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A graphic adventure game written by Lucas Pope; billed as a "Dystopian Document Thriller".

"Papers, Please: A Dystopian Document Thriller" is a graphic adventure game set in 1982 from Lucas Pope. The Giant Bomb wiki describes the game as mixing "political commentary, humour, and interesting mechanics to create a game about deduction and attention to detail that is both fun and thought provoking."

The game itself is located at papersplease.se and gives the background as:

The communist state of Arstotzka has 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.

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What is the fastest way to kill my family?

There is an ending in which your family dies. I want to get this ending as fast as possible. Can I just turn heating off and not buy food, or will I die myself?
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What do housing upgrades accomplish?

I know there are questions about how to upgrade your housing efficiently(see: How can you make more money and upgrade flats), but I'm more curious as to why someone would bother. Seems to me that it just costs more, with no direct benefit. So, what…
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Is there a way to keep the EZIC gift?

When you get the "gift" from Ezic, you get the option to burn it on both occasions. If you don't burn it, you'll be reported by your neighbors and lose your savings for you "suspicious wealth". Is there a way to keep the money and still play the…
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Is it better to detain, or reject?

At some point in the game, you start getting bribes of 5 credits for every 2 immigrants you detain. Whilst slamming the detain button as soon as you see it is easy, it often takes a while to get a suspicious character out of my booth. Given that you…
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How do you get all the tokens?

In Papers, Please there are 7 tokens, one for each region. Does anyone have a description of what you need to do to get all the tokens?
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How do I kill with poison?

There is some point in the story where you receive poison to kill someone, but every time I click on the poison I die. I tried shaking the dusts over the papers or using the seal with them, but no luck. How do I apply the poison on their passports…
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What are all the possible endings and how do you get to them?

In Papers, Please there are 20 possible endings. Does anyone have some sort of flow chart that goes through all the endings and the decisions that need to be made to get to that ending?
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How do I highlight speech discrepancies?

This person came to the border today. He claimed he was visiting, but his permit was for permanent immigration. I tried to highlight the issue but... Figuring that a visit is something that a permanent immigration permit would obviously allow, I…
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Can I safely save on heat and food?

Too save on living costs I have been alternating the first couple of days of the game between not paying for food and not paying for heating. My family members are cold one day and hungry the next, Are there any long term, more serious consequences…
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What is ezic gift?

I just got a gift of a thousand credits in the game, which is listed as EZIC GIFT in the end of day screen. The ability to uncheck it seems to indicate that something negative will come out of it. What is it and what are its effects?
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What's the most efficient order in which to check for discrepancies?

One of the first things that I try to notice is gender, then necessary documents, then picture, then issuing city, then expiration date. I don't think I've seen the second half of the game, so I also wonder if new conditions could change that order.…
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What do I do when an immigrant does not want to show his papers?

In the game, Papers, Please, you play as an immigration inspector. Normally, the immigrants and visitors will show you their documents and papers once they've been called to the counter. This one didn't: This is Day 3. I'm pretty much stuck with…
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How many days are there in the Papers Please story?

Exactly what it says in the title: How many days are there in the Papers Please story? I want to know how much I have left.
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What does the lightning symbol mean?

When you are at the your work station, there is a little box below the microphone and below the number. At times it flashes with a lightning symbol. I can't quite figure out what it means.
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How can I tell whether someone is the wrong height?

A few times now I've gotten a citation because I didn't notice that the person was the wrong height. How can I tell whether someone is a different height than their information claims?
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