SPSTEAMPULSELIVE ANALYTICS
Local Paper Small Town

Local Paper Small Town overview

Firewood Games | May 17, 2022 | game

Released

0players observed · 22 September 2026 - 11:30:49 UTC

IndieSteam Store

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1
  • Units sold (VGI)690
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score87% positive

Local Paper Small Town dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1
  • Units sold (VGI)690
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score87% positive
  • Total reviews23
  • Release dateMay 17, 2022
  • DeveloperFirewood Games
  • PublisherFirewood Games

Genres: Indie

Company pages: Developer: Firewood GamesPublisher: Firewood Games

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Game overview

Overview

Local Paper Small Town comes from Firewood Games and is published by Firewood Games. It arrived on Steam on May 17, 2022, and it sits naturally among Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Local Paper Small Town's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 11:30:49 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 87% positive across 23 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Local Paper Small Town is available in 1 languages including:

English languages with full audio support

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumNot listedIntel i5-4590 equivalent or greater8 GB RAMNVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD R9 290 equivalent or greater700 MB available space VR Support: SteamVR. Room Scale 2m by 1.5m area required

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Local Paper Small Town has sold up to 690 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Local Paper Small Town overview details

Local Paper Small Town combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Local Paper Small Town is a 2-player co-op puzzle game about spreading happiness around a quirky papercraft town. Team up with a friend, using a physical newspaper and VR, to discover Smalltown and its charming cast of characters by communicating and relating between both formats. One player explores the town in VR, solving puzzles by moving cardboard cutout characters around, entering codes, and working with the second player to fill in their newspaper crossword puzzle and deducing each character's story and place in the game world. The second player, equipped with the PDF of the Smalltown newspaper, reads and scans pages for clues that may help both players advance the game state by solving puzzles in VR thanks to their shared understanding of the characters, similar to a collaborative escape room, but with more narrative flavouring. * * * How to play: In this two-player experience, one player is equipped with a newspaper from a fictional Canadian town, and the other player explores a papercraft version of this town in virtual reality. Please find the newspaper PDF in the game folder. This game is for two players: one with the newspaper, one playing VR. The game lasts about one hour , and is best played in local co-op with a speaker for both players to hear the audio. Be sure to communicate well with your partner to solve puzzles, discover character stories, and complete the game. VR player: In addition to teleporting, you can grab characters and move them around to solve puzzles. Newspaper player: The game was designed to be played with the newspaper player not se…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Local Paper Small Town is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 11:30:49 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 87% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameLocal Paper Small Town
Steam App ID1931980
Typegame
Release dateMay 17, 2022
DeveloperFirewood Games
PublisherFirewood Games
PriceFree to play
PlatformsWindows
GenresIndie
CategoriesMulti-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish * * languages with full audio support
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players0 · 22 September 2026 - 11:30:49 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak1
Positive reviews20
Negative reviews3
Total reviews23
Positive percent87%
Review typePositive
RecommendationsNot available
Average playtime148 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateMay 17, 2022
Official Steam feed update (UTC)Not available
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)22 September 2026 - 11:30:49 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)22 September 2026 - 11:30:49 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)22 September 2026 - 11:30:49 UTC

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/1931980
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1931980/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/1931980
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for Local Paper Small Town

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Local Paper Small Town?

Local Paper Small Town's latest SteamPulse observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 11:30:49 UTC, with a tracked peak of 1 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 2 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Local Paper Small Town growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 0 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Local Paper Small Town?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (50%), Czechia (25%), United Kingdom (25%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (34.4%), United Kingdom (16%), Czechia (13.1%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (40.7%), United Kingdom (17.3%), Czechia (14.6%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (30.8%), United Kingdom (13.4%), Czechia (10.4%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Local Paper Small Town?

Local Paper Small Town currently sits at 87% positive across 23 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 20 positive reviews and 3 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Local Paper Small Town have?

Local Paper Small Town currently has about 74 tracked Steam followers as of 27 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Local Paper Small Town?

Local Paper Small Town is currently listed as free to play on Steam, so there is no paid entry price to compare against an older baseline. SteamPulse still keeps tracking store state, discount fields, and future pricing changes in case that status changes later.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Positive

87% positive, 20 positive, 3 negative

Price and discount

Free to play

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Tracked Controller Support, VR Only

Achievements

Not available

Platform releases
  • Steam 18 May 2022

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD R9 290 equivalent or greater Storage: 700 MB available space VR Support: SteamVR. Room Scale 2m by 1.5m area required Additional Notes: VR-ready PC

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