# Paperback: The Game

Summer DB entity ID: 39be1cd6\-4726\-40d9\-8414\-ed95b2bb3577

Steam App ID: 710700

Update: Paperback is now Free\! Multiplayer server is offline, but you can play online the new sequel, Paperback Vol\. 2    Word\-building meets deck\-building in the unique game Paperback\. Players start with a deck of letter cards and wild cards\. This is like their own bag of ‘scrabble’ tiles\. With each hand of cards you make a word and score it\. This score is how much money you have to purchase more cards for your deck\. Collect cool letters with abilities, such as drawing more cards or double word score\. Buy Novel cards to gain ‘fame’ points to win the game\!    Features:  • Local play with up to 4 players  • 3 levels of AI opponents  • Tons of cool card powers  • Classic pulp novel artwork  • Win with wordsmithing or power combos \- up to you\!

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Mark Fassett

- Publisher: Fowers Games

- Release date: Nov 29, 2017

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Casual

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, PvP, Online PvP, Cross\-Platform Multiplayer, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/710700/ss\_374907e25b8bac99519a41471f0395cc14520009\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729071895, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/710700/ss\_b1f4cb95b83bf7da1348b0291109110bf2419cda\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729071895, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/710700/ss\_63db6e13723278eddb1f461b14d126959c48e4cd\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729071895, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/710700/ss\_fb8ab70f9074f6bb1cb99aa03eed5b51decb0936\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729071895, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/710700/ss\_0a6337d5cfe91a37eab37990a20468dd643a2649\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1729071895

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 69

- Steam positive reviews: 47

- Steam negative reviews: 22

- Steam positive percentage: 68.1159420289855%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/39be1cd6-4726-40d9-8414-ed95b2bb3577/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/39be1cd6-4726-40d9-8414-ed95b2bb3577/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T03:10:12\.556998\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T03:10:14\.842265\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T03:10:13\.570177\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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