Papers, Please

A dystopian document thriller.

The award-winning, critically-acclaimed border inspector game.

The communist state of Arstotzka has just ended a 6-year war with neighboring Kolechia and reclaimed its rightful half of the border town, Grestin.

Your job as immigration inspector is to control the flow of people entering the Arstotzkan side of Grestin from Kolechia. Among the throngs of immigrants and visitors looking for work are hidden smugglers, spies, and terrorists.

Using only the documents provided by travelers and the Ministry of Admission's primitive inspect, search, and fingerprint systems you must decide who can enter Arstotzka and who will be turned away or arrested.

Warning

This game contains mature themes, non-photographic nudity, and brief moments of pixelated violence.

Awards

Best Game of 2013 - The New Yorker

Best Game of 2013 - Wired Magazine

Top Indie Game 2013 - Forbes Magazine

Best Strategy & Simulation Game 2014 - BAFTA

Grand Prize Winner 2014 - Independent Games Festival

Excellence in Design Winner - IGF 2014

Excellence in Narrative Winner - IGF 2014

GameCity Prize Winner 2014 - GameCity

Cultural Innovation Award 2013 - SXSW

Best PC Game 2014 - LARA Game Awards

Innovation Award - GDCA 2014

Most Innovative 2014 - Games For Change

Best Gameplay 2014 - Games For Change

Best Game of 2013 - Ars Technica

Best Game of 2013 - PC World

Best PC Game of 2013 - Destructoid

Best Story of 2013 - Destructoid

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