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A Place for the Unwilling

ALPixel Games · 2019-07-25

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 23, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 23, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Mar 23, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 22, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 22, 2021 (Google Stadia)

You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.

72%
positive of 72 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$10.04
steam price (US)

I do exist. There are others like me which are nothing but streets of empty buildings decorated with monuments and street lights, but that’s not my case. I have a body, but also a brain and a heart. I can feel people moving inside of me, I can hear hundreds of conversations taking place in my streets right now and even see beings from other realities. These are the shadows, you may call them people. They’re all different, but at the same time they look alike to my eyes. Sometimes, if I pay attention I can hear them whispering their names to each other, and once I hear them, I no longer see a(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 65% of 14,750 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 72 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $12.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120192026Week of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

IndieMysteryAdventureNarrativeSimulationStory RichText-BasedAtmosphericExplorationDark Fantasy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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