémon Cards🎴 - Taskmaster💌 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #cozygames #steam

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  • Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 17, 2026

    Who wants to make a PAPERS, PLEASE-style game about getting your child ready for each day of school, using the crumbs of information from the principal, the teacher, and the calendar, in their emails, PDF attachments, and assorted apps?

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  • gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2024

    Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah How To Blow Up A Pipeline (book and film) Come And See (film) Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky Papers, Please! (video game) The Shape of Punk to Come by Refused (album)

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  • Chris Franklin @errant-signal.comBluesky · Feb 24, 2026

    The Mailroom is a cute little horror-comedy game about sorting mail Papers Please style for Mephisto. The experience is definitely elevated by the guy what delivers you the mail to sort. I love me a good Creepy Watson.

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  • Phirmth @phirmth.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 4, 2025

    I really racked my brain and figured out the most appropriate game to stream today starting my first playthrough of PAPERS, PLEASE in an hour!

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  • Game Development Daily News @gamedevdaily.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 27, 2025

    The creator of "Papers, Please" want developers to make weirder, more personal games www.theverge.com/games/651376... #gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev #gamedesign

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  • Stein Makes Games @steinmakesgames.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2026

    #GameIdea: Papers Please but you're a board games "rules lawyer". Observe as some NPCs play board / card game and point out and correct it any time someone plays it wrong by referring to the game's rule book.

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  • Stein Makes Games @steinmakesgames.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    Game Idea: "Papers Please" but for vehicle inspection. New cars roll into the garage each day and it's your job to inspect and verify that all parts work as they should and everything is road-safe.

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  • Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.ukBluesky · Nov 1, 2024

    Lucas Pope (Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers, Please) has released Moida Mansion - a free Game & Watch style mystery game for Halloween, out now. (Read more: Thinky Games)

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  • GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2026

    Papers, Please, Return of the Obra Dinn dev Lucas Pope won't talk about current game in case it "gets slurped up by AI" www.gamesindustry.biz/papers-pleas...

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  • Philby Bear (they/them) @philbybear.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2026

    "Bear Talks Games: Haha Funny or Funny Peculiar?" There's a game I played two years ago, Lil' Guardsman, on the Switch. I'd caught the trailer and thought, "yeah, alright, Papers, Please as a comic fantasy. I've heard worse ideas for a game." Wounded up blocked by its director on twitter.

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  • deadlyyucca @deadlyyucca.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 7, 2026

    i was curious about the first indie game i ever played, so i checked my purchase history and found that i had bought Sword & Sworcery on the App Store in 2012, followed by Papers, Please and Hotline Miami on Steam in 2014. it’s the perfect starter set, and i’ve always loved all of them :)

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  • Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 25, 2025

    Hard facts about #LilGuardsman - Single-player - Narrative driven - 100% fully voiced - 100+ characters - Fantasy + comedy + surprisingly heartwarming - Adventure game + Papers, Please-like mashup - No live service features - No microtransactions - Made by humans

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  • Mom @milph.momBluesky · Jun 19, 2026

    Was trying to workshop the worst (or best) idea for a licensed anime game and came up with either Attack on Titan Papers Please or Interspecies Reviewers Warioware.

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  • Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.comBluesky · Aug 11, 2024

    It's oddly satisfying to think how disappointed my PhD advisor would be if he knew that three of my most-cited journal articles are about (in descending order) zombies, vampires, and the game Papers, Please.

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  • [ Tommy! ] - Trading Card Inspector OUT NOW!!! @reindeerflo.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 6, 2026

    Hey #TeaseYaGame, you'll love our game if you like: - Papers Please🛂 - Severance🏢 - Pokémon Cards🎴 - Taskmaster💌 - Plarbo😍 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #cozygames #steam

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  • Philby Bear (they/them) @philbybear.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2026

    Respectively, however, its writing and design owe a large debt to the Monkey Island series and Papers, Please; a fact that wasn't just promoted in the game's marketing but outright referenced in-game as a set of winking self-aware meta-gags.

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  • [ Tommy! ] - Trading Card Inspector OUT NOW!!! @reindeerflo.bsky.socialBluesky · May 2, 2026

    You'll love our Indie Game if you love: - Pokémon Cards🎴 - Papers Please🛂 - Frog Fractions🐸 - Taskmaster💌 - Severance🏢 🎮Play the Demo: s.team/a/3940840 #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGames #CozyGames #Steam #ScreenshotSaturday

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  • Heather Jochens @heatherjochens.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 6, 2025

    There’s a video game called “Papers, Please” that’s legit about this kind of bureaucracy. It’s kind of nuts

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  • Trezy @trezy.codesBluesky · Oct 13, 2023

    What do you say to a survival horror game in the same style as "Papers, Please"? 🤔

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  • Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 28, 2024

    While researching an article I came across this fantastic devlog of the localization of "Papers, Please". There really aren't many developers who are willing to share their experience localizing a game from their perspective. dukope.tumblr.com/post/8317728...

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  • ChemicalJade @chemicaljade.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2026

    The most surface level Papers Please imagineable. There's a reason Papers Please didn't have a funny cheery tone like this store page and general vibe of the game give off. Also, "suddenly find yourself in 2206", "crushed by unexplained debt" is such a lazy premise. Why was this made?

