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The Paper Trials

A first-person horror maze game. Hiding & Standing still is Death. Run or you are DEAD. Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with your only hope of survival is to find all of the pages to the mysterious book and ESCAPE!

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September 27, 2023
2 years and 310 days ago
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Mostly Positive38 reviews71.1%

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About the Game

A first-person horror maze game. Hiding & Standing still is Death. Run or you are DEAD.

Trapped in a realm of nightmarish mazes with your only hope of survival is to find

all of the pages to the mysterious book and ESCAPE!

This is the first chapter in The Paper Trials. survive the first maze. You are not alone.

The doctors in there and they are looking for you. Will you survive?

Arcade Horror: No hiding. Run for your life. Enemies can be avoided, but not killed.

Unique Art style: Everything is Hand drawn.

Replay ability: You will want to replay the levels multiple times until you find the best route to

escape fastest time!