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Is Forbidden Art worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- VR puzzle fans who want an escape-room structure
- Players who enjoy searching environments for clues without built-in hints
- VR users with seated or room-scale play areas
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking combat, character progression, or an action-focused game loop
- Players who prefer guided puzzles, since clues must be found in the environment and some puzzles can be challenging
- VR users without space for room-scale play who do not want controller-based movement
- Players who avoid horror settings involving a killer’s hideout, morgues, and a chapel
Our take on Forbidden Art
The game prioritizes environmental immersion and physical VR interaction, giving up built-in guidance in the process. Players must inspect rooms, manage clues, and work through challenging puzzles without an in-game hint system.
What is Forbidden Art?
Forbidden Art is a VR escape-room puzzle game set in a killer’s hidden lair.
Players begin in a dungeon and search secret passages, studies, morgues, vents, a chapel, and other areas for a way out without being seen. Puzzles use objects and clues found throughout the environment, with no in-game hint system. The game includes a lighter and flashlight for dark sections, a writable diary for recording notes, and interactions with hundreds of objects. Rotation and height settings support seated play, standing play, or a combination of both. Movement can use controllers, or players can walk through the map in a 6m by 6m room-scale setup.
How Forbidden Art plays
- 01Environmental puzzle solving
- Clues and usable inventory items are placed throughout the hideout, and the game provides no built-in hints.
- 02Room-scale movement
- A 6m by 6m play area allows physical movement through the game spaces, while controller movement supports smaller play areas.
- 03Seated play settings
- Rotation controls and adjustable height support seated, standing, and hybrid play modes.
- 04Interactive environment
- Hundreds of objects can be picked up or examined, with some offering special interactions.
- 05Dark-area tools
- A lighter and a flashlight provide illumination in sections where visibility is required to continue.
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Forbidden Art: platforms & release
Is Forbidden Art worth it?
It is worth it if: VR puzzle fans who want an escape-room structure. Skip it if: players seeking combat, character progression, or an action-focused game loop.
Where can I download Forbidden Art?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Forbidden Art's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Forbidden Art on?
Windows only.
