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A Place, Forbidden

Poison The Inkwell · 2020-06-25

Steam

AdventureCasualFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.

1
playing now
85%
positive of 455 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
51/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 42% of 11,325 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)47628%10

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

DarkCasualHorrorPuzzleSurrealStylizedAdventureMinimalistAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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