A Place, Forbidden
Short description
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.
- Developer
- Poison The Inkwell
- Publisher
- Poison The Inkwell
- Release
- Thu, Jun 25, 2020
- Price
- Free
- Reviews
- 0
- Positive
- n/a
- Followers
- 699
- Owners (estimated)
- 100K – 200K
- Concurrent players
- 1
- Genres
- Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie
- Features
- Partial Controller Support
- Tags
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Media
History
Tracking started Sep 16, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.
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