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PAPERHEAD

Steam · Xbox · PlayStation page

A fast, bloody cardboard boomer shooter. Steam and Xbox list the full game; the PlayStation Store page still says Announced / 10/2026. US Steam price $15.99 (list $19.99).

Cardboard face with one wide eye, a marker smile, and blood dripping down the torn edge

Release

Oct 9, 2026

Price

$15.99

Platforms

Steam · Xbox · PS page

Developer

Paperhead te4m

Steam screenshot: cardboard shotgun firing in a burning corridor with paper enemiesBeginner's guide: the first hour →Steam screenshot: the lore map, with a START HERE arrow on the node THE FACILITYEP.0: what is still playable →Steam screenshot: a multi-barrel gun firing inside a blue room full of paper scrapsCombat: kicks, stomps, pistol →

What I checked on 2026-10-18

I pulled the Steam appdetails payload for app 2680280 and the current-player endpoint the same day. The store says coming_soon is false and the date is Oct 9, 2026. The US price_overview is $15.99 after a 20% cut from $19.99. platforms.windows is true; mac and linux are false. Developers is Paperhead te4m. Publishers is HypeTrain Digital. GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers returned 217 people on the full game and 18 on EP.0 (app 3008200). The all-language review summary was Very Positive: 518 positive and 28 negative, 546 total.

There is no browser build I can embed. The hero picture is original art. The store button goes to the legal download page, not to a copy of the game.

Official release-date trailer

PAPERHEAD - RELEASE DATE TRAILER

PAPERHEAD THE GAME published this trailer on 1 June 2026. Press play after you accept cookies. Nothing from YouTube loads before that click.

Steam screenshot: a cardboard lab with a BIO-FOLD monitor and blood on the tile

Fresh on 2026-10-18

Steam price, platforms, review totals, and the live player count above were read on 2026-10-18. The launch date itself is 9 October 2026. I am not treating those as the same event.

Where to buySteam, Xbox, PS pagePlatform matrixNo Switch, Mac, or phoneSecretsGolden clips, not a fake mapLore mapThe START HERE screenWalkthrough18 chapters, media countAchievements25 Steam achievementsCharactersDrone, Host, playable namesWho made itPaperhead te4m, not EdmundTimeline2023 demo to 1.0ReviewsSteam Very Positive, 546Official linksSteam, Discord, YouTubeFAQFree, scary, multiplayer