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What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“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“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 playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:20 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Minor Update v1.0.8
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Happy Book Week 2022!
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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.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Casual · Adventure · Nature · Short · Walking Simulator · Relaxing · Stylized · Colorful · Singleplayer · Cute · Family Friendly (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Indonesian * |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://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