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Forbidden Art

AIXLAB · 2024-03-25

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Mar 25, 2024 (SteamVR)

Forbidden art is a VR room escape puzzle game where you escape from the killer’s secret hideout. Use all your abilities to escape the dangerous and terrifying hideout created by a psychopathic killer who thinks killing is an art, without being discovered by the killer.

Forbidden Art is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2024, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (92% of 101 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 104 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Choi Junho is a rising star at A Group, Korea’s top conglomerate—polite, composed, and admired for his refined taste in art. Behind the flawless façade, however, he is a cold-blooded psychopath who learned early how to erase traces and hide in plain sight. His first murder, concealed with chilling precision, awakened an obsession: he believes true art is only “completed” through killing. For years, Junho targeted people who would not be missed—runaways, orphans, the homeless—carefully preparing for the masterpiece he has always wanted to create. But a recent victim draws public attention, and (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 62% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 104 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020232026Week of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992023-11-242026-07-092023-11-24 — best price $14.992023-12-24 — best price $8.992024-01-03 — best price $14.992024-02-11 — best price $10.492024-02-12 — best price $14.992024-03-25 — best price $8.992024-04-08 — best price $14.992024-05-09 — best price $10.492024-05-23 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $8.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-07-25 — best price $8.992024-08-01 — best price $14.992024-08-31 — best price $8.992024-09-07 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $7.492024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $8.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-04-29 — best price $7.492025-05-13 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-01 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $5.992025-11-03 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
85.8%
earned "Hey you You’re finally awake"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Korean, German, Russian

Player tags

3DVRDarkHorrorLinearPuzzlePhysicsThrillerRealisticExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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