When comparing Sleep is Death vs Papers Please, the Slant community recommends Papers Please for most people. In the question“What are the best games on Linux?” Papers Please is ranked 20th while Sleep is Death is ranked 132nd. The most important reason people chose Papers Please is:
Papers Please has a unique puzzle solving element. Instead of using mathematical logic, or quick matching thinking, the puzzles in Papers Please involve checking people's background information to make sure everything matches the immigration requirements and following clues to find anything amiss.
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Pros
Pro Creator and player asymmetric dynamic
One user creates a scenario that the other will play out in what is a very intimate and strange gaming experience.
Pro Name Your Price
At a minimum fee of $1.75 customers can choose their price for the game, deeming whatever dollar value they feel is fit for the developers.
Pro Cross platform
Sleep is death is available for Windows, Mac and Linux systems.
Pro Unique puzzle solving through clue based deduction
Papers Please has a unique puzzle solving element. Instead of using mathematical logic, or quick matching thinking, the puzzles in Papers Please involve checking people's background information to make sure everything matches the immigration requirements and following clues to find anything amiss.
Pro Will require making ridiculously hard decisions
There is a fine line to walk while playing, whether it is worth following the rules and ruining lives or bending the rules at the risk of getting caught in order to help destitute people. The moral choices in the game are often difficult and require hard decisions.
Pro Endless mode
Once the main story is beaten there is an optional endless mode for those that want to see how long they can play without losing.
Cons
Con Poor graphic interface
The graphic interface is really unintuitive and just a plain chore to use.
Con Simplistic gameplay mechanic
The gameplay itself, once the player gets a grasp of it can get repetitive pretty quick due to there really being not much deviation from a singular gameplay mechanic.