Paper Pirates

Paper Pirates is a social deduction game for up to ten pirates, played over a voyage that lasts several days. Each day, the captain chooses a crew to take part. Those pirates can obey the captain or disobey if they want to cause trouble.

The daily vote

At the end of each day, the crew votes to throw one pirate overboard. If they throw a ghost overboard, it leaves the ship and the humans can celebrate. If they throw an innocent human overboard, the spirit of the drowned haunts one of the pirates who accused them, turning that pirate into another ghost.

Being voted off does not end your voyage. You return aboard as the ship’s new stowaway. Stowaways cannot win the game, but they can rank up and earn a promotion by convincing the crew to throw someone else overboard.

Game modes

You can play in three modes:

• Classic: play the original ghost-hunting game.
• Scored: each pirate receives a secret objective and earns coins, letting players compare who is the toughest, meanest pirate on the seven seas.
• Trait: each pirate receives a secret trait that lets them bend the game’s rules to their whims.

Events and settings

Each day, the crew may encounter one of over 60 events that changes the game. These can include exploring a desert island or travelling back in time. You can customise each game’s length, how events are chosen, how many ghosts start in play and which specific events can occur.

Play together

The owner of the game can create a lobby that friends can join without owning it. They enter a room code in a web browser on a PC, laptop, mobile phone or tablet. You can also play locally, or use Steam Remote Play Together or another screen-sharing option to play with friends farther away.

Coins and customisation

You earn coins each time you play and can spend them in the Ship Shop. Sam Sherbot’s Outfit Shop offers outfit pieces, while Nat O’Bother can help customise and name your ship.