Papers, Please
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How do players who really played Papers, Please rate it? TrueGG Rating 98.7%

Release date: Aug 8, 2013 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Ratings tend to be steady from the first hours.

Good for

  • Players who want fun from the first hours

Think twice if you are

  • Players who want variety (reports that it gets monotonous)

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
98.7%
▲ +1.4 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 5+ hours (last 180 days) · 1,981 reviews

TrueGG, all time
99.0%
Steam overall
97.3%
Japanese, all time
98.3%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 10.4% of all reviews. Their positive share is 87.0%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (5h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 5 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h82%1011–2 h86%982–5 h95%5265–10 h98%76010–20 h99%78420–50 h99%38250–100 h98%50100–200 h100%3200+ h100%2Positive share by playtime0–1 h10182%1–2 h9886%2–5 h52695%5–10 h76098%10–20 h78499%20–50 h38299%50–100 h5098%100–200 h3100%200+ h2100%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h82.2%100.0%101
1–2 h85.7%—98
2–5 h95.1%83.3%526
5–10 h97.8%66.7%760
10–20 h99.4%100.0%784
20–50 h99.2%100.0%382
50–100 h98.0%—50
100–200 h100.0%—3
200+ h100.0%—2

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 5+ hours. 11% had 20+ hours and 0% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Papers, Please has a TrueGG Rating of 98.7%: the positive share among 1,981 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 5+ hours, close to Steam's overall 97.3%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 99.0%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 10% of the total, with 87% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention boredom and 難易度. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 98.3%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (97.4% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on the game's design (Boring / repetitive, Difficulty). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Boring / repetitive23% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players
  • Difficulty7% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among under 2h players

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel25% of positive reviews (17% of negative)
＋ アルストツカ＋ 栄光＋ ストーリー＋ エンディング＋ 出来＋ 簡単＋ 要素＋ 判断− didn't− supposed− few− boring− stupid− sex− reviews− cant

Counted from 328 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating97.3%All time, all languages · 80,779 reviews
Adjusted rating97.4%Weighted by trust (95% range 97.3%–97.5%), +0.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews95.6%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−1.7pt vs overall) · 633 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review8%43%
Very short text43%20%
Key activated outside Steam8%6%
Received for free1%1%
Owns very few games13%4%
Over 100 reviews written4%14%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.750.72

