Papers, Please

Papers, Please is a dystopian document thriller. The communist state of Arstotzka has just 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. The player is chosen in the October labor lottery and is assigned a Class-8 apartment in East Grestin for the player's family. Each day at the checkpoint, the player checks every traveler's papers against the rules of the day, which change as the game goes on. A mismatch in a name, date or document number means the traveler is denied or detained. Pay depends on how many people are processed correctly, and it has to cover rent, food and heat for the family. The game is single player.