I finished Paper Perjury, about half in 2024, about half in 2025.
Below is what I wrote for Steam. I’ve been told reviews help smaller games like that.
I’m just going to come right out and say it: I like that the game doesn’t open with a murder, which immediately positively distinguishes it from its biggest inspiration. It’s a game made by people who clearly liked Ace Attorney for people who liked Ace Attorney, but if you’ve never played any of the games in that series this might actually be a better introduction to the genre.
You play as fledgling police clerk Justina Smith when in swerves manic pixie dream detective Ernest Hunt, asking you to interrogate a suspect, and much merriment ensues. All this in place populated by greater and lesser puns, Azure City.
The game is well executed in all ways that make it come together: the art, the music, and of course the puzzles. In short, characters tell you a little story (they “give testimony”) and you have to find the contradiction between what they’re saying and the evidence you have at your disposal. Sounds simple, right? Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t, but the game always gives you a fair fighting chance.
My only complaint would be that somewhere in case 5 I was done investigating, but I didn’t realize it and I kept looking for issues with what people were saying for far too long.
So yeah, definitely recommended.