Paper Perjury
Detective visual novel about a police clerk solving connected cases
Paper Cat Games · Released Dec 9, 2024
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 234
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 1
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 month ago
- Aug 5, 2026
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Paper Perjury?
In this detective visual novel, you play Justina Smith, a new police clerk in Azure City. You search crime scenes for evidence, question witnesses, and challenge suspects' statements during interrogations as connected cases lead toward a mystery involving a local investment firm.
For you if...
- +you enjoy reading dialogue and investigating grounded mysteries
- +you like finding contradictions between statements and evidence
Not for you if...
- −you want courtroom trials rather than police investigations
- −you prefer standalone mysteries to a connected story
What players say
89% of 234 reviews are positive
Players praise the art, characters, and case writing. Others find the mysteries predictable or the characters unconvincing, and say interrogations are too forgiving.
Screenshots and trailer
Paper Perjury system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- i5-7300
- Graphics
- Integrated Graphics
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 900 MB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 24
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Detective
- Visual Novel
- Story Rich
- Adventure
- Female Protagonist
- Investigation
- Puzzle
- Mystery
- 2D
- Point & Click
- Pixel Graphics
- Anime
- Logic
- Crime
- Singleplayer
- Indie
Recent updates
- Aug 5, 2026 · Jean crying art update
- Jun 25, 2026 · Justina's birthday update
- Jun 23, 2026 · Optimization patch and future content tease
- May 16, 2026 · The TRUE final patch before Case 6 launch
- May 7, 2026 · Final patch before Case 6 launch
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