Paper Lily - Chapter 1

Paper Lily - Chapter 1

Worth it · RPG · 2024

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

PLAY IT.

Worth it, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
ReviewsS
99% of 9,030
Genre rank
Top 1% RPG

Time and effort

Main story
4.6h
To 100%
9.6h 2.1x the story
Finish
29% reach the ending
Achievements
20

Players and genre

Online
28 now
Recent reviews
98% 30 days
Better reviewed
99% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

91% start to 29% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Its score puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is the best reviewed of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Tiny Shadows Interwoven Hearts (free, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue (free, scores 81).

It is still busy. 28 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 7, 09:46 UTC, across 42 days of weekly checks.

More about Paper Lily - Chapter 1

Steam's global achievement data puts 29 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18.

Finishing takes 4.6 hours; clearing it takes 10, which is 2.1 times the campaign.

Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 4.6 hours it is short enough to finish on one.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

What we assumed
  • Player count is unknown. We assumed a small player base, about 500 owners.
Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Engagement29% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, OpenGL ES 3.0 Compatible, 348 MB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Paper Lily - Chapter 1 scores 83/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. Player count is unknown, so the score assumes a small player base; Steam shows 9,030 reviews, so it has at least that many owners. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2220360/paper-lily-chapter-1
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperLeef 6010
PublisherLeef 6010
GenreRPG
Released2024
Achievements20