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Papermonger LLC · Published by Papermonger LLC
Positive — 100% positive (15 reviews)
Last updated 7 Oct 2026
Escape to a paper paradise filled with colorful characters and noteworthy enemies! Shift between different classes and shuffle a stack of unique items to ream enemies, keep tabs on your friends, enter dungeons, and explore. Don't die, DYE, as you write your legend and rip The Engineer a new one!
Action, Indie, RPG, Free To Play, Early Access · 2025 · More free games
In Theden, switch between classes, shuffle items, and battle colorful enemies. Master your legend in this indie RPG from 2025, free to play with early access.
About this game
While this world may lack the normal human problems of hunger, fatigue, and death, it's not without its own set of issues. The world's inhabitants, Zens, constantly fight and bicker, forming clubs and factions as they strive against each other for wealth, power, and influence. The worst of these is The Engineer, a madwoman hidden away in the distant Sky Castle, who stirs up conflict with her army of Constructs, noisy mechanical beings that belch smoke and keep everyone from getting any rest.
Arm yourself against The Engineer's machinations by leveling 8 character classes with distinct abilities as you fight your way through both her Constructs and the natural inhabitants of the world, Abstractimals. Gain new powers through hundreds of weapons, armor, pets, artifacts, and consumable items. Make friends and gather Companions to buff yourself as you head toward Sky Castle and your final showdown with The Engineer.
Unique Features
Change your difficulty at any moment to make travel easier or take advantage of an Enemy Surge
Upgrade and reforge any piece of equipment to adapt its stats to your playstyle
Level classes independently and take advantage of unique Class Abilities
Raise your Affinity with Zens you like to gain powerful Companion buffs
Take a break from fighting and enjoy peaceful pursuits like exploring, gardening, fishing, mining, and writing, while still gaining EXP
Perfect your character's look with hundreds of hairstyles, expressions, facial features, and skintones
Participate in art contests, community discussions, and vote to shape the future of the game
Explore an entire world made from handcrafted paper art
Join the Theden Discord to make suggestions, gain advance access to the Adventure Guide, get help, chat with other players, and see an updated roadmap of future changes and releases!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2-Core CPU
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB VRAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Quad Core CPU
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2GB VRAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
May Update
Spy/Soldier Abilities, Camera Options, and Quick Item Hotkeys Two new classes have been added, each with 4 unique abilities to master. Choose between Locked and Free cameras in the Options menu, and use the Quick Item Hotkeys by clicking or pressing J K L and ; to use items on the fly! Patched issues: Kicked the Recombinator a bit, so now it should be working (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Fixed Alphabetical Sort not working with gloves Increased the CRT cap from 30% to 100% and increased CRT granted from items (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Doubled shred output from items and equipment (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Restricted Reforge/Upgrade functions to the Soldier classRead full article on Community Announcements (jesse)Patch NotesOfficial
January Update
Heroic 2 Difficulty and Character Rename Craving a challenge? Try Heroic 2 difficulty, with increased enemy defense and rewards! Use the difficulty selector at the bottom right corner of your screen at any time. Looking for a change? Rename your character using the Town Census object in Mayor Magdalena's House.Read full article on Community Announcements (jesse)Patch NotesOfficial
December Update
Shredder, Recombinator, and Camera Zoom Two new devices have been added: a Shredder (located in Agnes's House) and a Recombinator (Bennigan's House). Each device changes the first bag function to its respective action. The Shredder will quickly turn your items and equipment into colored scraps, and the Recombinator will transform any piece of equipment to a different random item of the same slot (head, legs, weapon, etc.) and reduce its rarity by 1. Players can also now zoom the camera at any time using the mouse wheel. Patched issues: Using a consumable with an effect that is already active will now add the duration instead of overwriting it (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Players can now drop a single item from a stack Starting equipment has been revamped, with an additional useful item added for each class Item Appearance can now be cycled with just 1 button Several weapons have been buffed to improve balance (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Healing EXP has been doubled (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Cholita and Huracan have been moved closer to their desired items. Cholita is now located at Outskirts and Huracan is at Anteclimax Hubert now wants Mud, and Hamish wants Paint or GreaseRead full article on Community Announcements (jesse)Patch NotesOfficial
November Update
Modding Players can now enable mods by following simple instruction on the Discord #mods tab. Patched issues: Zens don't know what set pieces they need (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) There was a conspicuous lack of green scraps near Competence Cliff (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Zens weren't prompted to speak to one another more than once Zens were having trouble remembering each other's namesRead full article on Community Announcements (jesse)Patch NotesOfficial
October Update
Fishing and Gardening, Bag Sort, Unique Discoverable Items Players can begin to improve their Fishing and Gardening skills. Find a Short Fishing Pole out in the world (or from a specific enemy; see the Adventure Guide in the Discord), and use it near water to catch fish and other items. Pick Exotic Plants for a chance to find plant parts and other items. Sort any tab of your Bag using the four new buttons: Alphabetical, Type, Rarity, and Condense. Find 16 unique items around Commencement, just by walking or jumping over them! Patched issues: Item tab shouldn't say "Xort (10)" before you have met the corresponding Zen (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Equipment gave too much new power when upgrading from Epic > Heirloom > Legendary (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Certain tufts of grass were overgrown Zens kept stubbing their toes on a ledge in Smelly Hillside (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Shredding multiple items at once vs. 1 at a time wasn't awarding the same number of scraps (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Zens were unsure which machines were which Zens were finding the difficulty curve too steep (COMMUNITY SUGGESTION) Background objects weren't moving quite correctlyRead full article on Community Announcements (jesse)
