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Paperbark

Paperbark

Paperbark is a charming game that tells a beautiful short story of a wombat, the bush and a very hot Australian Summer.

Released Dec 12, 2018 Developer Paper House Platforms Windows · Mac IndieCasualAdventureNatureShort
View on Steam ↗ $8.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

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 2026-05-14.

89.0%positive354 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I zoomed through and missed a lot. Looking forward to playing again and taking it slow and finding all the secrets. Visually beautiful, sound is gorgeous and just all around a really nice short game.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Paperbark's art style is gorgeous with a great soundtrack, but there's some odd decisions in the design that held back the experience for me. The soundscapes and music often cut out far too abruptly, stopping gameplay for the VO feels unnecessarily immersion breaking, and the…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2020-12 via SteamCharts.

22all-time peak
0 5 10 2019 2020 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 6 avg · Jan 2020

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.

25achievements
24.4%median completion
8.9%rarest: Thanks for playing!
69.1% of players 59.0% of players 59.0% of players 49.6% of players 44.7% of players 43.5% of players 40.7% of players 40.3% of players 39.9% of players 30.9% of players 27.1% of players 25.7% of players 24.4% of players 24.3% of players 21.0% of players 16.9% of players 14.3% of players 12.1% of players 11.8% of players 10.5% of players 10.5% of players 10.4% of players 10.2% of players 10.0% of players 8.9% of players 69.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
69.1%The Tutorial — You did it!
59.0%Superb Scary Wren — Scare plenty of fairy wrens
59.0%Chapter 1: The Paperbark Tree — The Paperbark Tree
Rarest badges of honor
8.9%Thanks for playing! — Complete all other Steam Achievements
10.0%Beat Maker — Tap on all of the sounds in the sticker library
10.2%Librarian — Collect all of the Stickers

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$8.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$8.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US8.99 USD
EU7.50 EUR
UK6.20 GBP
Australia12.00 AUD
Canada10.50 CAD
Japan930 JPY
Brazil18.50 BRL
China35.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$3.6 China Japan Canada UK Australia EU US≈$9.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

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

Jan 20, 2026
Minor Update v1.0.8

It's been a while but we've made a small update to Paperbark! It's mostly just quality of life changes that are required for more modern machines and operating systems. We did a small fix to the cocka

Sep 22, 2023
MIGW Steam Event 2023

It's that time of the year again- Melbourne International Games Week kicks off in a week or so. In celebration there is a wonderful Steam even which features all locally made content! This ranges from

Feb 16, 2023
Wood & Weather - Annoncement Trailer!

We've been working on a new game titled Wood & Weather and we have finally put out a trailer showing it off! Wood & Weather is a single player god-game set in a wooden toy city. Make friends and contr

Aug 23, 2022
Happy Book Week 2022!

Happy Book Week 2022 everyone! To celebrate one of our favourite times of the year, we asked our friend Alice Walsh to do this incredibly wonderful wombat illustration! Below we included one of her or

Dec 27, 2021
Happy Winter/Summer Sale!

We're a little late on the post this year, but we thought we'd let you know that Paperbark is on sale for 50% as part of the Steam Winter (Summer) Sale! As mentioned in our previous post, we hope you

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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, Casual, Indie
Player tagsIndie · Casual · Adventure · Nature · Short · Walking Simulator · Relaxing · Stylized · Colorful · Singleplayer · Cute · Family Friendly (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Indonesian *
Achievements25
Official sitehttp://paperbarkgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space