Where can I play PAPERHEAD?

Steam (Windows only), Xbox Series X|S, and a PlayStation Store page. No Switch, Mac, Linux, or mobile build.

The full game is paid. On 18 October 2026 the US Steam price was $15.99, down from $19.99. The free EP.0 prologue left the Steam store on 24 September 2026.

Paperhead te4m developed it. HypeTrain Digital publishes it. It is not an Edmund McMillen game.

PAPERHEAD — Price, Platforms and Guides

Out now

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).

WHERE TO GET PAPERHEAD IS EP.0 STILL FREE?

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 enemies

Beginner's guide: the first hour →

Steam screenshot: the lore map, with a START HERE arrow on the node THE FACILITY

EP.0: what is still playable →

Steam screenshot: a multi-barrel gun firing inside a blue room full of paper scraps

Combat: 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 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 page Platform matrixNo Switch, Mac, or phone SecretsGolden clips, not a fake map Lore mapThe START HERE screen Walkthrough18 chapters, media count Achievements25 Steam achievements CharactersDrone, Host, playable names Who made itPaperhead te4m, not Edmund Timeline2023 demo to 1.0 ReviewsSteam Very Positive, 546 Official linksSteam, Discord, YouTube FAQFree, scary, multiplayer