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Paper Sorcerer

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.

Released Jan 22, 2014 Developer Ultra Runaway Games Platforms Windows Dungeon CrawlerTurn-BasedParty-Based RPGOld SchoolExploration
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

78.5%positive646 reviews
Recommended · 185 found this helpful

“My god what a great RPG! and for so little as 5$! this game is a take back to the good old turnbased combat with a great side of storyline and rpg. but for heavens sake REMEMBER TO SAVE”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 75 found this helpful

“If you love old school first person dungeon crawlers like Shining in the Darkness or, as someone mentioned, Wizardry IV you should grab it! Game is not holding your hand. And play it at 1980's difficulty to get your ass handed to you or at least at Hard. One downside could be…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Not recommended · 184 found this helpful

“Yes, the visual style is great. Yes, it's nice to see an old-school turn-based dungeon crawler being made. Yes, it's really impressive that it's pretty much all the work of one guy. Mad props to him. But none of that changes the fact that Paper Sorcerer is a glitchy mess with…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

3peak since Aug 2026
0 1 2 1 avg · Sep 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

39achievements
8.1%median completion
1.0%rarest: Demon's Solution
45.2% of players 24.4% of players 24.3% of players 23.6% of players 23.4% of players 17.0% of players 16.5% of players 16.1% of players 15.7% of players 14.8% of players 12.5% of players 10.4% of players 9.2% of players 9.1% of players 8.8% of players 8.5% of players 8.3% of players 8.2% of players 8.2% of players 8.1% of players 8.1% of players 8.1% of players 7.7% of players 7.3% of players 7.0% of players 6.5% of players 6.3% of players 6.1% of players 6.0% of players 5.3% of players 5.0% of players 3.1% of players 2.6% of players 2.0% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 45.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
45.2%Knight Errant — Too bad nobody knew his name...
24.4%Amateur Secret — What are you doing digging up secrets like this? You'll get in trouble.
24.3%Beginner Secret — Everyone's gotta start somewhere.
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%Demon's Solution — Hidden achievement
1.0%Master of Secrets — Hidden achievement
1.1%Codex — The master of this tome wields an incomprehensible power.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US4.99 USD
EU3.99 EUR
UK3.99 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada5.49 CAD
Japan498 JPY
Brazil10.49 BRL
China21.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.1 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$5.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-25 08-10 08-28 09-14 10-01 10-20

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 14, 2015
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

May 14, 2015
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

Jul 29, 2014
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

Jul 29, 2014
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

Mar 05, 2014
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 2026-05-14.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsDungeon Crawler · Turn-Based · Party-Based RPG · Old School · Exploration · Stylized · Character Customization · RPG · Turn-Based Combat · First-Person · CRPG · Dark Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements39
Official sitehttp://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