Papers, Please vs Bad Credit? No Problem!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Papers, Please
Step into the shoes of a border inspector in a dystopian communist state. Examine documents, interrogate travelers, and decide who is allowed to enter. Your choices impact your family's survival and the fate of the nation.
- Dystopian border inspector simulation
- Document examination and verification
- Interrogation and decision-making
- Multiple endings based on choices
- Unlockable multitouch support
- Game Center achievements and leaderboards
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A dystopian document thriller. The award-winning, critically-acclaimed border inspector game. ______________________________________ "Congratulations." "The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled." "For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint." "An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling." "Glory to Arstotzka." ______________________________________ Awards ◉ Best Game of 2013 - The New Yorker ◉ Best Game of 2013 - Wired Magazine ◉ Top Indie Game 2013 - Forbes Magazine ◉ Best Strategy & Simulation Game 2014 - BAFTA ◉ Grand Prize Winner 2014 - Independent Games Festival ◉ Excellence in Design Winner - IGF 2014 ◉ Excellence in Narrative Winner - IGF 2014 ◉ GameCity Prize Winner 2014 - GameCity ◉ Cultural Innovation Award 2013 - SXSW ◉ Best PC Game 2014 - LARA Game Awards ◉ Innovation Award - GDCA 2014 ◉ Most Innovative 2014 - Games For Change ◉ Best Gameplay 2014 - Games For Change ◉ Best Game of 2013 - Ars Technica ◉ Best Game of 2013 - PC World ◉ Best PC Game of 2013 - Destructoid ◉ Best Story of 2013 - Destructoid ... and more ______________________________________ Story The communist state of Arstotzka has just ended a 6-year war with neighboring Kolechia and reclaimed its rightful half of the border town, Grestin. Your job as immigration inspector is to control the flow of people entering the Arstotzkan side of Grestin from Kolechia. Among the throngs of immigrants and visitors looking for work are hidden smugglers, spies, and terrorists. Using only the documents provided by travelers and the Ministry of Admission's primitive inspect, search, and fingerprint systems you must decide who can enter Arstotzka and who will be turned away or arrested. ______________________________________ Features Includes the complete original game with all 31 days and 20 endings. Also adds unlockable multitouch support for faster paperwork, an enhanced inspection mode, Game Center achievements, leaderboards, mid-day resume, and more. ______________________________________ Warning This game contains mature themes, non-photographic nudity, and brief moments of pixelated violence.
Bad Credit? No Problem!
As a new agent at a title-loan shop, your job is to meticulously review customer paperwork and identify fraudulent documents. Survive your probation, navigate office politics, and make critical decisions that affect the shop's future, all while enjoying retro office PC mini-games.
- Review and approve/decline customer paperwork
- Survive a 14-day probation period
- Experience multiple endings in Career mode
- Play retro mini-games on an office PC
- Decorate your office and agent
- Special Halloween-themed shift
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Every customer swears their paperwork is fine. Your job: catch the fakes. You're the new agent at a sketchy title-loan shop in 2016. Spot what's expired, forged or padded, then approve or decline. Between customers, slack off on a retro office PC. A cozy, dryly funny pixel-art desk job. SURVIVE YOUR FIRST 14 DAYS Your first 14 days are Probation. Pass it and you're hired. New rules arrive every day or two, so yesterday's easy yes can be today's no. PICK A SIDE Once you're hired, Career runs from October to the Year-End Review on December 23. A big chain wants to buy the shop. There are three endings to find, and how your year ends is up to you. HOLIDAYS AT THE OFFICE Career runs right through the season: a jack-o'-lantern on Halloween, a Thanksgiving potluck, a flood of Black Friday spam and a festive December. TAKE THE ENVELOPE? In Career, some customers slide cash across the desk. Take it and you can't decline them. Leave it, decline them properly, and earn a small honesty bonus. SLACK OFF ON THE OFFICE PC Between customers, read your coworkers' e-mail drama, play little retro games like Snake, shop for clothes and office decor, and snoop through files you probably shouldn't open. CHECK THE PARKING LOT Buy security cameras and check the car outside against the title: a caught mismatch pays double. WORK A HALLOWEEN NIGHT SHIFT Fright Night Files is a five-night Halloween shift with its own spooky customers. It's open all year, though October is its season. KEEP THE LITTLE THINGS The Scrapbook collects keepsakes, stickers and photos from your shifts. Look back over past calls in your Case Files, decorate your office, and dress your agent with what you earn. PLAYING SINCE 1.x? Your progress, purchases and Scrapbook come with you. A run in progress starts fresh, and Career replaces Endless Shift. Spot a translation that reads wrong? Tap Contact & Feedback in Options and tell us on Discord.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bad Credit? No Problem! at Free against Papers, Please's $4.99. Bad Credit? No Problem! also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Papers, Please's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Bad Credit? No Problem! is free to download; Papers, Please costs $4.99 up front. Bad Credit? No Problem! sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Papers, Please asks for nothing beyond the download.
Papers, Please holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Papers, Please's written reviews are positive against 75% of Bad Credit? No Problem!'s.
Papers, Please ships an update weekly, Bad Credit? No Problem! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Papers, Please | Bad Credit? No Problem! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.5 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.6% of reviews — better | 74.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #8 — better | #120 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 330 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 3909 | FOORBYTES, LLC |
Customer experience
Papers, Please
Bad Credit? No Problem!
Bugs and requests
Papers, Please
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bad Credit? No Problem!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent income requirements
- Issues with correctly identifying valid applications
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes and content updates
- Ability to skip or continue from previous days
- Improved tutorial or onboarding process
- Customization options for the office and character
In-app purchases
Papers, Please
No in-app purchases
Bad Credit? No Problem!
- Buy Hints x10$0.99
- Cash Doubler$1.99
- Buy Hints x30$2.49
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- Buy Hints x75$3.99
- Starter Bundle$3.99
- Supporter Pack$4.99
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