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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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  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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Shivers

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1995PC

Brings what grabs you about A Place, Forbidden: dread and tension, puzzles to figure out as well as a calm pace.

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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