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Game entry

Papers, Please

2013 · Point-and-click, Simulation, Puzzle · PC, Mac, Linux, PS Vita, iOS, Android · 3909

Papers, Please holds position no. 368 in the world ranking on GameForever, with 1,733 ELO points and 76% of duels won out of 360 played. The Walking Dead is the rival it has faced most: 11 duels, 5 wins and 6 losses. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 9 out of 219 (Point-and-click).

World rank

no. 368

ELO score

1,733

Wins

76%

Duels played

360

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About Papers, Please

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.

The community says

It always ends up compared to the Walking Dead games but honestly the tone and the goal are so diferent that the comparaison barely makes sense to me

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,733 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The games Papers, Please sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 365 What Remains of Edith Finch 1,734
  2. 366 Pikmin 2 1,734
  3. 367 Rocket League 1,733
  4. 368 Papers, Please 1,733
  5. 369 Fallout 4 1,732
  6. 370 Braid 1,732
  7. 371 Cities: Skylines 1,732

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The standing

Where Papers, Please ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Papers, Please stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 9 out of 219 (Point-and-click).

Where Papers, Please ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 368 5,035
Point-and-click 9 219
2010s 155 2,050
2013 15 210

The community

The debate

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  1. NovaRider

    It always ends up compared to the Walking Dead games but honestly the tone and the goal are so diferent that the comparaison barely makes sense to me

    GhostByte2

    Diferent, oui, mais surtout moins marquant sur la durée, le souvenir s'efface plus vite je trouve...

    Celia_44

    A mí me tocó jugarlo con mi hermano mirando por encima del hombro, y créanme que discutíamos por cada sello mal puesto

  2. IronOwl

    The puzzle framing gets repeated a lot in these threads but the actual moment to moment play is closer to a checklist than a real puzzle, and the tension comes from the timer more than any clever design, the timer does the heavy lifting here honestly, heavy lifting that other games achieve without leaning on a clock

  3. feil_oma

    I get the appeal but 417th feels a bit generous honestly

  4. Eloisa_40

    Comparing it to the Walking Dead games is unfair, this one has zero emotional payoff, just stamps and quotas

    GhostKnight2

    You guys keep bringing up the Walking Dead games, but Fate of Atlantis handled dread and choice way better decades earlier honestly

    hamon_dominique

    Replying to GhostKnight2

    Marrant, moi c'est l'inverse, l'angoisse m'a plus pris ici qu'ailleur

  5. ComboLegend

    Un jeu où on tamponne des papiers 400e au classement mondial, il y a pire, mais franchement j'attendais mieux comme place

    GlitchByte51

    The stamping loop drags a bit late game, sure, but is 400th really where you'd put it?

    CritWolf

    Pourquoi défendre une place aussi basse quand j'ai vu des potes le lâcher après une heure de jeu à peine

    IronHunter82

    Tight design, sure, but way too repetitive for me to call it underrated

    Donato_1990

    The stamps thing gets mocked but the loop itself runs smooth, no lag between checks even on old hardware, that part deserved a better rank

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