Papertris Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · May 5, 2022

Welcome to our Papertris Review where we play Papertris an interesting and fun arcade puzzle game in which colored cubes dissolve in all 6 possible directions and you decide where to place your cubes. In addition, there are also power cubes and numerous possible combinations in a classic but modern and lovingly hand-painted game.

Papertris Review Pros:

Decent paper-style graphics.
313.97MB download size.
Steam achievements.
Controller support.
Graphics – graphic quality preset, full screen, resolution, level design, and dark/Colourblind mode options.
Tetris-like gameplay. This means a match Three break blocks to clear them type deal.
Can play with the keyboard and the controller.
Two-player local support.
Local Leaderboard.
Full stats screen.
Two game modes – challenge and endless modes.
How to play a set of graphics and text.
Power-ups can spawn and be used.
Pieces will drop down in a column of three colors, you can mix up the order of the row as they fall.
Can chain block clears together.
Played on a grid-based screen.
You can use analog and d-pad to play.
Replay levels.
All levels are timed.
The two-player mode is vs and as you clear blocks it will send trash blocks to your opposition.
Endless mode gets faster the more you play and is the definitive mode to play.

Papertris Review Cons:

Cannot rebind controls.
Basic graphics settings.
No online leaderboards.
Fast drop is not that fast.
Doesn’t have a proper tutorial.
Cannot see the controls in-game.
Slow starter especially in terms of the actual game speed.
No online play.
Very safe royalty freestyle music that is not fun to listen to as you play.
The movements are generally slow.
Colors clash and can cause issues.
You don’t get any feedback like score pop-ups or combos, hell the combo doesn’t even stay on the combo counter on the top left of the screen.
Not enough variety.
You enter your initials when you beat a score, not after a game over like traditional games.
The majority of the time you need to clear X amount of a certain colored block, this is fine except for large chunks of the game it won’t spawn the right colors needed, which in turn drags it all out.

Papertris:

Official website.

Developer: Paper_Games

Publisher: Paper_Games

Store Links –

Steam

7/10
Graphics - 7/10
6/10
Sound - 6/10
7/10
Accessibility - 7/10
7/10
Length - 7/10
8/10
Fun Factor - 8/10

7/10

Summary

Papertris is very much a spin on Teris, I mean that’s implied with the name and description given but to me, it feels more like Puzzle Fighter or Puyo Puyo. In Papertris you have a column of 3 colors drop-down and your job is to match 3 to clear them, occasionally power-ups will drop that can change the colors of blocks or clear a line or row at once. The controls are simple and the two-player mode is excellent fun. I would say the actual main mode is very slow, very tedious at times, and not the best way to play, endless mode is the definitive version as it speeds up and actually adds a layer of difficulty not seen in the other mode. Two-player is the same affair except cleared blocks will be sent over to your opponent as trash. Overall it’s a game of two genres, the main mode is more of a quaint safe little relaxing puzzle game, and the endless mode is a rush of adrenaline and fun with the two-player bringing it all together. I had fun but only in endless and multiplayer, the main game mode should be avoided but the game is worth a look depending on what you want.