
Download & Guide
Download Papertale FREE ALPHA
- Windows
- Download from itch.io
- Mac
- Apple Silicon, from itch.io
- Price
- Free during the alpha
- Updates
- The itch app installs every new build for you. An old build won't connect after an update.
- Bugs
- Type /bug in game, or tell us in the Discord.
Beginner's Guide
- Download from itch.ioFree on Windows and Mac. The itch app keeps the game updated.

- Start as a BeginnerYou wake up in Lamplight Village. Wren, Bo and Kip show you the ropes.

- Pick your class at level 5Mentor Ashe makes you a Squire, Thief or Mage, for good.

- Find your crewYou're listed on the Crew Board. Team up with up to three others and head out.

Controls
- ←→
- Move
- Space
- Jump (↓+Space drops through)
- ↑
- Use a portal, talk to an NPC
- Z
- Pick up
- 1–4 QWER
- Hotbar
- K I A
- Skills, inventory, stats
- T B N
- Crew, binder, world map
- F2
- Loops panel