A Place, Forbidden on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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.

A Place, Forbidden is a horror, lovecraftian and atmospheric game developed and published by Poison The Inkwell.
Released on June 25th 2020 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 397 reviews of which 340 were positive and 57 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is free to play on Steam.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 or DirectX 12 compatible graphics card
  • Storage: 400 MB available space

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A Place, Forbidden
8.0
340
57
Online players
2
Developer
Poison The Inkwell
Publisher
Poison The Inkwell
Release 25 Jun 2020
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