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Games like Papers, Please
Lucas Pope · 2013 · 97 % positive of 74,187
24 games that play like Papers, Please and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Border Officer, Beholder 3 and Beholder 2.
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At a glance
What games like Papers, Please have in common
- The tags they share most often with Papers, Please: Simulation (20 of 24), Political (18) and Point & Click (12).
- They came out between 2014 and 2026, 24 of them after Papers, Please (2013).
- Best rated by Steam players: Contraband Police (94 % positive of 20,479).
- Booth: A Dystopian Adventure, Not Tonight 2 and The Westport Independent both play and look like Papers, Please.
By gameplay
Plays like Papers, Please
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Border Officer
56 % positive of 1,306
Shared: Political · Simulation · Dystopian
Beholder 3
66 % positive of 2,338
Shared: Political · Simulation · Point & Click
Beholder 2
87 % positive of 7,143
Shared: Political · Simulation · Point & Click
Beholder
91 % positive of 27,747
Shared: Political · Simulation · Point & Click
Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
91 % positive of 367
Shared: Simulation · Point & Click · Pixel Graphics
Not Tonight
83 % positive of 2,493
Shared: Political · Simulation · Pixel Graphics
For the People
74 % positive of 739
Shared: Political · Simulation · Point & Click
Not Tonight 2
81 % positive of 374
Shared: Political · Simulation · Pixel Graphics
Beholder: Conductor
89 % positive of 1,770
Shared: Political · Simulation · Point & Click
The Westport Independent
75 % positive of 312
Shared: Political · Simulation · Dystopian
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
90 % positive of 14,954
Shared: Political · Simulation · Point & Click
HEADLINER
77 % positive of 880
Shared: Political · Simulation · Pixel Graphics
More matches
- Organs Please84 % positive of 307Shared: Political · Simulation · Point & Click
- JudgeSim85 % positive of 919Shared: Political · Simulation · Point & Click
- The Occupation60 % positive of 387Shared: Political · Puzzle · Story Rich
- Teller's Duty72 % positive of 417
- Contraband Police94 % positive of 20,479Shared: Simulation · Multiple Endings · Story Rich
- Escape from Grustovia83 % positive of 293Shared: Simulation · Multiple Endings · Story Rich
- Orwell: Ignorance is Strength75 % positive of 1,753Shared: Political · Simulation · Point & Click
- Headliner: NoviNews89 % positive of 762Shared: Political · Simulation · Point & Click
- ReThink81 % positive of 283Shared: Dystopian · Puzzle · Strategy
- Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love87 % positive of 406Shared: Political · Point & Click · Puzzle
- The Promised Land86 % positive of 764Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Indie
- You are the Judge!70 % positive of 233Shared: Political · Simulation · Multiple Endings
By look
Looks like Papers, Please
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Sovietpunk: Chapter one
71 % positive of 185
The Westport Independent
75 % positive of 312
Bloody Walls
79 % positive of 1,439
Please, Don’t Touch Anything
88 % positive of 5,291
MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE
82 % positive of 225
PRODUCER 2021
100 % positive of 167
Thank You For Your Application
80 % positive of 1,021
No Umbrellas Allowed
80 % positive of 1,331
Ministry of Broadcast
83 % positive of 432
DEADBOLT
95 % positive of 5,425
Space Wreck
90 % positive of 171
Noir Syndrome
66 % positive of 180
More matches
- Tonight We Riot95 % positive of 545
- outside the door95 % positive of 407
- Booth: A Dystopian Adventure91 % positive of 367
- Do Not Feed the Monkeys93 % positive of 11,026
- Chinatown Detective Agency: Day One85 % positive of 179
- Welcome Back, Commander83 % positive of 173
- Gods Will Be Watching70 % positive of 2,881
- Slavistan89 % positive of 730
- The Mercury Man82 % positive of 580
- Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition94 % positive of 8,444
- DED81 % positive of 727
- Not Tonight 281 % positive of 374
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.