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PAPERHEAD EP.0

2024

Should you play it?

In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?

What works

  • Unique cardboard art style
  • Fast and fluid movement
  • Engaging and challenging combat
  • Creative pencil mechanic
  • High-quality free content

Things to keep in mind

  • Floaty/slippery movement can frustrate platforming
  • Performance issues and occasional bugs
  • Navigation and level direction sometimes unclear
  • Some boss fights feel unbalanced
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with PAPERHEAD EP.0. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with PAPERHEAD EP.0. These titles are not in What to play next.

PAPERHEAD EP.0: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 22/08/2026