# Knights of Pen & Paper

> Turn-based retro pixel-art RPG simulating a pen and paper roleplaying session. (iPhone/iPad app by Paradox Interactive.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/knights-of-pen-and-paper/id549248038 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Paradox Interactive](https://appshunter.io/developer/440506376)
- Category: Games, Adventure, Role Playing
- Price: $4.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.42/5 from 266 App Store ratings · 52 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 9.2 · 158 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2012-11-01
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/knights-of-pen-and-paper/id549248038/reviews.md

## What is Knights of Pen & Paper?

"If you're an RPG fan of any kind, you'll love Knights of Pen & Paper." -- Eurogamer, 9/10

"This is Role-Playing in its purest form." -- Kotaku-US

""An indie turn-based retro style pixel-art RPG." I love every single one of those adjectives." -- IGN

"It’s clever, charming, customizable, and virtually infinitely replayable." -- 148 apps, 4.5/5

Set out on a grand adventure in this turn-based, retro style, pixel-art RPG, inspired by the great titles of the 90's. This +1 edition features an extended campaign, more dungeons to explore, new attacks to use in combat, and the Tavern – a place to store your adventurers.

Take on the roles of in-game players taking on the roles of their characters in a traditional pen and paper RPG session in the ultimate meta roleplaying experience. As both the playing characters AND the dungeon master, players can choose which battles to fight. Put together a bunch of monsters to make for a challenging fight and your efforts will be equally rewarded! 

Choose from multiple classes, such as knights and mages, pick your characters to control those classes, like grandma or kid brother, and take on the loads of quests, monsters, items and equipment littered throughout Knights of Pen & Paper +1 Edition. Blacksmiths, enchanters, mining, gathering, hidden treasures and a whole lot more await, giving players a lot of room to personalize their gameplay experience.
Don’t wait any longer, the Pen & Paper world needs you!

KEY FEATURES:
- The ultimate pen and paper RPG simulation experience
- Put together your own role-playing group complete with the game master, the role-players and their respective classes  
- Fight and explore your way through a perilous fantasy world to defeat the dark mage
- Level up and get your hands on more gold to unlock epic items and gear for your party
- As the game master, you can set up the fights yourself and choose how many monsters to battle

## Key features

- Meta roleplaying simulation
- Turn-based combat
- Pixel-art graphics
- Character and class customization
- Dungeon exploration
- Questing and item collection
- Game Master mode

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $4.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gold Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Gold Pack | $1.99 | one-time |
| Gold Pack | $2.99 | one-time |
| Gold Pack | $8.99 | one-time |
| Haunted Fall | $0.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 52)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/knights-of-pen-and-paper/id549248038/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Good, but only in airplane mode

*2024-01-12*

This game has a simple to learn and fun combat system, witty humor, and doesn’t take forever to progress through (at least first half, getting max all classes will, but I’m a completionist). Losses will slow you, but not severely. There are a few big issues however. Firstly, the grindstone mechanic is very tedious and to an extent throttles progression (not as severely as gold costs for revive second game though.)

 another issue is the paradox login seems to glitch after your first play, which makes it impossible to load if you start it online thereafter. However, if you load in airplane mode, then you can turn online back immediately after no problem or play offline. Ironically the second one is online only. A lot of people likely quit outright without knowing this workaround. I strongly suggest you patch it, the third issue is sliding spites on occasion and it’s not quite optimized for various screen sizes yet. These bugs however are surely fixable, which if done, would certainly give me reason to rate it higher. But I can’t give 4 or 5 rating to a game that’s good, but only works after you fiddle with settings. I may have the patience for that, but others won’t. Fix that, and I’ll rate it higher.

### 4/5 — It’s alright… also where’s 2?

*2023-04-11*

Lots of graphical bugs, but it’s pretty alright. There was the sequel on the AppStore a while back (I can still download it since I downloaded it before), but you guys unlisted it.

Since you guys aren’t working on that, at LEAST give this game an update to fix it.

### 3/5 — I used to love this game... but..

*2023-01-05*

I used to play this game all the time many years ago in hs. i downloaded it recently for nostalgia reasons, however right upon opening you can see they didn't even bother with fitting the game right on newer phones. it's way too big and there's not option to fix it. this gives issues with not seeing the coin number correctly, not seeing levels on the edges and struggles to pressing certain buttons which are out of screen or barely. 

sad, but i'm deleting this game. until they fix it or update it, i wouldn't pick up this game. 

