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Papers, Please

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Papers, Please

Summary

Papers, Please is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,421 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Papers, Please is the creator of Lucas Pope[3].
  • Papers, Please received the Independent Games Festival Award - Seumas McNally Grand Prize[4].
  • Papers, Please received the Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award[5].
  • Papers, Please received the Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Narrative[6].
  • Papers, Please received the Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Design[7].
  • Papers, Please received the British Academy Games Award for Strategy and Simulation[8].
  • Papers, Please received the International Mobile Gaming Award for Best Meaningful Play[9].
  • Papers, Please's instance of is recorded as video game[10].
  • Papers, Please's composer is recorded as Lucas Pope[11].
  • Papers, Please was published by 3909[12].
  • Papers, Please's genre is adventure video game[13].
  • Papers, Please's genre is simulation video game[14].
  • Papers, Please's developer is recorded as Lucas Pope[15].
  • Papers, Please's operating system is recorded as iOS[16].
  • Papers, Please's Commons category is recorded as Papers, Please[17].
  • Papers, Please's platform is recorded as Linux[18].
  • Papers, Please's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[19].
  • Papers, Please's platform is recorded as iOS[20].
  • Papers, Please's platform is recorded as macOS[21].
  • Papers, Please's platform is recorded as PlayStation Vita[22].
  • Papers, Please's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[23].
  • Papers, Please's language of work or name is recorded as English[24].
  • Papers, Please's language of work or name is recorded as French[25].
  • Papers, Please's language of work or name is recorded as German[26].
  • Papers, Please's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Papers, Please was published by 3909[12]. It is the creator of Lucas Pope[3].

Publication

Publication dates include August 8, 2013[28], February 12, 2014[29], December 12, 2014[30], and December 12, 2017[31]. Languages include English[24], French[25], German[26], Spanish[27], Brazilian Portuguese[32], and Russian[33]. Genres include adventure video game[13] and simulation video game[14]. Recorded distribution format include digital download[34] and digital distribution[35].

Reception

Awards received include Independent Games Festival Award - Seumas McNally Grand Prize[4], a video game award[36]; Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award[5]; Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Narrative[6]; Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Design[7]; British Academy Games Award for Strategy and Simulation[8], a video game award[37], founded in 2007[38]; and International Mobile Gaming Award for Best Meaningful Play[9]. Reviews include 91/100[39] and 85/100[40].

Why It Matters

Papers, Please ranks in the top 2% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,421 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

FAQs

What awards did Papers, Please receive?

Honors received include Independent Games Festival Award - Seumas McNally Grand Prize[4], Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award[5], Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Narrative[6], and Independent Games Festival Award - Excellence in Design[7].

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  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archive of our own tag → Papers Please (Video Game)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8419]]: Papers Please (Video Game), Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/233267780|Papers Please (Video Game) (#233267780)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#"
  2. 26d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Games for change directory id → papers-please
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14041]]: papers-please, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/264532079|Papers, Please (#264532079)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7569|‎Games for"
  3. 4w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → papersplease:Papers,_Please
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P1810]]: Papers, Please, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/99b2ad04eb20|details]])"
  4. 6w ago · Warudo · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom wiki id → papersplease
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4073]]: papersplease"
  5. 8w ago · Ricard Soler Roger · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → English, French, German +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P407]]: [[Q7026]]"
  6. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goha.ru id → papers-please
    P14470 → Games/Papers_Please
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10437]]: papers-please, adding [[P:P10437|GoHa.ru]] IDs ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/786bbc5c059|details]])"
  7. 15w ago · Teiron · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gry-online game id → 14145
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9877]]: 14145, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/180144460|Papers, Please (#180144460)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6822|Gry-Online games]] "
  8. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in environment → —
    Vk play id → —
    Platform → —
    Steamgriddb id → —
    + 243 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007400095105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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