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Papers, Please earns about
$23.2K/month
range $12.8K – $33.7K · $278.7K/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$774
$426 – $1.1K
Per Week
$5.4K
$3.0K – $7.9K
Per Month
$23.2K
$12.8K – $33.7K
Per Year
$278.7K
$153.3K – $404.1K
Lifetime
$696.7K
$383.2K – $1.01M
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A specific clone-and-improve plan for Papers, Please
Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($23.2K/month · $278.7K/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
32/100
Opportunity
70/100
Cloneability
$2
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- the proven core flow that drove these download numbers
⚡ Improve / fix
- last updated 6 months ago - ship faster, advertise the freshness
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature
- onboarding flow
- IAP unlock or one-time purchase
- settings + share
💰 Pricing recommendation
Papers, Please is paid at USD4.99. Consider a free + IAP model - broader install base, similar ARPU.
🔡 App Store title ideas
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried Papers, Please for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why Papers, Please costs $9.99/mo when ours costs $5.99"
- "The role playing app Papers, Please won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Paid app ($4.99)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Paid upfront ~100%
Paying users (est.)
Per-MAU revenue from category benchmark ($1.00–$6.00/mo)
In-App Purchases
No in-app purchases
Paid app: $4.99
App Details
Pulled from Google Play- Current Version
- 1.4.15
- Released
- Jul 27, 2022
- Last Updated
- Oct 30, 2025
- Required OS
- 5.1
- Content Rating
- Mature 17+
- Category
- Role Playing
- Price
- USD4.99
- Currency
- USD
- Developer
- 3909
What's new in v1.4.15
* Update Unity version with security fix
* Fix EZIC puzzle card overlap alignment in zh, ukr, and ko localizations
Fun Numbers - share these
$0
every second
$1
every minute
$32
every hour
$774
every day
- ☕ Buys 155 $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 2 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 7 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 558 seconds
12-Month Revenue Trajectory
Modeled from grossing rank, app score, and update cadence. Hover any point to see the value. Real growth depends on retention, marketing, and seasonality.
Total Installs
388K
Reported: 100,000+
Active Users (MAU est.)
34K
8.8% of installs · default benchmark · cumulative-install decay × 0.75
Rating
4.62 ★
361 reviews
Monetization
Paid app ($4.99)
Rating Distribution
5★
4K
4★
586
3★
213
2★
0
1★
266
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Frequently Asked About Papers, Please
How much money does Papers, Please make on Google Play? ⌄
Papers, Please has an estimated Play Store revenue of $23.2K per month (~$278.7K per year, $774 per day) with a likely range of $12.8K to $33.7K. This sums earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ad monetization and any paid downloads on Google Play - directional estimates from public signals only.
How many Play Store downloads does Papers, Please get? ⌄
Google Play publishes install ranges (e.g. 1M+, 10M+, 100M+). Papers, Please reports 100,000+ installs. Rev.now combines that range with ratings, reviews, grossing rank and category trends to estimate roughly 388K total downloads and 34K monthly active users on Android.
Is Papers, Please a top grossing Android app and what is its Play Store rank? ⌄
Papers, Please is analyzed using Google Play grossing rank, category ranking, install range, ratings velocity, monetization model (subscription revenue, in-app purchases, paid downloads) and ad-revenue signals. Compare it to other highest-grossing Android apps on the Play Store leaderboard.
How is Papers, Please Play Store revenue estimated? ⌄
Rev.now estimates Papers, Please Play Store revenue from public app data: Google Play download ranges, monthly active users (MAU), Android paying-user conversion, scraped subscription pricing, in-app purchase ranges (shown on the Play listing when available), ad monetization (eCPM × impressions × MAU) and the Role Playing category ARPU benchmark - net of Google's 15-30% Play Store cut.
What in-app purchases and subscriptions does Papers, Please offer on Android? ⌄
Papers, Please currently shows no in-app purchases or subscription pricing on the public Google Play listing. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are usually the biggest contributors to monthly Play Store revenue.
Can I compare Papers, Please Play Store revenue with another Android app? ⌄
Yes. Use the free compare tool to compare Papers, Please side-by-side with any other Google Play app by estimated revenue, downloads, paying users, subscription pricing, in-app purchase tiers, grossing rank and monetization model.
Does Rev.now show exact Play Store revenue for Papers, Please? ⌄
No - Rev.now shows estimated Play Store revenue, in-app purchase earnings and subscription revenue for Papers, Please. Exact financial data, paying-user counts and ad income are private to Google and the developer; Rev.now does not have access to Play Console or developer payouts.
