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Not a single jumpscare. Pure psychological terror.Unique horror experience.The kids of the neighbourhood tells a story about a man made out of paper that lives inside the forest. Solve the mystery. Find the truth about that “Paperman”.

The Paperman is a free to play, indie and horror game developed and published by Proto1Studios.
Released on December 20th 2019 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 312 reviews of which 216 were positive and 96 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. 😐

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Paperman into these genres:

Free to Play Indie Horror Psychological Horror VR Multiplayer

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: i5 4690K
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 970
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 6 GB available space

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Paperman is free to play on Steam.

The Paperman is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

The Paperman received 216 positive votes out of a total of 312 achieving a rating of 6.58.
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The Paperman was developed and published by Proto1Studios.

The Paperman is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Paperman is not playable on MacOS.

The Paperman is not playable on Linux.

The Paperman is a single-player game.

The Paperman does not currently offer any DLC.

The Paperman does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Paperman does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Paperman does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Paperman.

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The Paperman
Free to play
6.6
216
96
Game modes
Online players
1
Developer
Proto1Studios
Publisher
Proto1Studios
Release 20 Dec 2019
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