Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
Released Apr 2023
"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.
77% positive · 637 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Paper Bride 4 Bound Love launched on April 27, 2023. The developer released two DLC items — an art book and a soundtrack — both on April 28, 2023, which are the typical companion content released alongside a completed game rather than indicators of ongoing development. Both DLC items are fully released. The only developer news post is a launch announcement from April 28, 2023, with no roadmap, no future content promises, and no subsequent communications. The game has no unreleased DLC and no developer statements about planned future updates. As the fourth entry in an established series, it appears to have launched as a complete, self-contained experience. There has been no developer communication since April 28, 2023, which is consistent with a finished product rather than a live, ongoing one.
Evidence
Launch announcement for Paper Bride 4 on Steam, promoting a first-week discount and a bundle with the full series. No future content or updates mentioned.
Art book and settings collection DLC released on launch day — a companion collectible, not a content expansion.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
HeartBeat Plus
Achievements
20
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Pray to the matchmaker for a good marriage.
Breathing jade waves in the wind,rising with lingering sentiments.
Love is entwined like a red silk, hard to untie...
Long time no see,are you still the same as before?
Dreams and reality are as one. Who is a ghost, and who is not? Are you still you?
"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.
We are trying to create a different experience for each paper bride. In the previous few works, we tried to deconstruct puzzle solving and folklore in different aspects (such as physical puzzle solving, burning paper for ourselves, etc.).
And this work, we intend to go back to the basics, try a more traditional direction, and restore the feeling of old-fashioned classic folk movies.
New works will continue to be upgraded:
☯Traditional Chinese folk culture upgrade - more Chinese folk culture and metaphysics, more paper puppets.
☯Art upgrade—the art department has a few new monsters (masters), and things like paper figurines will be even weirder.
☯Heartbeat upgrade——Different paper fans have different evaluations on the heartbeat speed of the previous game. Some people said it was more exciting, while others said "it's not as good as the previous one". So this time we dare not use too much force, just increase it by 0.01 times！No entrance for heart disease patients!
Breathing jade waves in the wind,rising with lingering sentiments.
Love is entwined like a red silk, hard to untie...
Long time no see,are you still the same as before?
Dreams and reality are as one. Who is a ghost, and who is not? Are you still you?
"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.
We are trying to create a different experience for each paper bride. In the previous few works, we tried to deconstruct puzzle solving and folklore in different aspects (such as physical puzzle solving, burning paper for ourselves, etc.).
And this work, we intend to go back to the basics, try a more traditional direction, and restore the feeling of old-fashioned classic folk movies.
New works will continue to be upgraded:
☯Traditional Chinese folk culture upgrade - more Chinese folk culture and metaphysics, more paper puppets.
☯Art upgrade—the art department has a few new monsters (masters), and things like paper figurines will be even weirder.
☯Heartbeat upgrade——Different paper fans have different evaluations on the heartbeat speed of the previous game. Some people said it was more exciting, while others said "it's not as good as the previous one". So this time we dare not use too much force, just increase it by 0.01 times！No entrance for heart disease patients!
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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