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Paper Trail
Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.
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 2026-05-15.
What reviewers agree on
62 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Incredibly creative all the way from beginning to end, even including the end credits. Very pretty art style and cute NPC's, I especially enjoyed the way they talked :D The puzzles were fun and challenging enough.…”
“Very creative puzzle game with beautiful art design and nice OST by Claudie Mackula (especially that final credits song). I really enjoyed the way new mechanics where gradually introduced to make the game more complex.…”
39 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Incredibly creative all the way from beginning to end, even including the end credits. Very pretty art style and cute NPC's, I especially enjoyed the way they talked :D The puzzles were fun and challenging enough.…”
“Very creative puzzle game with beautiful art design and nice OST by Claudie Mackula (especially that final credits song). I really enjoyed the way new mechanics where gradually introduced to make the game more complex.…”
28 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Incredibly creative all the way from beginning to end, even including the end credits. Very pretty art style and cute NPC's, I especially enjoyed the way they talked :D The puzzles were fun and challenging enough.…”
“Very creative puzzle game with beautiful art design and nice OST by Claudie Mackula (especially that final credits song). I really enjoyed the way new mechanics where gradually introduced to make the game more complex.…”
19 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Incredibly creative all the way from beginning to end, even including the end credits. Very pretty art style and cute NPC's, I especially enjoyed the way they talked :D The puzzles were fun and challenging enough.…”
“Paper trail surprised me quite a bit, I thought it'd be a solid puzzle game but I enjoyed it way more than I thought. The puzzles are really cool, the concept stays the same but every level introduces a new mechanic and…”
17 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Very creative puzzle game with beautiful art design and nice OST by Claudie Mackula (especially that final credits song). I really enjoyed the way new mechanics where gradually introduced to make the game more complex.…”
“A very unique puzzle game with beautiful art and lovely soundtrack. The story is bittersweet and the puzzles can be quite challenging, especially in the final level. You really have to think and play around with some of…”
10 of the 75 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Unfortunately i gotta say I despite some incredibly clever ideas, the last couple chapters felt like i was flying through them. especially the final chapter was kinda dissapointing, and honestly felt anticlimactic. I…”
“Cute little puzzle game with some great ideas and really makes you think. Love the origami look and style of it all. The ending few levels did get a bit annoying and I started hating those statues. The story isn’t worth…”
8 of the 75 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Very creative puzzle game with beautiful art design and nice OST by Claudie Mackula (especially that final credits song). I really enjoyed the way new mechanics where gradually introduced to make the game more complex.…”
“Cute little puzzle game with some great ideas and really makes you think. Love the origami look and style of it all. The ending few levels did get a bit annoying and I started hating those statues. The story isn’t worth…”
“amazing puzzle game with very well designed levels the later worlds were quite challenging for me though sadly (skill issue) 9/10”
6 of the 75 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Unfortunately i gotta say I despite some incredibly clever ideas, the last couple chapters felt like i was flying through them. especially the final chapter was kinda dissapointing, and honestly felt anticlimactic. I…”
“It's a good game, cozy. but frustrating at times. proceed with caution. :D I wanted to see where the story was heading, it didn't disappoint. spoilers: I wish they showed what happened to the brother?”
4 of the 75 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“annoying ass voice acting and boring story. still fun to play tho and the artstyle is cute 6/10”
Counted across 75 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-15
“A unique puzzle game with great mechanics and a cozy art style. The sound design and music complement the experience nicely. However, it becomes repetitive close to the end, and you push on for the sake of the story, but the conclusion feels unsatisfying and leaves you with…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I really like this game, it’s a 2D puzzle game where I folded the map to create new paths and hunted down all the origami, which could be tricky at times. It took me two playthroughs to get all the achievements, but the second run was much faster, I even managed to finish under…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Paper Trail is such a lovely puzzle game with a unique origami function to it!!!! It makes me want to get back into origami in real life!! The art and animation is so pretty, all the music and ambiance is very fitting, I like the sfx of the paper folding, as well as the cutscene…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 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
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Paper Trail Physical Editions! Vinyl, boxed editions, retail and loads more!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Indie · Nature · Atmospheric · Exploration · Adventure · Colorful · Singleplayer · 2D · Top-Down · Cozy · Casual (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese * , Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 35 |
| Official site | https://www.papertrailgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: Intel or AMD Dual Core at 2 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce GT 420, Radeon HD 7400G DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space