AdventureFit check
Is Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players seeking a story-led adventure centered on a young protagonist's coming-of-age
- Players interested in Malaysian and Chinese myths and cultural settings
- Players who want supernatural stories with puzzles, conversations, and stealth sections
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for combat-focused gameplay rather than conversations, puzzles, and stealth
- Players who prefer open-ended stories over a narrative spanning five years of one character's childhood
- Players seeking a multiplayer game
Our take on Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open
The story's focus on Ting's childhood and supernatural relationships leaves less room for combat-centered play. Its progression is organized around a narrative journey, with conversations, puzzles, and stealth serving that story rather than a broad set of gameplay modes.
What is Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open?
Play as Ting, a girl who can see spirits, across five pivotal years of her childhood.
In a small Malaysian suburb, explore locations and speak with friends, family members, and ghosts. Ting forms a friendship with Xiu, a ghost seeking peace, while other spirits pursue competing goals and may guide or mislead her. Progress through conversations, puzzles, tasks to save lost souls, and stealth sections where dark spirits and other threats must be avoided. Minigames accompany the story. Its paper-theatre presentation and locations, characters, and dialogue draw on Malaysian traditions, culture, and folklore. The story follows Ting as she navigates her supernatural abilities, her relationships, and a family close to falling apart.
How Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open plays
- 01Spirit encounters
- Some spirits offer guidance while pursuing goals that conflict with one another.
- 02Stealth and puzzles
- Progress includes solving puzzles and evading dark spirits and other threats.
- 03Paper-theatre presentation
- The visual style takes inspiration from Southeast Asian Joss papercraft.
- 04Malaysian folklore
- Locations, characters, and dialogue draw on Malaysian traditions and folklore.
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Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open: platforms & release
Is Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open worth it?
It is worth it if: players seeking a story-led adventure centered on a young protagonist's coming-of-age. Skip it if: players looking for combat-focused gameplay rather than conversations, puzzles, and stealth.
Where can I download Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open on?
Windows only.