TLDR: game buggy, don't bother

### 1/5 — I bought items in KoPaP2

*2022-11-06, version 2.35*

I had bought the Necromancy class along with the Druid in Knights of Pen and Paper 2. Suddenly I can’t find it on the App Store and it won’t play anymore when I download it from my previous purchases. Why is the 2nd edition of this game gone when I spend real money on the game?

### 1/5 — Unplayable on newer phones

*2022-06-08, version 2.35*

Just paid $4.99 to install this game on my iPhone 13 Pro Max and the game display is stretched past my screen edge, making the game unplayable. I was also unable to create a Paradox account because the register button wouldn’t click. It was also requesting birth date again, but over where you’d select your location. Very fun on the Nintendo Switch, but I’ll be requesting a refund for this app.

### 4/5 — Aspect ratios matter! Add option to adjust UI

*2021-06-09*

Not all iPhone users have the newest biggest screens, this once beautiful game used to run flawlessly aside from the minor glitch every now and then, but with this larger aspect ratio, I can’t conceivably play this. It’s not fun. Please fix this. I can’t see the full screen! I’m running an iPhone XR and this game is just disappointing. It feels like you broke it on purpose just so I would have to buy pen and paper 2, which is not cool guys. I paid money for the app, let me continue to enjoy it.

### 4/5 — Very fun but could use a touch up

*2019-10-15, version 2.35*

To be fair I have read recent reviews about how the screen doesn’t fit with the iPhone X series but playing in landscape mode is no problem. Either way, fun and enjoyable.

### 1/5 — Not so free anymore

*2019-01-02*

I downloaded this and unlocked everything and now I come back and there is a new “diamond” currency that you need to unlock the furniture and characters I already had. I click restore purchases but the extra dlc stories and classes I already had don’t come back. The best part about this game was that gold could be used to purchase almost everything. Not money is needed even if I had already paid to unlock it. It’s sad. This was a fun game too.

### 1/5 — Beware! iPhone XS Max users!

*2018-10-12, version 2.35*

Let me start with that I really enjoyed this game when I had it on my iPhone 6. I owned this on another Apple account, so I recently repurchased it and to my dismay the game is totally unplayable on the XS Max. It’a extremely zoomed and unplayable. Heck, I can’t even log into the game because of it. I feel like the game’s aspect ratio was never updated to newer devices. I had to go through 3 live chat supports to get a refund because it wouldn’t let me do it manually. TL;DR DON’T BUY IT IF YOU OWN AN IPHONE XS OR XS MAX.

### 1/5 — A great game that Behold now neglects

*2018-07-12*

I am a big fan of Behold Studios’ games. They have made some of my favorite experiences on this device. That being said, once they release a game they tend to move on too quickly. 

If you have a newer device, do not expect it to work well with this game. My iPhone X doesn’t crop this game well in portrait mode. This has only gotten worse over the life of my phone and the most recent update was just too much. It wasn’t great before but now it is too far to be enjoyable to play. And I don’t even know if they ever fixed the bug where the sprites would drift to the right. I just dealt with that for years thinking “oh they’ll fix it eventually”. Don’t hold your breath.

## Frequently asked questions about Knights of Pen & Paper

### What kind of game is Knights of Pen & Paper?

Knights of Pen & Paper is a turn-based, retro-style, pixel-art RPG. It simulates the experience of playing a traditional pen and paper roleplaying game, where players take on the roles of both the characters and the game master.

### What are the key features of the game?

Key features include the ultimate pen and paper RPG simulation experience, the ability to assemble your own role-playing group with a game master and players, fighting and exploring through a fantasy world, leveling up characters, and the option for the game master to set up custom fights.

### How much does Knights of Pen & Paper cost?

Based on the provided information, this application is a paid game. There are no mentions of free-to-play elements, subscriptions, or in-app purchases.

### What platforms is this game available on?

The description does not specify the platforms this game is available on. However, it is presented as a mobile application.

### What makes this game unique?

The game's uniqueness lies in its meta-roleplaying experience, where players act as both the players and the dungeon master in a simulated pen and paper RPG session. It also features a retro pixel-art style inspired by 90s RPGs.

## Version history (last 1 release)

### 2.35 — 2018-07-11

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Improved Paradox Account login and GDPR compliance. Same great game as usual!

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