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 6.6 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2013-08: +425 / −1 2013-09: +163 / −0 2013-10: +204 / −0 2013-11: +382 / −5 2013-12: +1,124 / −22 2014-01: +500 / −14 2014-02: +369 / −8 2014-03: +406 / −14 2014-04: +177 / −6 2014-05: +143 / −4 2014-06: +1,324 / −43 2014-07: +398 / −16 2014-08: +561 / −13 2014-09: +194 / −12 2014-10: +139 / −11 2014-11: +177 / −5 2014-12: +640 / −30 2015-01: +284 / −18 2015-02: +137 / −10 2015-03: +122 / −5 2015-04: +128 / −4 2015-05: +129 / −5 2015-06: +375 / −15 2015-07: +135 / −10 2015-08: +132 / −7 2015-09: +112 / −6 2015-10: +116 / −3 2015-11: +149 / −9 2015-12: +364 / −17 2016-01: +708 / −37 2016-02: +314 / −15 2016-03: +173 / −6 2016-04: +139 / −8 2016-05: +154 / −4 2016-06: +235 / −15 2016-07: +275 / −20 2016-08: +223 / −11 2016-09: +224 / −10 2016-10: +160 / −6 2016-11: +800 / −8 2016-12: +442 / −29 2017-01: +342 / −23 2017-02: +321 / −16 2017-03: +191 / −11 2017-04: +160 / −11 2017-05: +163 / −14 2017-06: +327 / −15 2017-07: +347 / −20 2017-08: +199 / −10 2017-09: +153 / −9 2017-10: +141 / −7 2017-11: +629 / −10 2017-12: +238 / −11 2018-01: +755 / −48 2018-02: +396 / −18 2018-03: +361 / −22 2018-04: +193 / −6 2018-05: +191 / −9 2018-06: +237 / −16 2018-07: +328 / −18 2018-08: +197 / −15 2018-09: +157 / −9 2018-10: +110 / −7 2018-11: +566 / −7 2018-12: +219 / −11 2019-01: +217 / −16 2019-02: +153 / −8 2019-03: +154 / −5 2019-04: +126 / −6 2019-05: +171 / −15 2019-06: +1,274 / −15 2019-07: +1,755 / −35 2019-08: +140 / −11 2019-09: +131 / −3 2019-10: +138 / −8 2019-11: +528 / −8 2019-12: +743 / −9 2020-01: +599 / −15 2020-02: +441 / −14 2020-03: +556 / −11 2020-04: +512 / −13 2020-05: +535 / −8 2020-06: +976 / −27 2020-07: +829 / −15 2020-08: +748 / −16 2020-09: +499 / −10 2020-10: +528 / −14 2020-11: +648 / −9 2020-12: +716 / −12 2021-01: +759 / −19 2021-02: +627 / −10 2021-03: +635 / −19 2021-04: +572 / −17 2021-05: +1,179 / −12 2021-06: +761 / −15 2021-07: +941 / −24 2021-08: +1,229 / −37 2021-09: +536 / −5 2021-10: +439 / −13 2021-11: +559 / −18 2021-12: +752 / −13 2022-01: +806 / −11 2022-02: +519 / −15 2022-03: +547 / −12 2022-04: +674 / −20 2022-05: +568 / −15 2022-06: +698 / −12 2022-07: +810 / −22 2022-08: +654 / −13 2022-09: +517 / −14 2022-10: +456 / −7 2022-11: +572 / −18 2022-12: +831 / −21 2023-01: +1,038 / −17 2023-02: +1,372 / −43 2023-03: +823 / −20 2023-04: +710 / −20 2023-05: +556 / −10 2023-06: +565 / −14 2023-07: +712 / −12 2023-08: +1,683 / −50 2023-09: +729 / −15 2023-10: +629 / −12 2023-11: +593 / −15 2023-12: +683 / −16 2024-01: +786 / −19 2024-02: +533 / −12 2024-03: +652 / −12 2024-04: +618 / −12 2024-05: +599 / −13 2024-06: +586 / −14 2024-07: +896 / −16 2024-08: +554 / −8 2024-09: +397 / −14 2024-10: +418 / −13 2024-11: +549 / −9 2024-12: +659 / −24 2025-01: +651 / −15 2025-02: +425 / −10 2025-03: +489 / −17 2025-04: +388 / −6 2025-05: +437 / −11 2025-06: +511 / −11 2025-07: +678 / −18 2025-08: +488 / −10 2025-09: +331 / −12 2025-10: +323 / −6 2025-11: +812 / −32 2025-12: +515 / −18 2026-01: +603 / −13 2026-02: +392 / −9 2026-03: +368 / −11 2026-04: +336 / −3 2026-05: +357 / −8 2026-06: +368 / −18 2026-07: +612 / −18 2026-08: +517 / −22 2026-09: +327 / −10 2026-10: +178 / −6 2013/082014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 97.2% 2013-08: 99.8%2013-09: 100.0%2013-10: 100.0%2013-11: 98.7%2013-12: 98.1%2014-01: 97.3%2014-02: 97.9%2014-03: 96.7%2014-04: 96.7%2014-05: 97.3%2014-06: 96.9%2014-07: 96.1%2014-08: 97.7%2014-09: 94.2%2014-10: 92.7%2014-11: 97.3%2014-12: 95.5%2015-01: 94.0%2015-02: 93.2%2015-03: 96.1%2015-04: 97.0%2015-05: 96.3%2015-06: 96.2%2015-07: 93.1%2015-08: 95.0%2015-09: 94.9%2015-10: 97.5%2015-11: 94.3%2015-12: 95.5%2016-01: 95.0%2016-02: 95.4%2016-03: 96.6%2016-04: 94.6%2016-05: 97.5%2016-06: 94.0%2016-07: 93.2%2016-08: 95.3%2016-09: 95.7%2016-10: 96.4%2016-11: 99.0%2016-12: 93.8%2017-01: 93.7%2017-02: 95.3%2017-03: 94.6%2017-04: 93.6%2017-05: 92.1%2017-06: 95.6%2017-07: 94.6%2017-08: 95.2%2017-09: 94.4%2017-10: 95.3%2017-11: 98.4%2017-12: 95.6%2018-01: 94.0%2018-02: 95.7%2018-03: 94.3%2018-04: 97.0%2018-05: 95.5%2018-06: 93.7%2018-07: 94.8%2018-08: 92.9%2018-09: 94.6%2018-10: 94.0%2018-11: 98.8%2018-12: 95.2%2019-01: 93.1%2019-02: 95.0%2019-03: 96.9%2019-04: 95.5%2019-05: 91.9%2019-06: 98.8%2019-07: 98.0%2019-08: 92.7%2019-09: 97.8%2019-10: 94.5%2019-11: 98.5%2019-12: 98.8%2020-01: 97.6%2020-02: 96.9%2020-03: 98.1%2020-04: 97.5%2020-05: 98.5%2020-06: 97.3%2020-07: 98.2%2020-08: 97.9%2020-09: 98.0%2020-10: 97.4%2020-11: 98.6%2020-12: 98.4%2021-01: 97.6%2021-02: 98.4%2021-03: 97.1%2021-04: 97.1%2021-05: 99.0%2021-06: 98.1%2021-07: 97.5%2021-08: 97.1%2021-09: 99.1%2021-10: 97.1%2021-11: 96.9%2021-12: 98.3%2022-01: 98.7%2022-02: 97.2%2022-03: 97.9%2022-04: 97.1%2022-05: 97.4%2022-06: 98.3%2022-07: 97.4%2022-08: 98.1%2022-09: 97.4%2022-10: 98.5%2022-11: 96.9%2022-12: 97.5%2023-01: 98.4%2023-02: 97.0%2023-03: 97.6%2023-04: 97.3%2023-05: 98.2%2023-06: 97.6%2023-07: 98.3%2023-08: 97.1%2023-09: 98.0%2023-10: 98.1%2023-11: 97.5%2023-12: 97.7%2024-01: 97.6%2024-02: 97.8%2024-03: 98.2%2024-04: 98.1%2024-05: 97.9%2024-06: 97.7%2024-07: 98.2%2024-08: 98.6%2024-09: 96.6%2024-10: 97.0%2024-11: 98.4%2024-12: 96.5%2025-01: 97.7%2025-02: 97.7%2025-03: 96.6%2025-04: 98.5%2025-05: 97.5%2025-06: 97.9%2025-07: 97.4%2025-08: 98.0%2025-09: 96.5%2025-10: 98.2%2025-11: 96.2%2025-12: 96.6%2026-01: 97.9%2026-02: 97.8%2026-03: 97.1%2026-04: 99.1%2026-05: 97.8%2026-06: 95.3%2026-07: 97.1%2026-08: 95.9%2026-09: 97.0%2026-10: 96.7% 2013/082014/012015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 5 10 15 20 2026-09-19: +12 / −1 2026-09-20: +15 / −0 2026-09-21: +6 / −0 2026-09-22: +9 / −1 2026-09-23: +9 / −1 2026-09-24: +11 / −1 2026-09-25: +7 / −0 2026-09-26: +6 / −0 2026-09-27: +10 / −0 2026-09-28: +7 / −0 2026-09-29: +13 / −0 2026-09-30: +5 / −0 2026-10-01: +6 / −0 2026-10-02: +12 / −0 2026-10-03: +15 / −1 2026-10-04: +9 / −1 2026-10-05: +9 / −1 2026-10-06: +12 / −0 2026-10-07: +8 / −0 2026-10-08: +6 / −0 2026-10-09: +12 / −0 2026-10-10: +8 / −0 2026-10-11: +10 / −0 2026-10-12: +15 / −0 2026-10-13: +9 / −0 2026-10-14: +7 / −1 2026-10-15: +14 / −0 2026-10-16: +7 / −1 2026-10-17: +8 / −0 2026-10-18: +11 / −1 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2013-08425199.8%
2013-091630100.0%
2013-102040100.0%
2013-11382598.7%
2013-121,1242298.1%
2014-015001497.3%
2014-02369897.9%
2014-034061496.7%
2014-04177696.7%
2014-05143497.3%
2014-061,3244396.9%
