The Paperman

Not a single jumpscare. Pure psychological terror.Unique horror experience.The kids of the neighbourhood tells a story about a man made out of paper that lives inside the forest. Solve the mystery. Find the truth about that “Paperman”.

The Paperman is a free to play, indie and horror game developed and published by Proto1Studios.
Released on December 20th 2019 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 310 reviews of which 215 were positive and 95 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. 😐

The game is free to play on Steam.

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7
Processor: i5 4690K
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 970
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 6 GB available space

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Free to play

6.6

215

Online players

Developer

Proto1Studios

Publisher

Proto1Studios

Release 20 Dec 2019

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