05 Aug 2026Developer post

Jean crying art update

In the Bonus Case, Jean has a crying animation that has been hard to get right. Taking in some feedback, we are updating the face to be a bit less busy. Spoilers for Case 6 ahead: At the end of Case 6, Sophie asks Justina on a date. Justina responses with just "Huh?!" and the sce

20 Jul 2026Developer post

Paper Perjury Bonus Case is out now!

Thank you for everyone who has played Paper Perjury up until now! We hope you all enjoy it. Please play to the end to find out what's next for Paper Cat Games. For anyone who would like to provide feedback on case 6, we have a survey right here. For anyone who would like to provi

30 Jun 2026Developer post

Paper Perjury is getting one more free case!

That's right, Paper Perjury is getting MORE free content! What kind of case is coming? To be blunt, it will be significantly shorter than case 6. It will be so short, that rather than calling it "case 7", we will called it a "Bonus case". Bonus Case FAQ: Why will this case be so

25 Jun 2026Developer post

Justina's birthday update

In today's update, we have updated Justina's ID to provide a birthday. Why are we doing this? Because it's tied to the content we plan to release next month. Please keep in mind that some save files won't update the ID with this new information. However, starting a brand-new case

23 Jun 2026Developer post

Optimization patch and future content tease

The main purpose of this patch is to reduce the file size of the game. Paper Perjury never required a big file size (a little under 1000 MB), but with a few changes to our current system, we reduced it by 30MB. While there has been extensive testing to make sure the new optimizat

08 Jun 2026Developer post

Paper Perjury fun fact extravaganza: Case 6 Edition!

Paper Perjury has a new fun fact extravaganza! Give it a watch if you want to learn more about Case 6's development. Please note this video was recorded before case 6 was released, so the art in this video might not match the art in the current version of the game.

02 Jun 2026Developer post

Detective Instinct x Paper Perjury: Two Ace Indie ADVs bundle on Steam

Paper Perjury has a new bundle on Steam! Save 15% on Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved if you already own a copy of Paper Perjury. We hope fans of Paper Perjury give the game a chance.

21 May 2026Developer post

Paper Perjury Case 6 is fully released!

After a three-month delay, we are proud to finally release case 6! Players that played the first half of the case should be able to start from that same save file. If there are any issues with that save, please let us know. This update also comes with five new achievements that c

16 May 2026Developer post

The TRUE final patch before Case 6 launch

For anyone who noticed the previous patch notes, that was supposed to be the final patch. Well, today, we are doing one more major patch before the release of case 6. This is because we are giving Justina new piece of art interrogation sections! Now there are times when Justina w

07 May 2026Developer post

Final patch before Case 6 launch

In this patch, we are doing a few updates before launching Case 6 later this month. We also have plans for a public playtesting of case 6 for anyone who wants to play the whole of case 6 before the official launch later this month. Justina, Owen, and Ernest: Their character sprit

In this patch, we are doing a few updates before launching Case 6 later this month. We also have plans for a public playtesting of case 6 for anyone who wants to play the whole of case 6 before the official launch later this month.

Justina, Owen, and Ernest:

Their character sprites have been updated to have a pure black outline. Before, Justina's art would have an outline with #141013 as the color and Ernest would have #250d1d. Now it's pure black to keep it in line with every other character. Going forward, every character will be intended to have a black outline to keep the art style consistent.

The only character without a black outline is Ferris Eubank. This was partly left unchanged because she has too many frames of animation to update in a reasonable amount of time. It's also partly left unchanged because the color is so wildly different that it fits her character. Maybe it might change in the future, but for now, she's the solo exception.

Viewing room:

The art for the viewing room has been updated. Now, the chairs in the room match the chairs seen during the interrogation sections. An example is below. The colors are slightly different for stylistic reasons, but they match better. The room is also slightly more blue because it looked nicer.

Case 4:

Harris Nubuck's statement has been updated from "Mr. Nubuck's Statement" to just "Nubuck's Statement".

Case 5:

Fixed a bug where the player couldn't complete the final lead for the case.

