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Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99View Essential Hardware PC Gaming Show Dune: Awakening Recommended reading I found a mysterious demo disc with no name hiding a game almost no one in the world has ever seen, and it made me feel like I'd uncovered buried treasure Gaming Industry Hypnospace Outlaw sequel Dreamsettler has been cancelled: 'We just way overscoped' Palworld studio changes its mind about releasing its co-op Hollow Knight-like in early access, will go straight to 1.0 The Gothic 1 Remake demo has been updated based on fan feedback A Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 trailer from 5 years ago resurfaced, and it's a delightfully bare-bones look at the primordial soup that spawned the full game I was starting to get bored of decorating in cozy games, but the demo of Twinkleby has reminded me that nothing needs to be picture perfect as long as you're having fun Details about the canceled Disco Elysium spin-off codenamed X7 have leaked, and it would have let us play as Cuno and Cunoesse A Short Hike dev 'sort of' cancels Paper Mario-inspired game, but decides to let everyone play a demo of it anyway: 'I figured maybe sharing the demo is better than nothing' Tyler Colp 30 June 2025 Untitled Paper RPG is on hold, but you can play a bit of it right now. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Adam Gryu) It's rare to get a peek at unfinished games, especially ones that aren't going to be released any time soon. The indie developer behind A Short Hike decided it might be interesting to give people an idea of what that looks like through a demo of a Paper Mario-inspired game they consider to be on indefinite hold. Untitled Paper RPG is the game Adam Gryu was working on before releasing his popular cozy hiking game. It started after Nintendo announced Paper Mario Color Splash in 2016, which drove Gryu to make a game inspired by the old Paper Mario RPGs. In 2018, however, he put the RPG on the back burner and devoted his time to developing A Short Hike. And then A Short Hike blew up. "After releasing A Short Hike and working on the subsequent updates and ports… I didn’t really want to go back to this game?" Gryu wrote in a post on Itch.io. "The development for the RPG had become difficult, which was why I took a break from it in the first place. I might return to this project someday, but I’ve been working on other things and don’t see myself making time for this RPG in [the] near future." Related Articles I found a mysterious demo disc with no name hiding a game almost no one in the world has ever seen, and it made me feel like I'd uncovered buried treasure Hypnospace Outlaw sequel Dreamsettler has been cancelled: 'We just way overscoped' Palworld studio changes its mind about releasing its co-op Hollow Knight-like in early access, will go straight to 1.0 Although he only considers the Untitled Paper RPG "sort of" cancelled, he wrote a list of reasons why working on it was "overwhelming." Gryu said it had too big of a scope, lacked a compelling story, and its turn-based combat wasn't all that fun. "In general, I started to lose the joy that I felt working on it," he said. The free demo on Itch.io, which features art and characters by a few other developers, has only about one to two hours of gameplay, and stuff that Gryu says he's proud of and stuff that is embarrassing. "I figured sharing the demo is better than nothing," he wrote. Gryu says he's still making games, but isn't sure which of his many projects he'll finish next. For now, he's going to keep up with the annual updates to his pumpkin carving MMO Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival and continue to work on new games until something sticks. The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. Social Links Navigation Tyler has covered videogames and PC hardware for 15 years. 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