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Forbidden Art

Forbidden Art

Forbidden art is a VR room escape puzzle game where you escape from the killer’s secret hideout. Use all your abilities to escape the dangerous and terrifying hideout created by a psychopathic killer who thinks killing is an art, without being discovered by the killer.

Released Mar 25, 2024 Developer AIXLAB Platforms Windows 3DVRHorrorPuzzleSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

92.2%positive103 reviews
Recommended · 22 found this helpful

“Experienced on the Meta Quest 2 You can view my gameplay & early impressions here: https://youtu.be/bYICLbfOjWk This is a horror puzzle adventure game / escape room. It does have a bit of an old school feel to it as it has an inventory system where you can put puzzle pieces…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“Very damn good Escape the Room/s game with a Horror theme. Story goes, you and 2 friends get into an accident, and get kidnapped by a psychotic demonic loving murderer and you have to escape. The bad guy totally made me think of leatherface... In the first minutes of the game…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“I really much enjoyed the puzzles, they are not too easy, but for someone who already played some puzzle/escape games should be manageable and still interesting. There is no hint system - just so you know. If you really have no puzzle experience and doing it just for the horror,…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

13achievements
2.5%median completion
1.0%rarest: Like Ellen Ripley
85.7% of players 34.8% of players 33.5% of players 17.2% of players 8.2% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 1.9% of players 1.6% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 85.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
85.7%Hey you You’re finally awake — Game Start
34.8%By three they come — Check all 3 ID cards
33.5%Night at the office — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%Like Ellen Ripley — Successfully escape within 20 minutes
1.1%Prepare for the future — Hidden achievement
1.2%Great Survivor — Escape in under 30 minutes without a single game over

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 09, 2024
OVR Toolkit & How to Fix Height Issues

The developers at Forbidden Art recognize that you want to share your experience playing our games with others. We wanted to share a few settings to make your experience smoother. We've gotten a lot o

May 07, 2024
Forbidden Art - Patch note (v.1.3.2)

Fixed an issue where the password door was open when partially saving on the B2F floor, preventing game progress. Fixed the screwdriver being added to the inventory when partially saving on level B2F.

May 02, 2024
Forbidden Art - Patch note (v.1.3.1)

Fixed an issue with subtitles not displaying properly in-game and disappearing immediately. Improved visibility when partially saving puzzles in the second basement to help players figure out what's g

Apr 30, 2024
Forbidden Art Russian version officially released!

Hello VR gamers in Russia! We're thrilled to announce that Forbidden Art is now available in Russian. From now on, you can enjoy the whole process of escaping from a terrible dungeon created by a murd

Apr 30, 2024
Forbidden Art German Version officially released!

Hello VR gamers in Germany! We're thrilled to announce that Forbidden Art is now available in German. From now on, you can enjoy the entire experience of escaping from the terrifying dungeon created b

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tags3D · VR · Horror · Puzzle · Singleplayer · First-Person · Survival Horror · Thriller · Linear · Physics · Realistic · Dark (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese * , Korean * , German, Russian, Japanese *
Achievements13
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 or AMD FX 8350 equivalent or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 5 GB available space VR Support: Compatible VR headset (e.g., HTC Vive, Oculus Quest, Pico4), VR controllers