Paper Beast - Folded Edition
Physics puzzle adventure with creatures in a digital ecosystem
Pixel Reef · Published by Pixel Reef, PID Games, Dear Villagers · Released Oct 20, 2020
AdventureCasualIndieSimulation
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 233
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 11 months ago
- Oct 10, 2025
What is Paper Beast - Folded Edition?
This puzzle adventure takes place in a digital ecosystem where you arrive as the first human. In adventure mode, you explore, interact with creatures, and change the environment to solve physics-based puzzles. A separate sandbox mode lets you reshape terrain and populate the world with creatures.
For you if...
- +you like observing creature behavior to solve puzzles
- +you enjoy reshaping terrain and experimenting in sandbox mode
Not for you if...
- −you prefer clear directions over figuring out puzzles yourself
- −you want fast action rather than unhurried exploration
What players say
84% of 233 reviews are positive
Players praise the creature designs, visuals, and environmental puzzles. They commonly complain about slow pacing and awkward controls for picking up and moving objects.
Screenshots and trailer
Paper Beast - Folded Edition system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-6500
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 21
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian.
Tags
- Adventure
- Simulation
- Casual
- Sandbox
- Exploration
- God Game
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Puzzle Platformer
- Colorful
- Stylized
- Atmospheric
- Logic
- Mystery
- Nature
- Surreal
- Physics
Recent updates
- Oct 10, 2025 · Important Security Update Available ✅
- Dec 11, 2020 · Patch 1.02
- Oct 26, 2020 · Patch 1.01 HotFix
1 DLC available.
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