Games like Papers, Please
Loved Papers, Please by Lucas Pope? Here are 24 games that genuinely play like it — ranked by shared genres, mechanics and themes, not just labels.
Papers, Please2013MC 85
Lucas Pope · ~8h to beat
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…
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