diff --git a/doc/function/exists_as_package.txt b/doc/function/exists_as_package.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e13ff1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/function/exists_as_package.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Function: exists_as_package
+
+--Usage--
+> exists_as_package("package")
+
+Check if a package exists in the data folder.
+
+Returns the package's version number as major-minor-patch, or nil if the package does not exists.
+
+--Parameters--
+! Parameter	Type			Description
+| @input@	[[type:string]]		Full name of the package folder, including game and extension.
+
+--Examples--
+> exists_as_package("magic-modules.mse-include")  ==  "2026-02-28"
+> exists_as_package("magic-quadruple-faced-leveler.mse-style")  ==  nil
diff --git a/doc/function/index.txt b/doc/function/index.txt
index c70387b1..f4141feb 100644
--- a/doc/function/index.txt
+++ b/doc/function/index.txt
@@ -138,4 +138,5 @@ These functions are built into the program, other [[type:function]]s can be defi
 | [[fun:assert]]		Check a condition for debugging purposes.
 | [[fun:warning]]		Output a warning message.
 | [[fun:error]]			Output an error message.
+| [[fun:exists_as_package]]			Checks if a package exists.
 | [[fun:exists_in_package]]			Checks if a file exists in a package.
diff --git a/src/script/functions/basic.cpp b/src/script/functions/basic.cpp
index 7143e954..47ee5e5b 100644
--- a/src/script/functions/basic.cpp
+++ b/src/script/functions/basic.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ SCRIPT_FUNCTION(error) {
   return script_nil;
 }
 
+SCRIPT_FUNCTION(exists_as_package) {
+  SCRIPT_PARAM_C(String, input);
+  Version version_out;
+  bool result = package_manager.installedVersion(input, version_out);
+  if (!result) return script_nil;
+  SCRIPT_RETURN(version_out.toString());
+}
+
 SCRIPT_FUNCTION(exists_in_package) {
   SCRIPT_PARAM_C(String, input);
   bool result = package_manager.existsInPackage(input);
@@ -1018,6 +1026,7 @@ void init_script_basic_functions(Context& ctx) {
   ctx.setVariable(_("trace"),                     script_trace);
   ctx.setVariable(_("warning"),                   script_warning);
   ctx.setVariable(_("error"),                     script_error);
+  ctx.setVariable(_("exists_as_package"),         script_exists_as_package);
   ctx.setVariable(_("exists_in_package"),         script_exists_in_package);
   // conversion
   ctx.setVariable(_("to_string"),                 script_to_string);