Forbidden Ground: Lair of Aooni is an adventure developed by Hyde, released 28 August 2025 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Forbidden Ground: Lair of Aooni is
Forbidden Ground: Lair of Aooni is an adventure game developed by Hyde and released in 2025. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
It is a forbidden place that must never be entered. Strange events encountered in the decadent school building. And a Japanese doll that begins to speak. There is something here. ......This is a Japanese horror game that reveals the abominable history hidden in an abandoned school.
How it plays
Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Forbidden Ground: Lair of Aooni launched on 28 August 2025, within three weeks of Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Hell is Us. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Hell is Us.
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