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| Developer(s) | Behold Studios |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Galaxy of Pen & Paper is a role-playing video game developed by Behold Studios and published by Plug In Digital and Paradox Interactive. It is a follow-up to Knights of Pen & Paper .
Players control a group of friends who are playing a tabletop science fiction role-playing game. The stories and friends make many pop culture references to science fiction franchises and authors. The in-game characters can perform side quests, fight turn-based battles against enemies, and engage in ship battles. It mixes retro pixel art and 3D graphics. [1]
Developer Behold Studios is based in Brasília, Brazil. [2] Paradox Interactive released Galaxy of Pen & Paper for Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android on July 27, 2017. [3] A content update and bugfix, titled the +1 Edition, was released in November 2018. [4] Dear Villagers released it for PlayStation 4 on April 7 and for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on April 8, 2020. [3]
On Metacritic, Galaxy of Pen & Paper received mixed reviews for Windows and positive reviews for iOS. [5] RPGamer said the turn-based combat is nothing special, but they enjoyed the spaceship combat. [1] RPGFan said it has charming moments but is a missed opportunity because players never learn anything about the in-game friends who are playing the game. [6] Pocket Gamer enjoyed the humor, pop culture references, and gameplay. They called it "brilliant, entertaining, wonderfully balanced". [7] Gamezebo said it was not as good as Knights of Pen & Paper' but was still fun. Though they encountered some bugs, they felt the humor was fresher than the fantasy-based Knights. [8]
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