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The Library of Babel

Tanuki Game Studio · Neon Doctrine · 2023-04-06

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 06, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 07, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 06, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 06, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 06, 2023 (Xbox One), Apr 06, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Join Ludovik in a 2D Stealth Platformer and Graphic Adventure, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to discover the secret behind the Library of Babel’s sudden lockdown and the mysteries behind their mythical creators.

0
playing now
74%
positive of 87 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.74
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 69% of 11,332 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 87 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.74-75%
Microsoft Store$18.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.79 at Steam (2025-06-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 14 of 28 observed days · $15.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

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

Price history

$18.99$3.792023-04-072026-08-272023-04-07 — best price $17.092023-07-13 — best price $18.992023-07-31 — best price $18.992023-09-07 — best price $11.392023-11-01 — best price $18.992023-12-01 — best price $15.192023-12-27 — best price $9.492024-02-06 — best price $7.592024-02-15 — best price $18.992024-04-11 — best price $7.592024-05-13 — best price $18.992024-07-11 — best price $18.992024-08-19 — best price $18.992024-09-19 — best price $7.592024-11-27 — best price $4.742024-12-19 — best price $4.742025-01-14 — best price $4.742025-02-27 — best price $18.992025-04-14 — best price $4.742025-06-13 — best price $18.992025-07-17 — best price $9.492025-08-04 — best price $18.992025-09-29 — best price $5.692025-11-03 — best price $18.992025-12-18 — best price $4.742026-01-24 — best price $18.992026-03-19 — best price $4.742026-04-29 — best price $18.992026-06-25 — best price $4.742026-07-16 — best price $4.742026-08-25 — best price $4.742026-08-27 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
85.8%
earned "Picking it up"
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, French, German, Catalan, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2DNoirSci-fiStealthSurrealDetectiveControllerHand-drawnPlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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

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