Games like Paper Trail
If Paper Trail is your kind of game, the closest matches are We Are Gum, Under the Elm and Cat Me If You Can — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its origami collection adds replayability, atmospheric and chill. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Paper Trail: Paper Trail is a top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home, set in a foldable, paper world.
Players who liked Paper Trail also play
Steam players who put hours into Paper Trail also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
We Are Gum
WHY THIS
Top pick for Paper Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paper Trail.
A SUPER UPER DUPER VERY SIMPLE DEFINITELY EASY casual-friendly Sokoban puzzle. Please help send these Goofy Gums home... They're sticky and they really need your help...
Under the Elm
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Paper Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Trail.
Inherit your grandmother's cabin and the woods she loved. Forage real mushrooms, brew the recipes she perfected, fill the field guide she left unfinished, and tend to the villagers she took care of for 40 years. A cozy game about coming home.
Cat Me If You Can
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Paper Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Trail.
Cat Me If You Can is a charming and cozy game where you explore beautifully handcrafted black-and-white worlds, searching for hidden cats to photograph and bring their colours back into the world.
Otterly Lost
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Paper Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Trail.
Swim, dive, and explore as a curious sea otter far from home. Meet charming animals, discover hidden places, use tools, and solve light challenges as you make your way back with your favorite rock by your side.
Unforgettable Voyage
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Paper Trail.
Ranked #5 for Paper Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Paper Trail.
Unforgettable Voyage is a puzzle adventure game full of treasure, traps, and enemies. Play as different members of a dysfunctional pirate crew and harness each of their unique abilities to solve puzzles, avoid enemies, acquire upgrades, defeat the boss, and get the ultimate treasure.
Froggy Brews
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Paper Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Trail.
Froggy Brews is a cozy narrative adventure, where every cup of tea tells a story. Play as a tea-loving frog returning to your old neighborhood that has changed over time. Brew tea for villagers, uncover heartfelt stories, and rediscover your place in this world.
Mimi the Cat - New Friends
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Paper Trail fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paper Trail.
Help Mimi move, climb, or carry boxes to reach her bed and rest. Unlock adorable cats and choose to play with them in this challenging Sokoban-like game!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Paper Trail at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Paper Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Trail.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Paper Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Trail.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Paper Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Trail.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Paper Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Trail.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Paper Trail on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Trail.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Trail.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Paper Trail.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Paper Trail.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Paper Trail.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Trail.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Trail.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Trail.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Frequently asked about Paper Trail
- Is Paper Trail verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Paper Trail is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Paper Trail cost?
- Paper Trail is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Paper Trail?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Paper Trail are We Are Gum, Under the Elm, Cat Me If You Can.
- Who developed Paper Trail?
- Paper Trail was developed by Newfangled Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Paper Trail.
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