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Paper Perjury
It all started with a simple robbery. When that thread was pulled, a tapestry of mysteries was revealed. Solve cases and outsmart criminals in a detective story full of lies, confessions, and maybe even a murder or two.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-18.
“They just dropped new content for free. The game isn't listed as being in early access, nor was it when I bought and played it. And the five chapters were a full Ace Attorney narrative, with a connected beginning, middle, and end. This chapter 6 they've released the first half…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Really good game, I'd probably rate it somewhere below the AA:PW trilogy and TGAAC but above the AJ trilogy. Around on par with the Investigations games Good things: - The cases, writing and characters - The general setup of how you're thrown into the cases As a player who…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“7/10 - It's good but not amazing. Worth playing if you've run out of real Ace Attorney games to play or you get it on a good sale. It's a copycat of Ace Attorney games with the main difference being you play as a detective's assistant/clerk instead of a lawyer. The writing isn't…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Jean crying art update
In the Bonus Case, Jean has a crying animation that has been hard to get right. Taking in some feedback, we are updating the face to be a bit less busy. Spoilers for Case 6 ahead: At the end of Case 6
Paper Perjury Bonus Case is out now!
For anyone who would like to provide feedback on case 6, we have a survey right here. For anyone who would like to provide feedback on cases 1-5 (and hasn't already done so), we have a survey right he
Paper Perjury is getting one more free case!
What kind of case is coming? To be blunt, it will be significantly shorter than case 6. It will be so short, that rather than calling it "case 7", we will called it a "Bonus case". Bonus Case FAQ: Why
Justina's birthday update
In today's update, we have updated Justina's ID to provide a birthday. Why are we doing this? Because it's tied to the content we plan to release next month. Please keep in mind that some save files w
Optimization patch and future content tease
The main purpose of this patch is to reduce the file size of the game. Paper Perjury never required a big file size (a little under 1000 MB), but with a few changes to our current system, we reduced i
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-18.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Detective · Visual Novel · Female Protagonist · Puzzle · Mystery · Adventure · 2D · Point & Click · Story Rich · Pixel Graphics · Anime · Logic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 18 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: i5-7300 Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated Graphics Storage: 300 MB available space