Paper Beast
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This page is for the original VR version. For the non-VR version, see Paper Beast - Folded Edition.
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| Developers | |
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| Pixel Reef | |
| Publishers | |
| Plug In Digital | |
| Engines | |
| Unity 2019[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | July 24, 2020 |
| Reception | |
| OpenCritic | 80 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time, Relaxed |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Gestures |
| Genres | Adventure, Puzzle |
| Art styles | Abstract |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Paper Beast |
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| Paper Beast | |
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| Paper Beast | 2020 |
| Paper Beast - Folded Edition | 2020 |
Warnings
- This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).
Paper Beast is a relaxed virtual reality adventure game developed by Pixel Reef and published by Plug In Digital.
Game was first released for Playstation VR at March 24, 2020, later releasing for Windows at July 24, 2020. Later on, game was also released as non-VR version called Folded Edition, see PCGW article for further information about that version of the game.
General information
Availability
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Included with Viveport Infinity. | |
- Stores selling Steam version of the game also include copy of Folded Edition.[2][3][4]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Pixel Reef\Paper Beast\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1232570/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Pixel Reef\Paper Beast\PaperBeast.save |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1232570/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Path is shared and save file is compatible with Paper Beast - Folded Edition.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics settings.
- This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Physics, which includes all enviroment interaction, are capped at 60 FPS.[5] | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
Input settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Keyboard not used at all. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | Mouse not used at all. | |
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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| Tracked motion controllers | ||
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| Button/gesture prompts | At least Valve Index. |
| Additional information | ||
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| Haptic feedback |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language settings.
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
VR support
- This game requires a virtual reality headset.
| Headsets | State | Notes | |
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| SteamVR | |||
| Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
| Windows Mixed Reality | |||
| Devices | |||
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| Tracked motion controllers | See Input for details. | ||
| Traditional controller | |||
| Keyboard/Mouse | |||
| Play area | |||
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| Seated | |||
| Standing | |||
| Room-scale | |||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-6500 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 DirectX 11 compatible |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 2019.4.8f1[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1232570/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1232570) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Marioysikax on 2021-09-25
- ↑ Steam News: Paper Beast - Folded Edition - Paper Beast: Folded Edition is now available! - last accessed on 2021-09-27
- ↑ do we get VR version with this one as well? :: Paper Beast - Folded Edition General discussion, post #1 - last accessed on 2021-09-27
- "If you get the VR version, you will have the flat version, for 19.99$.
If you get the flat version, for 16.99€ that's it :)"
- "If you get the VR version, you will have the flat version, for 19.99$.
- ↑ Verified by User:Marioysikax on 2021-09-27
- Steam key for the VR version of the game from Humble Bundle activated both versions to Steam account.
- ↑ Verified by User:Marioysikax on 2021-09-25
- Overall stuttery look with any interaction and character, verified with 120FPS recording.