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2020PC84 % positivefree

You wake up in an eerie library with no memory of how you got there, piecing together its secrets through puzzles and exploration. The oppressive atmosphere of dust, silence and the feeling of being watched is what makes it stand out.

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The closest matches for A Place, Forbidden are Shivers, Ib and Gray Dawn. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes A Place, Forbidden special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Shivers

96 %Match

1995PC

  • Dread and tension
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lots to discover

You spend a night in an abandoned museum of the strange and unusual, piecing together puzzles around cursed artifacts and missing people. Its slow, eerie mood and pre-rendered scenes make this early horror adventure memorable.

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Ib

Dread and tension

Ib is a short, eerie adventure set in an art gallery where you solve puzzles and slowly uncover the world through paintings and notes. This remake adds new graphics, new puzzles and a new soundtrack to a cult classic of the genre.

Gray Dawn

Dread and tension

A psychological horror thriller in which you play a priest accused of murdering an altar boy, wandering through nightmarish, religiously charged scenes. Exploration and puzzles drive a dark, story-focused narrative.

Year Walk

Dread and tension

A short, eerie puzzle adventure rooted in Swedish folklore. You wander a chilling wintry world with a paper-cutout look, solving cryptic puzzles and meeting creatures from legend. Its dense atmosphere and hidden secrets make it stand out.

Viviette

Lots to discover

You explore an eerie mansion, collecting items and cracking tricky puzzles to uncover its secrets. What sets it apart is that getting your bearings becomes a challenge in its own right.

The White Door

Pure single-player experience

A dark point-and-click puzzle adventure from Rusty Lake: as an amnesiac patient you follow the clinic's daily routine and dive into dreams to uncover Robert Hill's past. The story is told almost wordlessly.

Sanitarium

Dread and tension

A grim point-and-click adventure where an amnesiac man wakes in a disturbing asylum. Surreal chapters in which you step into different roles and a deeply unsettling atmosphere make it a classic of psychological horror.

Mad Father

Dread and tension

A short RPG Maker horror adventure in which you play Aya, uncovering the dark secrets of her mad doctor father inside a mansion. Puzzles, chase sequences and multiple endings deliver a macabre yet emotional story.

Last Seen Online

Dread and tension

You sift through someone's computer files and solve puzzles to uncover the secrets hidden inside the machine. It blends escape-room style brain teasers with psychological horror inspired by early Flash games.

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