Paper Sorcerer
Turn-based dungeon crawler with monster allies inside a magical book
Ultra Runaway Games · Released Jan 22, 2014
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 82% of 440
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 11 years ago
- May 14, 2015
Metacritic: 73/100 (critic reviews)
What is Paper Sorcerer?
This single-player, first-person RPG follows a sorcerer trying to escape a magical book and regain his powers. You assemble a party of summoned creatures, explore dungeons, and solve environmental puzzles to find secret routes and loot. Turn-based battles involve choosing skills and spells and managing energy for special attacks.
For you if...
- +you enjoy challenging encounters that reward careful planning
Not for you if...
- −you prefer real-time combat over selecting actions each turn
What players say
82% of 440 reviews are positive
Players praise the black-and-white artwork and the range of party builds. They criticize slow fights, awkward menus, and late-game balance problems. Recent reviews also report persistent bugs, including problems that block progress or force players to quit and reload.
Screenshots and trailer
Paper Sorcerer system requirements
Minimum: Geforce2 MX 400 64, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Paper Sorcerer?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- Pentium 4 1300 MHz 1.3 GHz
- Graphics
- Geforce2 MX 400 64/128-bit SDR, 64-bit DDR or better
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
Does Paper Sorcerer have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Paper Sorcerer run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 39
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Paper Sorcerer use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Dungeon Crawler
- Turn-Based
- Party-Based RPG
- Old School
- Exploration
- Stylized
- Character Customization
- RPG
- Turn-Based Combat
- First-Person
- CRPG
- Dark Fantasy
- Hand-drawn
- Turn-Based Strategy
- 1980s
- 3D
Recent updates
- May 14, 2015 · 2.5 Update for Steam
- May 14, 2015 · 2.5 Update for Steam
- Jul 29, 2014 · Paper Sorcerer 2.4a
- Jan 30, 2014 · Paper Sorcerer update to v2.2!
- Jan 30, 2014 · Paper Sorcerer update to v2.2!
