Dystopian doc thriller Papers, Please is coming to iOS and Android on August fifth

The self-described “dystopian document thriller” Papers, Please is getting a brand new cell port for iOS and Android, out on August fifth as a paid, standalone app.

The information was introduced on Twitter by the sport’s indie developer Lucas Pope. Papers, Please was initially launched for PC in 2013, with an iPad-only model launched in 2014, and PlayStation Vita port in 2017.

On Twitter, Pope joked that the sport was now “On track for a console release in 2031.”

When the sport launched in 2013, Pope informed The Verge that Papers, Please was impressed by his frequent journeys by means of immigration “and the realization that inspecting documents in a game setting might be fun.” The sport takes place within the fictional Soviet state of Arstotzka, with the participant staffing an immigration counter and tasked with checking vacationers’ paperwork towards an more and more convoluted algorithm and laws.

Responding to questions on Twitter, Pope mentioned the brand new cell port would have an interface constructed for smaller screens. “No zooming. My vision is terrible and I wanted the game to feel natural on a phone,” he said.

He added that the sport could be obtainable as an replace to the 2014 iPad app, and that iOS 11 could be the minimal supported OS. It’s not clear what the requirement might be for Android or how a lot the sport will price.