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A Place for the Unwilling

“A Place for the Unwilling” is a narrative adventure game where the city is the actual protagonist. No puzzles or “game over” screens, just you, the city and the dozens of stories which are taking place in…

25 July 2019

A Place for the Unwilling is an adventure developed by AlPixel Games, released 25 July 2019 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What A Place for the Unwilling is

A Place for the Unwilling is an adventure game developed by AlPixel Games and released in 2019. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

I do exist. There are others like me which are nothing but streets of empty buildings decorated with monuments and street lights, but that’s not my case. I have a body, but also a brain and a heart. I can feel people moving inside of me, I can hear hundreds of conversations taking place in my streets right now and even see beings from other realities. These are the shadows, you may call them people. They’re all different, but at the same time they look alike to my eyes. Sometimes, if I pay attention I can hear them whispering their names to each other, and once I hear them, I no longer see a blurry shadow, but an unique person with dreams and nightmares. These are the streets that shape me…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

A Place for the Unwilling launched on 25 July 2019, within three weeks of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike and Dicey Dungeons. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike, Dicey Dungeons.

Official trailer

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When did A Place for the Unwilling come out?
A Place for the Unwilling was released on 25 July 2019 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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