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  • Justin Hendrix ✨Robo Fight✨ @drixdev.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2025

    In Papers Please, you have a family to feed. But in my game you have a pet wolf to take care of. Wishlist my game here - store.steampowered.com/app/3955230/... #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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  • Timeproof Games @timeproof.gamesBluesky · Jul 23, 2025

    Papers, Please is 50% off on GOG. If you haven’t played it yet, now’s the time. Glory to Arstotzka. 🛂 af.gog.com/en/game/pape...

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  • Rebecca B. Underwood 🏳️‍⚧️ @rbunderwood.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2025

    Someone could make a game in the stylistic tradition of Papers Please about trying to navigate the US healthcare system, the oppressive atmosphere would be spot on

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  • Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2024

    I know what the shirt is, but my brainrot thought it was "Papers Please" game merchandise

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  • Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2024

    6. Papers, Please is a serious game designed to create empathy for immigrants. Although immigrants say it feels true to their experiences, there's no evidence that it changes non-immigrants' empathy or attitudes toward immigration papersplea.se

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  • Pank 🦑 @littlepinksquid.gayBluesky · Aug 30, 2026

    💀🔵Spooky Sunday Double Feature🔵💀 🕔5pm CST / 6pm EST🕕 Its a Double Feature game night! "They Came for Blood" & "Symptoms of Infection" Both are Papers Please-Likes with Horror Twists! ▶️ www.twitch.tv/pankraru ◀️ #vtuber #vsky #horror #spooky #theycameforblood #symptomsofinfection

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  • Discordia Dystopia 🔜 Lickython, TwitchCon @discordiadystopia.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2026

    Papers, Please but it's just correctly identifying which people on your flight are game developers (easy)

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  • HDoomGuy @hdoomguy.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2026

    also insanely tonedeaf weirdos who are like 'uuuuu Papers Please would be so fun but i need a cozy version the Dystopian Nightmare World That Is The Entire Point Of The Game is so uncozy vwv'

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  • AyyTeeThreeDee 🔰🔞 @ayytee3d.artBluesky · Oct 24, 2025

    Cozy TSA simulator is tasteless but the bad part is bastardizing Papers Please which is game with actual things to say

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  • Philby Bear (they/them) @philbybear.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2026

    I can't think of a greater moral rot in society than game devs looking at Papers, Please grim social satire... and thinking- "This needs a pastel makeover! That'll fix it."

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  • Non Fungible Trials Of Osiris @wqsaves.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2025

    outside of an RPG setting, Adventurer's Guild Steward would be an amazing Papers, Please style game

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  • Drew Pictures @drew-pictures.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2026

    Papers, Please! I don't know if it counts as deeply obscure, but it shaped me. It was my first proper video game, and really spoke to me in its melancholy and shaped my personal perception of ideologies, morality and activism.

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  • Hilltop Studios @playhilltop.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2026

    Lovely feature from @pocketgamercom.bsky.social about LG coming to iOS and Android this fall! Re: "the inspiration from Papers, Please, a grim and dystopian story of abuse of power, being translated into a cute and cosy game about, well, abuse of power is certainly an interesting angle"...

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  • William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2026

    I've been playing Security 51 but won't have column space to write about it soon, so I'll just say that there's something abjectly horrifying about taking a game like Papers Please—a near-perfect blend of gameplay and theme—hollowing out every ounce of meaning, and leaving just mechanics behind.

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  • Maj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.appBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    I have the theme for the game "Papers Please." Playing in my head for some reason... Glory to Arstotzka.

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  • rattatatouille @rattatatouille.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 6, 2025

    The Communist regimes of the 20th century arguably inspired a little video game called "Papers, Please", IIRC.

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  • xanadu84.bsky.social @xanadu84.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2026

    I know im late to the party, but it is fascinating that he made this point useing the game, "Papers, Please" Neither he nor ICE deserve moral consideration. May they harm each other as much as humanly possible.

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  • Adam @onperambulation.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    Like supporting indie studios? Loved Papers Please? Want to play a fully voice-acted puzzle game with a beautifully written branching story? You can do all three at once by buying Switchboard while it's on sale - less than £10! store.steampowered.com/app/3931650/... #indiegame #indiedev #steamsale

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  • Phirmth @phirmth.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2025

    Anyone who recognizes Papers, Please as an appropriate game for this political moment deserves to win

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  • George W Harris @bullcityfats.northsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2026

    Papers, Please is great game name

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  • Simon Rogers @simonjrogers.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2024

    Papers, Please is an amazing game.

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  • thepig993 @thepig993.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2026

    Papers Please is a game that’s done this well

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  • Andrew Sherman @cohostsherms.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2025

    Papers Please Cozy Game...

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  • Papaya Chemist @papayachemist.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    god I can already see myself being extremely normal about a game like this gonna scratch my organization itch like Papers, Please scratched my QA itch

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  • Fordon dreams of game dev jobs @thisisfordon.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    makes me imagine a Papers Please kinda game, but you are the editor at a newspaper

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  • BlaiseTheGamingShep @blaisethegshep.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Papers Please? Alright here is my Passport. May i be permitted to enter? This awesome YCH based on the fun game Papers Please made by TekBot0507 over on Twitter!

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  • Minnesotan Kaiju @whisperingpines.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2026

    Papers Please style indie game but it's about allowing our blocking new followers on bluesky

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  • DontFightDucks @dontfightducks.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 7, 2026

    New video of Shift At Midnight, the new co-op gas station horror game! It's like Papers Please meets The Closing Shift meets Supermarket Sim! Thank you to @guillotine.agency for the key! 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4gB...

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  • Sara Shearwater Wolfthing @never.horseBluesky · May 27, 2026

    Untitled Goose Game Papers Please

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