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Paper Sorcerer
Paper Sorcerer is a stylish single player turn based RPG focused on strategy, party-building, and environmental puzzles. Fight with the skills and spells you've learned in a battle system that emphasizes strategy over grinding. Assemble a party of monsters and dark creatures to fight alongside you.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“A beautifully crafted, pixel-art RPG with engaging storytelling, deep gameplay, and charming characters that create a memorable, atmospheric experience.”
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— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I really wish I could recommend this game, but it's too rough around the edges for me to do so. I love the presentation, and it does scratch that classic first-person dungeon crawler itch, but there are so many better options out there at this point. There are a lot of minor…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
2.5 Update for Steam
Changes: Added Arms and Armory section to menu, displays all weapons and equipment in possession, as compared to Equip menu that only shows what each character can equip Edited some switches to get ou
2.5 Update for Steam
Changes: Added Arms and Armory section to menu, displays all weapons and equipment in possession, as compared to Equip menu that only shows what each character can equip Edited some switches to get ou
Paper Sorcerer 2.4a
Updated today with these bug fixes: v2.4a 7/28/2014 Training Ice Resistance fixed to decrease damage Defense training description fixed to 5 per level Fixed invisible wall on door in 9-2 Added battle
Paper Sorcerer 2.4a
Updated today with these bug fixes: v2.4a 7/28/2014 Training Ice Resistance fixed to decrease damage Defense training description fixed to 5 per level Fixed invisible wall on door in 9-2 Added battle
Come See Paper Sorcerer at SXSW Interactive!
Ultra Runaway Games will be at South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive showing Paper Sorcerer this week. If you're in the Austin area or would like to meet me, you should come check out the Ultra Runawa
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Dungeon Crawler · Turn-Based · Party-Based RPG · Old School · Exploration · Stylized · Character Customization · RPG · Turn-Based Combat · First-Person · CRPG · Dark Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.ultrarunaway.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Pentium 4 1300 MHz 1.3 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: Geforce2 MX 400 64/128-bit SDR, 64-bit DDR or better Storage: 500 MB available space