2014-073981696.1%
2014-085611397.7%
2014-091941294.2%
2014-101391192.7%
2014-11177597.3%
2014-126403095.5%
2015-012841894.0%
2015-021371093.2%
2015-03122596.1%
2015-04128497.0%
2015-05129596.3%
2015-063751596.2%
2015-071351093.1%
2015-08132795.0%
2015-09112694.9%
2015-10116397.5%
2015-11149994.3%
2015-123641795.5%
2016-017083795.0%
2016-023141595.4%
2016-03173696.6%
2016-04139894.6%
2016-05154497.5%
2016-062351594.0%
2016-072752093.2%
2016-082231195.3%
2016-092241095.7%
2016-10160696.4%
2016-11800899.0%
2016-124422993.8%
2017-013422393.7%
2017-023211695.3%
2017-031911194.6%
2017-041601193.6%
2017-051631492.1%
2017-063271595.6%
2017-073472094.6%
2017-081991095.2%
2017-09153994.4%
2017-10141795.3%
2017-116291098.4%
2017-122381195.6%
2018-017554894.0%
2018-023961895.7%
2018-033612294.3%
2018-04193697.0%
2018-05191995.5%
2018-062371693.7%
2018-073281894.8%
2018-081971592.9%
2018-09157994.6%
2018-10110794.0%
2018-11566798.8%
2018-122191195.2%
2019-012171693.1%
2019-02153895.0%
2019-03154596.9%
2019-04126695.5%
2019-051711591.9%
2019-061,2741598.8%
2019-071,7553598.0%
2019-081401192.7%
2019-09131397.8%
2019-10138894.5%
2019-11528898.5%
2019-12743998.8%
2020-015991597.6%
2020-024411496.9%
2020-035561198.1%
2020-045121397.5%
2020-05535898.5%
2020-069762797.3%
2020-078291598.2%
2020-087481697.9%
2020-094991098.0%
2020-105281497.4%
2020-11648998.6%
2020-127161298.4%
2021-017591997.6%
2021-026271098.4%
2021-036351997.1%
2021-045721797.1%
2021-051,1791299.0%
2021-067611598.1%
2021-079412497.5%
2021-081,2293797.1%
2021-09536599.1%
2021-104391397.1%
2021-115591896.9%
2021-127521398.3%
2022-018061198.7%
2022-025191597.2%
2022-035471297.9%
2022-046742097.1%
2022-055681597.4%
2022-066981298.3%
2022-078102297.4%
2022-086541398.1%
2022-095171497.4%
2022-10456798.5%
2022-115721896.9%
2022-128312197.5%
2023-011,0381798.4%
2023-021,3724397.0%
2023-038232097.6%
2023-047102097.3%
2023-055561098.2%
2023-065651497.6%
2023-077121298.3%
2023-081,6835097.1%
2023-097291598.0%
2023-106291298.1%
2023-115931597.5%
2023-126831697.7%
2024-017861997.6%
2024-025331297.8%
2024-036521298.2%
2024-046181298.1%
2024-055991397.9%
2024-065861497.7%
2024-078961698.2%
2024-08554898.6%
2024-093971496.6%
2024-104181397.0%
2024-11549998.4%
2024-126592496.5%
2025-016511597.7%
2025-024251097.7%
2025-034891796.6%
2025-04388698.5%
2025-054371197.5%
2025-065111197.9%
2025-076781897.4%
2025-084881098.0%
2025-093311296.5%
2025-10323698.2%
2025-118123296.2%
2025-125151896.6%
2026-016031397.9%
2026-02392997.8%
2026-033681197.1%
2026-04336399.1%
2026-05357897.8%
2026-063681895.3%
2026-076121897.1%
2026-085172295.9%
2026-093271097.0%
2026-10178696.7%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19121
2026-09-20150
2026-09-2160
2026-09-2291
2026-09-2391
2026-09-24111
2026-09-2570
2026-09-2660
2026-09-27100
2026-09-2870
2026-09-29130
2026-09-3050
2026-10-0160
2026-10-02120
2026-10-03151
2026-10-0491
2026-10-0591
2026-10-06120
2026-10-0780
2026-10-0860
2026-10-09120
2026-10-1080
2026-10-11100
2026-10-12150
2026-10-1390
2026-10-1471
2026-10-15140
2026-10-1671
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days96.9%317
Last 180 days96.9%2,696
All time97.3%80,779
Japanese, last 180 days86.7%15
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