Paperhead is already making waves on Steam as an intriguing indie horror FPS after it debuted with a 'Very Positive' user rating. The new Steam game officially launched on October 9 and quickly earned a 95% positive rating out of 240 reviews. For fans looking for a darkly cute shooter with visuals reminiscent of The Binding of Isaac, Paperhead might be the ideal game for this Halloween season.
Developer Paperhead Te4m has been working on this cartoonishly gory game as far back as 2023 when a demo for Paperhead hit the Steam storefront. At a glance, Paperhead looks like a strange mix of Paper Mario and Doom, but with even more carnage than its cute cardboard art style would suggest. As a game that asks why cardboard bleeds, Paperhead has clearly made an impact on Steam users among the deluge of new horror games releasing during the first half of October 2026.
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Adding a new twist on the cute-but-horrifying genre that has become popular on Steam in recent years, Paperhead wears its Binding of Isaac inspirations...
