Stacks of files to the ceiling, a shredder, and a profitability target... Paper Shredder, an incremental simulation game developed and published by Embers, will release on PC via Steam on a date yet to be announced. Players take on the role of an employee tasked with shredding massive piles of paperwork, tidying their desk, and optimizing their tools to achieve the maximum destruction rate.
The bande-annonce shows an office overwhelmed by mountains of administrative paperwork. The player grabs them, pushes them into a shredder, then cleans up the paper confetti that piles up around the machine.
The images also chart the gradual upgrade of equipment. The starter tools can be swapped for more capable rigs that can handle more documents in less time. The tone adopts the language of the corporate world, with deliberately bureaucratic jargon and a direction that leans more toward satire than realism.
"Shred the paperwork to cash in a million. Paper Shredder is an incremental game where sheet-by-sheet shredding spirals into a full-blown paper siege. Shred, sweep, upgrade and grind through mountains of secret files to uncover what lies inside. Are you in?".
The gameplay hinges on four core actions. The first involves shredding piles of documents to turn them into confetti. Once the floor is cluttered, the player must clean up their workspace to earn merit points granted by the company.
These rewards are then reinvested to upgrade the tools at hand. The simplest office gear can thus scale up into more powerful rigs, capable of dramatically boosting processing speed. This progression mirrors the logic of incremental games, where every upgrade accelerates the next loop.
Exploring piles of paper is another facet of the game. As you push through the destruction of documents, you uncover items left behind by former employees. Embers hints at secrets buried beneath the mountain of paperwork, though it doesn’t yet specify their exact role in the narrative.
Paper Shredder has been announced exclusively for PC via Steam. The game is pitched as a single-player experience, and no console version has been confirmed at this time. Its release date, price, and any potential editions are still undetermined.
The endgame is to reach 100% efficiency in shredding documents to land a pretend $1,000,000 prize. That prize serves as the guiding thread for a progression built around accumulation, automation, and optimizing the workstation.
Embers still has to pin down how long progression lasts, the variety of upgrades, and the real role of the secrets tucked under those piles of files. A forthcoming reveal should clarify how far the studio intends to push the satirical and narrative aspects of this office-simulation.
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