Case 5's second half also has more logs that are added to Justina's Investigation log.

Justina cleans out her Investigation log and Statement log halfway into case 5. Players who launch a save past this point will have the first half notes for the rest of the case.

Meg's and Joy's second statement in the statement log will now just be their full names.

Lowell's, Owen's, and Anton's car evidence has been updated to have a black outline to keep it in line with all other forms of evidence.

Case 6:

Raiden's angry animation has been updated.

Misc.

Fixed a typo that said "elf-voicing" instead of "Self-voicing".

Made the background when Justina talks to the player a bit darker without being too dark.

If there are any bugs or issues that come from this patch, please let us know. Thank you.

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06 Mar 2026Developer post

Paper Perjury Case 6: Early Draft Edition

03 Mar 2026Developer post

Options menu update

We updated the Options menu to do two main things. 1: To add text next to the options to explain what the non-slider options do. Such as explaining what clipboard voicing does. 2: Make it better for controllers so that when using the slider, it doesn't require the player to click

26 Feb 2026Developer post

Second patch notes for Case 6

Updated the history menu so that Wolfhard's name doesn't go off screen. Example of the issue shown below. Changed the sentence: Justina "I know I have the evidence, I just need to think about what we learned!" to "I know I have the evidence. I just need to think about what we lea

24 Feb 2026Developer post

Frist patch notes for Case 6

Fixed a bug where the text would show the extra arrows when you present the Medical Records to Fineman's conclusion. Added text to the report after the player finds the single contradiction to prevent confusion from needing to find more contradictions. Changed Kelvin's line from

22 Feb 2026Developer post

Paper Perjury: Case 6 (first half) has released!

Today is the day! We are releasing the first half of Case 6! For those unaware, we intended to release the full case today, but due to circumstances outside of game development, we couldn't finish the full case. Rather than make everyone wait, we are releasing the first half now

Today is the day! We are releasing the first half of Case 6!

For those unaware, we intended to release the full case today, but due to circumstances outside of game development, we couldn't finish the full case. Rather than make everyone wait, we are releasing the first half now while we finish the second half for later this year.

We understand that some people will not play case 6 until it's completely finished, and that's okay. We will keep working on case 6 until it's completely finished. We give us just a bit more time.

We apologize for any disappointment in this delay and our team would love nothing more than to finish this case. We simply need more time, and we hope that effort in the first half of this case shows that we are working hard to make this case the best in the game.

What does this new patch have in store?

New characters:

A trio of brothersAn arson detective...

A new rival to match wits with...

And more.

New Achievements:

All the new achievements are in case 6. We didn't want to force players to replay cases 1-5 just for achievements.

We intend to add achievements to the second half of case 6 as well, but those will come out when case 6 is complete. As of right now, players can get 100% achievements with only the first half.

New Music:

We are new music to Paper Perjury! There are three full songs added, two of which are exclusive to Case 6.

The third song is "Between the Lines ~ Presto". This song will be added to cases 3-5 during the final sections of each case to add more dramatic flare.

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This was a song that the Director James wanted for the first release, but it was cut due to needing the time (and money) to make more important songs for the rest of the soundtrack. The final song composed for the original release was the Ballade ~ für Justina, which James felt was more important for the game. With the new DLC, there was time (and money) to add it back in.

There is one more song, but it's more of a remix of another song. Players will know it when they hear it.

Other Updates:

In cases 1-5, we had characters refer to a "Chief" of the station. We are changing this to "Lieutenant" in all but one insistence. We want the police station to reflect modern police stations, and noticed that "Chiefs" tend to include all the precincts in a city, while a Lieutenant is in charge of a single precinct. And who knows, maybe future content will make this change worth doing...

The only exception to this change is Owen Eubank saying, "One phone call to the Chief of Police, and I'll ensure you never work in this city again!" We feel this fits his character because he would go to the top of the chain to fire Detective Hunt.

Thank you to everyone who has played Paper Perjury so far. We hope you enjoy the first half of Case 6 and look forward to the full case later this year.

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