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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 (1,018 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's publisher is recorded as 3909[12].
  • Papers, Please's genre is recorded as adventure video game[13].
  • Papers, Please's genre is recorded as simulation video game[14].
  • Papers, Please's logo image is recorded as Papers Please - Title Logo.png[15].
  • Papers, Please's developer is recorded as Lucas Pope[16].
  • Papers, Please's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2016002248[17].
  • Papers, Please's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 177676169[18].
  • Papers, Please's operating system is recorded as iOS[19].
  • Papers, Please's IMDb ID is recorded as tt3618274[20].
  • Papers, Please's Commons category is recorded as Papers, Please[21].
  • Papers, Please's platform is recorded as Linux[22].
  • Papers, Please's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[23].
  • Papers, Please's platform is recorded as iOS[24].
  • Papers, Please's platform is recorded as macOS[25].
  • Papers, Please's platform is recorded as PlayStation Vita[26].
  • Papers, Please's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[27].

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Works and Contributions

Papers, Please is the creator of Lucas Pope[3].

Recognition

Awards received include Independent Games Festival Award - Seumas McNally Grand Prize[4], a video game award[28]; 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[29], founded in 2007[30]; and International Mobile Gaming Award for Best Meaningful Play[9].

Why It Matters

Papers, Please ranks in the top 2% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,018 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . giantbomb.com. giantbomb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [8] ↑ . bafta.org. bafta.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . imgawards.com. imgawards.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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