A Place, Forbidden
A DARK AND EMPTY PLACE
A Place, Forbidden is a first-person lo-fi horror-puzzle game that takes place in a cursed Library. It is and shall remain completely free, and features a variety of puzzles and no small amount of reading. Though the notes and books are not always imperative to gameplay, skipping them will detract from the experience.
AN UNPLANNED STAY
The Library of Ouroboros. You awaken here with no memory of how you’ve arrived – though faint recollections of searching, of the Library’s name, stick in your mind like scraps of torn paper.
The reek of dust, of old wood, and of something… more difficult to place hang in the air. Is that a distant ringing you hear, or merely your imagination? And why do you feel so strange? So hot? Like a pair of eyes – no, much more than a single pair – are watching your every movement, reading your every thought, like words on the yellowed pages of an ancient book…
A Place, Forbidden was initially released as a demo on the 2020 Haunted PS1 Demo DIsc.
CREDITS:
Conor Walsh, Writing and Design
Dennis Müller, Scripting and Design
Gábor Papp, 3D Modeling and Materials
Aidan Cushing, Scripting
Game Discussion
Steam User 4
That was a good game. Short, sweet, couple moments of dread. What more can you ask out of a free horror game? I would absolutely recommend, and don't feel bad about checking a guide if you get stuck. There is a good guide that hides spoilers if you just don't know how to progress.
Steam User 3
I like it alot. a puzzle game with aspects of horror in it. I do like these kinda games games that reward you a bit for being more observant and looking for secrets. I got the 2nd ending which i'm not going to say much but sounds it good enough to me.
Steam User 1
Great short and sweet horror game, I especially liked the atmosphere and sound design
Steam User 0
Good and short game. Interesting story. It's not scary in the slightest, and I honestly found it quite comforting, specially the second ending. You can probably finish the game in an hour or so, maybe more if you are slow. I wanted to play it blind and then follow a guide to 100% it, which was nice.
Puzzles aren't so hard, besides that second one, that I honestly had to look up the answer. Solid 8/10.
Steam User 0
A nice, quick spookums game. Gives a lovely sense of dread.
Steam User 0
Pretty good, it had a great atmosphere and a compelling enough story for you to want to see it through to the end. If you aren't me the puzzles aren't anything you won't be able to work out. (I'm god awful at puzzles.)
I did hit a spot near the end where I sequence broke or the game glitched and it kept sending me back to a room when I already did the puzzle in it, but that was fixed with a quick exit to menu and continue, so not the worst thing I guess.
Overall a good game and it's free so there's really no reason not to give it a shot.
Steam User 0
i originally played this as part of the 2020 haunted ps1 demo collection and i was happy to find out that the full version was released on here
i really liked the first half of the game, but towards the end everything just feels really forced and i lost most of my interest
the first half of the game is really mysterious and made me feel like im really exploring some old and forbidden library, while the second half just seems really rushed and just almost feels like a different game entirely
its free though, so thats neat
really wish there was a neutral/mixed option when making a review